Sökning: "West Africa"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 80 avhandlingar innehållade orden West Africa.

  1. 21. HIV-1, HIV-2 and other Sexually Transmitted Infections in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

    Författare :Fredrik Månsson; Enheten för infektionssjukdomar; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HIV-1 HIV-2 Sexually Transmitted Infections Conflict Guinea-Bissau West Africa;

    Sammanfattning : HIV-1 is dominating the global HIV pandemic, while HIV-2 is mainly confined to West Africa. The highest HIV-2 prevalence figures have been reported from Guinea-Bissau. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Clinically important mycobacteria in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa : phenotypic and genetic diversity

    Författare :Tuija Koivula; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Tuberculosis (TB) is a major and still increasing health problem in West Africa. In Guinea-Bissau, TB has an estimated annual incidence of 1501100.000. Knowledge on infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria, such as Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), is very limited in Africa, including Guinea-Bissau. LÄS MER

  4. 23. The importance of tree cover for water resources in semiarid West Africa

    Författare :Aida Bargues Tobella; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : The current paradigm in forest hydrology implies that an increase in tree cover always leads to reduced water yields as a result of increased interception and transpiration (ET) losses. This trade-off theory, in which more trees mean less water, has led to concerns that the establishment of trees in drylands may jeopardize scarce water resources. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Am I not a man and a brother? : British missions and the abolition of the slave trade and slavery in West Africa and the West Indies 1786-1838

    Författare :Stiv Jakobsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  7. 25. Ecology and control of Anopheles mosquitoes and human malaria in Guinea Bissau, West Africa

    Författare :Katinka Pålsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecology; Anopheles; Bed nets; Epidemiology; Malaria control; Natural mosquito repellents; Plasmodium; Ekologi; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestisk; limnisk och marin ekologi; Entomology; entomologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the relationship between risk of exposure to infective Anophelesmosquitoes and different environmental factors, in particular house construction, presence ofdomestic animals and house location, in coastal Guinea Bissau, West Africa. The potentialeffect of permethrin-impregnated bed nets on mosquito abundance in bed rooms, and on thePlasmodium parasite prevalence in children was also analysed. LÄS MER