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Seasonal dynamics of Anopheles stephensi and its implications for mosquito detection and emergent malaria control in the Horn of Africa.
Invasion of the malaria vector across the Horn of Africa threatens control efforts across the continent, particularly in urban settings where the vector is able to proliferate. Malaria transmission is primarily determined by the abundance of dominant vectors, which often varies seasonally with rainfall. However, it remains unclear how abundance... -
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Is alcohol a tropical medicine? Scientific understandings of climate, stimulants and bodies in Victorian and Edwardian tropical travel.
This paper offers a new perspective on historical understandings of the relationship between alcohol, climate and the body, by studying the way that British explorers of tropical Africa drank alcohol and wrote about drink between 1850 and 1910. We demonstrate that alcohol was simultaneously classified as a medicinal, a preventative...Armston-Sheret, Edward ; Walker, Kim
Alcohol, Tropical medicines, Stimulants, Medicines, Tropical temperance, and Africa
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Phylogenomics of the Palm Tribe Lepidocaryeae (Calamoideae: Arecaceae) and Description of a New Species of Mauritiella.
Torres Jiménez, Maria Fernanda ; Prata, Eduardo M. B. ; Zizka, Alexander ; Cohn-Haft, Mario ; de Oliveira, Ayslaner V. G. …
Amazonia, Phylogenomics, Palmae, Mauritiella, and Africa