Background: Brucellosis was a zoonotic disease causing serious public health and economic problems. Methods: Total 2,648 samples were collected between July 2011 and August 2012 from high-risk individuals, who were outpatients at Infectious Disease Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The diagnosis was based upon clinical symptoms and serological or bacteriological test. Results: 1080 ...

Kala-azar, which was prevalent in the vast area of China that lies to the north of the Yangtze River from the 1920s to the 1950s, is now effectively under control as a result of strenuous intervention since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Apart from 15-20 new cases that occur annually in the Keshi plain, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, the achievements of control practised i...

In recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS), 11 risk loci were identified in patients with familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD) in different populations. The LRRK2 gene was found to be a mutation hot spot in European and Asian populations. The aim of the present study was to investigate the incidence of G2019S and R1441C mutations in the LRRK2 gene in individuals from the Xinjian...

Under the global warming, as typical arid region of Central Asia, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) has been experienced remarkable warming and increased precipitation based on large previous studies. The semiarid ecosystem is very sensitive vulnerable to climate change water resource variations. However, sparse highly unevenly distributed in-situ stations in this provide limited data...

To analyze the effect of weight water resources carrying capacity evaluation index on its results, taking Xinjiang, China, as an example, this paper selects nine indicators related to system, social and economic development ecosystem. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP), coefficient variation method, geometric average Murphy’s averaging method are used calculate indexes. Subsequently, fuzzy co...

Xinjiang, in Northwestern China, was a key point the prehistoric trans-Eurasian network of exchange and played an important role facilitating dispersal crops across Eurasia. Millet were first cultivated used ca. 10,000 years ago Northern from where they spread via different routes, leaving intriguing traces various sites Xinjiang. This paper presents latest data on millet By employing multidisc...

The author analyzes the features and results of trade, economic political relations Chinese province Xinjiang with Soviet Russia USSR in 1921-1922. main sources for preparation article were historical archival materials on trade Union (1896-1949) Chinese, as well documents from a number Moscow archives (the Russian State Archive Economics, Military Archive, Foreign Policy Federation). analysis ...

The water resource shortage is a crucial factor in restraining the development of society and economy Xinjiang, where there drought little rain. assessment resources carrying capacity (WRCC) prerequisite for socioeconomic sustainable Xinjiang. In this paper, convenient effective model established assessing WRCC under influence social welfare use efficiency. Meanwhile, pedigree chart put forward...