Surveys carried out along the coast of South Africa revealed the presence of a secondary symbiont of the genus Ellobiophrya Chatton et Lwoff, 1923 found attached to the narrow basal part adoral to the scopula of Mantoscyphidia spadiceae Botes, Basson et Van As, 2001 and M. midae Botes, Basson et Van As, 2001 occurring on the gills of Haliotis spadicea Donovan, 1808 and H. midae Linnaeus, 1758, ...

INTRODUCTION The current Summary of Recommendations on Sexual Dysfunction in Women is conceptually grounded on a model of women's sexual function that has not been empirically tested in samples of women with and without sexual dysfunction. AIM The current research represents an initial effort to assess the extent to which women in a community sample endorse current theoretical models of femal...

During parasitological surveys along Yangtze River in China, three species of trichodinid ectoparasites (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophora, Peritrichia) belonging to the genus Tripartiella Lom, 1959, were found from freshwater fishes. Tripartiella obtusa Ergens & Lom, 1970 and Tripartiella macrosoma Basson & Van As, 1987 were found from the same fish host, Rhinogobio typus; and Tripartiella orthoden...

Until fairly recently there was little incentive to speculate on the evolutionary history of Besnoitia besnoiti (Marotel, 1912) because the parasite had not been encountered occurring naturally in animals other than cattle. The recent discovety of Besnoitia cysts occurring mainly in the cardiovascular system of blue wildebeest [Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823)], impala [Aepyceros melampus...

Professionally disgraced apart heid-era architect of chemi cal and biological ‘dirty tricks’ weaponry Dr Wouter Basson continued to tutor Stellenbosch University medical students at a private medical hospital for 11 months after being convicted of unethical conduct. The maverick clinician’s involvement with young medical minds has drawn fire from top ethicists and the official campus student me...