Roundtable discussion: how lessons learned from HIV can inform the global response to viral hepatitis Jeffrey V Lazarus, Jens Lundgren, Jordi Casabona, Lucas Wiessing, Catharina Matheï, Peter Vickerman , Maria Prins , Mirjam Kretzschmar , Maria Kantzanou, Isabelle Giraudon, Marica Ferri, Paul Griffiths, Magdalena Harris, Margaret Walker, Lilyana Chavdarova, Eberhard Schatz, Katrin Schiffer, Joh...

Digitonthophagus gazella (F.) has been widely introduced to the New World and both natural dispersal and intentional releases continue. In this study, we compare a population of D. gazella from South Africa and from the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis. Genetic diversity was found to be high in both South Africa (H = 0.3623) and Vieque...

A severe outbreak of infection with type O, aphthovirus occurred in the Ramot Yissakhar nature reserve (Israel) in April 1985, resulting in the death of about half of a population of some 3,300 mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella). A smaller outbreak occurred in the southern Golan nature reserve among about 6,500 gazelles. Both outbreaks were controlled by shooting gazelles in a buffer zone arou...

Population status, group composition and social organization of the Soemmerring's gazelle (Gazella soemmeringii) were studied at Awash National Park (ANP) and Alledeghi Wildlife Reserve (AWR) in 2000. Total count method was used to assess the population size of the gazelle. Thirteen routes, each route being two kilometres away from the other, were designated at AWR for the vehicle survey. Simil...