Browsing by Subject "Africa"

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      Character displacement of song and morphology in African tinkerbirds 

      Kirschel, A. N. G.; Blumstein, Daniel T.; Smith, T. B. (2009)
      Divergence in acoustic signals between populations of animals can lead to species recognition failure, reproductive isolation, and speciation. Character displacement may facilitate coexistence of species in natural ...
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      Global dispersal pattern of HIV type 1 subtype CRF01-AE: A genetic trace of human mobility related to heterosexual sexual activities centralized in southeast Asia 

      Angelis, Konstantinos; Albert, Jan; Mamais, Ioannis A.; Magiorkinis, Gkikas; Hatzakis, Angelos E.; Hamouda, O.; Struck, D.; Vercauteren, J.; Wensing, A. M. J.; Alexiev, Ivailo; Åsjö, Birgitta; Balotta, Claudia; Camacho, Ricardo J.; Coughlan, S.; Griskevicius, A.; Grossman, Z.; Horban, A.; Kostrikis, Leontios G.; Lepej, S.; Liitsola, K.; Linka, M.; Nielsen, C.; Otelea, D.; Paredes, R.; Poljak, M.; Puchhammer-Stöckl, E.; Schmit, J. -C; Sönnerborg, A.; Staneková, D.; Stanojevic, M.; Boucher, C. A. B.; Kaplan, L.; Vandamme, A. -M; Paraskevis, Dimitrios N. (2015)
      Background. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype CRF01-AE originated in Africa and then passed to Thailand, where it established a major epidemic. Despite the global presence of CRF01-AE, little is known ...
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      Global distribution of the CCR2-641/CCR5-59653T HIV-1 disease-protective haplotype 

      Martinson, J. J.; Hong, L.; Karanicolas, R.; Moore, J. P.; Kostrikis, Leontios G. (2000)
      Objectives: Several natural polymorphisms in the genes for the human CC-chemokine receptors CCR5 and CCR2 are associated with HIV-1 disease. The CCR2-641 genetic variant [a G to A substitution resulting in a valine (V) to ...
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      An improved method for the identification of areas of endemism using species co-occurrences 

      Giokas, Sinos; Sfenthourakis, Spyros (2008)
      Aim: To develop a simple method that (1) combines the notions of biotic elements (groups of taxa with ranges significantly more similar to each other than to the ranges of other taxa) and of areas of endemism (AoE, areas ...
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      Migration and HIV epidemic in Greece 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Arvanitis, Michail; Masgala, Aikaterini; Paraskeva, D. (2005)
      Background: Over the last decade, Greece has experienced a massive influx of migrants from countries in South Eastern/Central Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. This study aimed to estimate the percentage and the ...
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      Synoptic classification and establishment of analogues with artificial neural networks 

      Michaelides, Silas C.; Liassidou, F.; Schizas, Christos N. (2007)
      Weather charts depicting the spatial distribution of various meteorological parameters constitute an indispensable pictorial tool for meteorologists, in diagnosing and forecasting synoptic conditions and the associated ...