Considered to be an important source of water, energy and biological diversity, mountains are a critical component of livelihoods because of the Fridge Door Hinge Plate ecosystem goods and services they provide to montane communities.In South Africa, mountain ecosystems are under threat from invasion by alien species, posing considerable pressure o

Background: Numerous studies internationally highlight the devastating effects of firework-related injuries and the costs involved in treating these injuries, in addition to the calls to alter legislation to prevent these injuries from occurring.There has, however, been a paucity of research studies in the Wire Strippers South African context that

Introduction: The geographical movement of people from one area to another poses the threat of transmission of infectious diseases.Kenya is among the vulnerable countries when it comes to disease transmission, because it is a major transport hub in East Africa, yet data on the availability and uptake of pre-travel health services is limited.Methods

Measles is a highly contagious disease that causes temporary and severe immunosuppression in patients.Signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM) expressed on cells of the immune system functions as a receptor for measles virus (MV).In addition to SLAM, vaccine strains of MV also use a ubiquitously expressed complement regulatory protein, CD46,