Prevalence and occupational exposure to zoonotic diseases in high-risk populations in the Free State Province, South Africa

IntroductionZoonotic diseases are responsible for 2.5 billion human cases globally and approximately 2.7 million deaths annually.Surveillance of animal handlers and livestock for Water Bottle zoonotic pathogens contributes to understanding the true disease burden and risk factors within a community.This study investigated the prevalence of selected

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Deathscapes in Finnish funerals during Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted and reshaped experiences of bodily disposal and memorialization around the world.One key characteristic of almost all religious practices and traditions is the centrality of face-to-face Sunglasses gatherings (Baker et al.2020).The spatial turn shows the need to study space and place in research on religion (Knot

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A new species of Prunus subgen. Cerasus from Central China

A new species, Prunus wangii Q.L.Gan, Z.Y.Li & S.Z.Xu from western Hubei, Central China is described and illustrated.It is morphologically similar to P.clarofolia Schneid.and P.pseudocerasus Toner Reload Kit Lindl., but differs in larger height, nearly erect branches, densely and horizontally arranged lenticels, straight lateral veins of le

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