African Aphididae—Part III

South African pilchard oil. III. The fatty acid composition of South African pilchard oil.

Plaque assay of African Horse-Sickness Virus in African Green Monkey Kidney Cell Line

Ethnicity differences in plasma apoC-III levels between African American and Caucasian youths.

BACKGROUND Little is known about the association between apoC-III and lipoprotein-lipids in African American (AA) and Caucasian (CA) youths. The aim of this study was to investigate if plasma apoC-III level is associated with ethnicity differences in atherogenic lipoprotein-lipids between AA and CA youths. METHODS A total of 202 youths (mean age 16.1±1.3 y, range 13.8-18.9 y) consisting of 12...

Factorial Invariance of Woodcock-Johnson III Scores for African Americans and Caucasian Americans

Bias in testing has been of interest to psychologists and other test users since the origin of testing. New or revised tests often are subject to analyses that help examine the degree of bias in reference to group membership based on gender, language use, and race/ethnicity. The pervasive use of intelligence test data when making critical and, at times, life-changing decisions warrants the need...

Severe herpes zoster ophthalmicus in young African adults: a marker for HTLV-III seropositivity.

This report proves the relationship between herpes zoster ophthalmicus and seropositivity for HTLV-III in young and often apparently healthy African patients. The ophthalmologist should screen patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus for antibodies against HTLV-III in areas where this virus is endemic or if the patient belongs to a known risk group. If the test is positive, the patient should b...