The okapi is an endangered, evolutionarily distinctive even-toed ungulate classified within the giraffidae family that is endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The okapi is currently under major anthropogenic threat, yet to date nothing is known about its genetic structure and evolutionary history, information important for conservation management given the species' current plight. The d...

Here we describe a new octoploid species of clawed frog from the Itombwe Massif of South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This new species is the sister taxon of Xenopus wittei, but is substantially diverged in morphology, male vocalization, and mitochondrial and autosomal DNA. Analysis of mitochondrial “DNA barcodes” in polyploid clawed frogs demonstrates that they are variable...

To determine reservoir hosts for Marburg virus (MARV), we examined the fauna of a mine in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The mine was associated with a protracted outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever during 1998-2000. We found MARV nucleic acid in 12 bats, comprising 3.0%-3.6% of 2 species of insectivorous bat and 1 species of fruit bat. We found antibody to the virus in the se...

We describe the case of a 14-year-old Caucasian male, a resident in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who was observed in Portugal with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria with high-level parasitemia and severe thrombocytopenia. The course was complicated by bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy during acute malaria, followed by the appearance of delayed cerebellar ataxia during the recovery...

Although there has been significant reduction in the total number of maternal deaths worldwide, however, many developing countries like Nigeria have not been able to achieve MDG 5 by the end of 2015 [1]. This is buttressed by the fact that Nigeria and India recorded 58,000 (19%) and 45,000 (15%) maternal deaths respectively accounting for 34% of the total global maternal deaths [1]. Moreover, 5...

Gilda Grard,1 Roman Biek,2 Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum,3,4 Joseph Fair,4 Nathan Wolfe,4 Pierre Formenty,5 Janusz Paweska,6 and Eric Leroy1,7 1Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Gabon; 2College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences and Medical Research Council– University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; 3Institut National ...

Indonesia is home to some of the most magnificent tropical forests in the world. In extent, they rank third behind Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), and their biological richness is unique. The major forest types of Indonesia range from evergreen lowland dipterocarp forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan to seasonal monsoon forests and savanna grasslands in Nusa Tenggara ...