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The effect of climatic factors on the number of malaria cases in an inland and a coastal setting from 2011 to 2017 in the equatorial rain forest of Cameroon
BackgroundWeather fluctuation affects the incidence of malaria through a network of causuative pathays. Globally, human activities have ultered...
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Sympathetic science: analogism in Brazilian ethnobiological repertoires among quilombolas of the Atlantic forest and Amazonian ribeirinhos
BackgroundDrawing on Phillipe Descola’s comparative analysis of ontological regimes across cultures, this article identifies analogism guiding...
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Assessing the determinants of Ebola virus disease transmission in Baka Community of the Tropical Rainforest of Cameroon
BackgroundEbola virus disease (EVD) is a severe, often fatal illness in humans and nonhuman primates caused by the Ebola virus. The recently approved...
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Preponderance of vaccine-preventable diseases hotspots in northern Ghana: a spatial and space-time clustering analysis from 2010 to 2014
BackgroundVaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) persist globally with a disproportionately high burden in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)....
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Modeling Mosquitoes and their Potential Odonate Predators Under Different Land Uses
To efficiently face the accelerated landscape transformation and its consequences in restructuring biotic communities and ecosystem services, one...
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HHV-6 infections in hospitalized young children of Gabon
PurposeFever is a common cause for hospitalization among the pediatric population. The spectrum of causative agents is diverse. Human herpesvirus 6...
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Combating the global spread of poverty-related Monkeypox outbreaks and beyond
The current unprecedented Monkeypox outbreaks emergence and spread on non-endemic countries has led to over 3413 laboratory confirmed cases and one...
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A proposed One Health approach to control yellow fever outbreaks in Uganda
Yellow Fever (YF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. Uganda is located within the Africa YF belt. Between 2019 and 2022, the Ugandan Health...
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A review of the melliferous flora of Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on the basis for the honey production cycle
BackgroundThe Yucatan Peninsula (YP) is one of the most important regions in global apiculture. Hence, this work reviews and integrates the knowledge...
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A comprehensive review on Lagenaria siceraria: botanical, medicinal, and agricultural frontiers
Lagenaria siceraria , commonly known as bottle gourd, stands as a versatile member within the Cucurbitaceae family, offering global economic...
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Utilising community volunteers can increase the detection and referral of Buruli ulcer cases in endemic communities in Southeast, Nigeria
BackgroundBuruli ulcer (BU) is a debilitating neglected tropical disease which causes disability and mostly affects inhabitants in impoverished...
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Exploring the ethnobiological practices of fire in three natural regions of Ecuador, through the integration of traditional knowledge and scientific approaches
This study examines the convergence between traditional and scientific knowledge regarding the use of fire and its potential to trigger wildfires,...
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Indigenous medicinal plants used in folk medicine for malaria treatment in Kwara State, Nigeria: an ethnobotanical study
BackgroundFolk medicine is crucial to healthcare delivery in the underdeveloped countries. It is frequently used as a primary treatment option or as...
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A Review of Mammarenaviruses and Rodent Reservoirs in the Americas
In the Americas, infectious viral diseases caused by viruses of the genus Mammarenavirus have been reported since the 1960s. Such diseases have...
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“A herder’s duty is to think”: landscape partitioning and folk habitats of Mongolian herders in a mountain forest steppe (Khuvsugul-Murun region)
BackgroundTraditional habitat knowledge, like the classification of folk habitats and how people partition their landscape into habitats, is an...
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Bird conservation status and cultural values in Indigenous Mexican communities: towards a bioculturally informed conservation policy
BackgroundWe summarize comparative ethnoornithological data for ten Mexican Indigenous communities, an initial step towards a comprehensive archive...
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Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua (Huni Kuin) herbalists in Purus Province, Peruvian Amazon
This study aims to document the diversity of medicinal plants used by the Cashinahua people (also known as Huni Kuin ) of the Curanja River, as well...
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Mycetomas in the Endemic Area of Argentina
Purpose of ReviewTo describe the different characteristics of mycetoma in the endemic area of Argentina and its etiological agents, using mainly data...
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Traditional knowledge of wild plants on traditional tools, materials, products and economic practices in southern Yemen
BackgroundThe traditional knowledge in southern Yemen is rich in wild medicinal and food plants, which has been documented in our previous studies....
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Orbivirus RNA in a Banana Serotine (Afronycteris nanus) Bat in the Republic of the Congo
Orbiviruses are arthropod borne viruses of vertebrates, with some of them being important pathogens of veterinary, conservation and economic...
