RISK ESTIMATES FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN EXPOSED TO MERCURY-CONTAMINATED OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS AND LATES NILOTICUS IN LAKE ALBERT UGANDA

Risk estimates for children and pregnant women exposed to mercury-contaminated Oreochromis niloticus and Lates niloticus in Lake Albert Uganda

Exposure to mercury contaminated fish predisposes populations particularly children and pregnant women to various health hazards including neurotoxicity, reproductive abnormalities and cognitive disorders.Earlier studies in the Lake Albert community have demonstrated the presence of mercury in Nile tilapia and Nile perch.However, the risk estimates

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Seasonal epidemiology of gastrointestinal nematodes of cattle in the northern continental climate zone of western Canada as revealed by internal transcribed spacer-2 ribosomal DNA nemabiome barcoding

Abstract Background Gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) epidemiology is changing in many regions of the world due to factors such as global warming and emerging anthelmintic resistance.However, the dynamics of these changes in northern continental climate zones are poorly understood due to a lack of empirical data.Methods We studied the accumulation on

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