Reducing Vehicle Collisions With the Central American Tapir in Central Belize District, Belize

Survey for intestinal parasites in Belize, Central America.

A stool survey was carried out in 5 villages in the Toledo district of the Central American country of Belize. Eighty-two percent of a total population of 672 participated. The stools were examined by the formalin-ethyl-acetate concentration technique. Sixty-six percent of the population was found to have one or more intestinal parasites. The most common infection was hookworm (55%) followed by...

Cruise Tourism in Belize:

Spatial correlations of mapped malaria rates with environmental factors in Belize, Central America

BACKGROUND: The purposes of this study were to map overall malaria incidence rates from 1989 through 1999 for villages in Belize; to assess the seasonal distribution of malaria incidence by region; and to correlate malaria incidence rates with vegetation cover and rivers in villages, using geographic information system technology.Malaria information on 156 villages was obtained from an electron...

Diet of the Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Belize, Central America

9 INTRODUCTION 10 Antillean manatees in Belize 12 Belize Habitat 13 Objectives 14 Hypotheses 14 Background Review 15 MATERIALS AND METHODS 18 Subjects 18 Collection 19 Microhistological Analysis 20 Data Analysis 21 RESULTS 22 Overall Percent Frequency of Manatee Diet 23 Percent Frequency by Location 25 Percent Frequency by Sex 27 Percent Frequency by Size Classification 29 Percent Frequency by ...

Monumental Architecture and the Ancient Maya: the Royal Acropolis at Yalbac, Central Belize by Sean