Author details Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. AP-HP, Service de réanimation médicale, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général Leclerc, 94 270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. Inserm UMR_S 999, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France. Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospita...

A new replacement name Angustuma nom. nov. is proposed for the leafhopper genus Angustella Li, 1986 of the subfamily Evacanthinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), and twelve new combinations are proposed. A new species Angustuma rudorsuma sp. nov. is described and illustrated from China. A key is given to distinguish all species of the genus. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the...

An annotated checklist and generic key to the leafhopper tribe Vartini from China is provided. A new species Xenovarta falcata sp. nov. is described and illustrated, and a key is given to separate species of this genus from China. A map showing the geographic distribution of the new species is also provided. The type specimen of the new species is deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizh...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis E is a common infection in China, but few studies have been carried out to compare regional and ethnic factors in its prevalence. OBJECTIVES To characterize the seroprevalence of anti-HEV IgM and IgG in the general population of 11 Chinese provinces and in the people from different ethnic minorities. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sera from 14208 people including 723 people from...

Arsenic is an environmental hazard and the reduction of drinking water arsenic levels is under consideration. People are exposed to arsenic not only through drinking water but also through arsenic-contaminated air and food. Here we report the health effects of arsenic exposure from burning high arsenic-containing coal in Guizhou, China. Coal in this region has undergone mineralization and thus ...

Pine needles have been widely used in the development of anti-hypertensive and anti-hyperlipidemic agents and health food. However, the widespread distribution of this tree poses great obstacles to the quality control and efficacy evaluation. To facilitate the effective and rational exploitation of Masson's pine (Pinus massoniana Lamb), as well as ensure effective development of Masson's pine n...

Baihua Reservoir in Guizhou Province, China, experienced serious Hg contamination from Guizhou Organic Chemical Plant (GOCP) between 1971 and 1997. However, the biogeochemical cycling of Hg in this reservoir is not well studied. Sediment cores were collected in fall 2002, spring 2003 and in spring and fall 2004. THg and MeHg concentrations in all sediment profiles ranged from 0.26 to 38.9 mg/kg...

A drought index analytical method based on a relative moisture index was used to evaluate meteorological data between 1958 and 2012 and study the temporal variation, spatial distribution, and sub-regional evolution characteristics of spring drought in Southwest China. The results showed a decreasing frequency of spring drought in the West Sichuan Plateau, Southwest Sichuan Upland, and Yunnan Pl...

Guizhou semi-fine wool sheep are affected by a disease, characterized by emaciation, lameness, stiffness in the gait, enlargement of the costochondral junctions, and abnormal curvature in the long bones. The objective of this study was to determine possible relationships between the disease and mineral deficiencies. Samples of tissue and blood were collected from affected and unaffected sheep. ...

The thirteen known leafhopper species of the Scaphoideus albovittatus species group, characterized by the presence of a dorsal white longitudinal stripe, are recognized. Eight species, including three new species, are reported in this group from China: S. albovittatus Matsumura (China: Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan; Japan, Korea...