Dispersal patterns of juvenile northern New Zealand dotterels have been analysed, based on sight recoveries of birds colour-banded as chicks between 1986 and 1998. Birds bred 0-196 km from their natal site, with an average distance of 31 km and a median of 22 km. About 18% of birds returned to their natal site to breed and nearly all (93%) bred within 70 km of their natal site. Between fledging...

INTRODUCTION Riga-Fede disease is a rare pediatric condition in which chronic lingual ulceration results from repetitive trauma. Neonatal teeth or underlying neuro-developmental disorders which include Down syndrome are described as causative factors, but to the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of both Down syndrome and natal teeth coexisting. The need for early extraction i...

There is little qualitative research on depression in motherhood from non-Western societies. The objective of the study described in this paper was to use qualitative methods to investigate the cultural validity of the construct of post-natal depression (PND) and its social and cultural contexts. The study was nested in a cohort of mothers recruited to study the risk factors and outcome of PND ...

Pre-natal and early post-natal ovarian development has become a field of increasing importance over recent years. The full effects of perturbations of ovarian development on adult fertility, through environmental changes or genetic anomalies, are only now being truly appreciated. Mitigation of these perturbations requires an understanding of the processes involved in the development of the ovar...

The Galapagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) is the only diurnal resident raptor in the Galapagos Archipelago, where it exhibits a cooperatively polyandrous mating system. Before breeding, young hawks spend 3-4 years as nonterritorial floaters. Individuals in this age class are highly gregarious on the island of Santiago. Here we examine patterns in natal dispersal and ask whether they appear to de...

944. Perinatal Case Fatality Rate Related to Congenital Zika Syndrome in Brazil: a Cross-Sectional Study Igor Thiago Queiroz, MD, PhD; Jessika Thais Da Silva Maia, MS; Gleysson Rosa, RN, MD; Tatyana Vidal Mendes, RN; S. Jayne Alves Vidal, RN; Maria Goretti Lins, MD; Marcelo Rodrigues Zacarkim, MD, MS; David Aronoff, MD, FIDSA; A. Desiree Labeaud, MD, MS; Nilson N. Mendes Neto, MS; Universidade ...

944. Perinatal Case Fatality Rate Related to Congenital Zika Syndrome in Brazil: a Cross-Sectional Study Igor Thiago Queiroz, MD, PhD; Jessika Thais Da Silva Maia, MS; Gleysson Rosa, RN, MD; Tatyana Vidal Mendes, RN; S. Jayne Alves Vidal, RN; Maria Goretti Lins, MD; Marcelo Rodrigues Zacarkim, MD, MS; David Aronoff, MD, FIDSA; A. Desiree Labeaud, MD, MS; Nilson N. Mendes Neto, MS; Universidade ...

944. Perinatal Case Fatality Rate Related to Congenital Zika Syndrome in Brazil: a Cross-Sectional Study Igor Thiago Queiroz, MD, PhD; Jessika Thais Da Silva Maia, MS; Gleysson Rosa, RN, MD; Tatyana Vidal Mendes, RN; S. Jayne Alves Vidal, RN; Maria Goretti Lins, MD; Marcelo Rodrigues Zacarkim, MD, MS; David Aronoff, MD, FIDSA; A. Desiree Labeaud, MD, MS; Nilson N. Mendes Neto, MS; Universidade ...

We examined how interactions between an individual's phenotype and its environment affect natal dispersal at multiple scales and the effects on lifetime reproductive success using a 22-year study of green-rumped parrotlets (Forpus passerinus). Dispersal increased or decreased lifetime reproductive success depending upon an individual's natal environment and phenotype. Many of the phenotypic tra...

BACKGROUND Compliance to and the effect of pre- and post-natal exposure reduction measures to prevent asthma in high-risk children from asthmatic families were studied. METHOD Families were randomized to a special care group (n=222) and a control group (n=221). Educational advice on measures to reduce their newborn's exposure to allergens and smoke was provided to the special care group durin...