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Socio-environmental factors contributing to the high incidence of COVID-19 in a border city in northern Uruguay

Background and Objectives: the present study was conducted in the city of Rivera, situated in northern Uruguay on the border with Brazil. The disease initially progressed slowly in 2020, with subsequent outbreaks followed by a rapid increase in incidence. The objective was to explore the relationship bet...

The introduction of Physa acuta (Gastropoda: Physidae) on Ilha Grande, Southeast Brazil, from initial stages to an established population

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023
Abstract This study presents a four-year follow-up of an introduced population of Physa acuta Draparnaud, 1805, from initial stages to an established population. This introduction occurred on a small impacted stream of Vila do Abraão, the main village of Ilha Grande (Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Braz...

Population distribution and habitat analysis of Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) in Abbottabad, Pakistan

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023
Abstract The Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) belongs to family corvidae, order Passeriformes which includes about 100 species. The current study was conducted to gather information about the Population distribution and habitat analysis of D. vagabunda at District Abbottabad, Pakistan. The data wer...

Análise espacial de casos prováveis de dengue no município de São Luís, Maranhão, Brasil

INTRODUÇÃO: A dengue é considerada uma das principais arboviroses mundiais, caracterizada no Brasil pelo aumento de casos graves e óbitos. OBJETIVO: realizar análise espacial dos casos prováveis de dengue em São Luís - MA. MÉTODOS: Estudo ecológico de base populacional dos casos prováveis de d...

Prácticas espaciales de infancias en edificio de gran altura y densidad habitacional

Resumen (analítico) El objetivo del artículo es analizar las prácticas y representaciones espaciales de niños/as residentes de un edificio de gran altura y densidad habitacional del centro de la capital chilena. Con un diseño cualitativo, crítico-etnográfico, y un modelo colaborativo, se contó co...

Tuberculosis y hacinamiento carcelario desde la perspectiva de las inequidades sociales en salud en Colombia, 2018

Biomédica (Bogotá); 42 (1), 2022
Introducción. La población privada de la libertad se encuentra afectada por la tuberculosis debido al hacinamiento carcelario. Esta situación refleja una inequidad en salud, entendida esta como una diferencia injusta y evitable. Objetivo. Estimar las condiciones de hacinamiento carcelario como inequid...

Population attributes of Littoraria angulifera (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in mangroves in Bahia State, northeastern Brazil

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
Littoraria angulifera (Lamarck, 1822) is an estuarine gastropod of tropical occurrence, which lives mainly on trunks of mangrove tree species. This study aimed to evaluate the population attributes of this species, such as abundance, space-time distribution, sex ratio and recruitment in mangroves in Bahi...

A cidade importa: urbanização, análise regional e segregação urbana em tempos de pandemia de Covid-19

No início de 2020, assentamentos urbanos em todo o mundo experimentaram a rápida expansão da síndrome respiratória aguda grave (SARS-CoV-2). As cidades foram os focos de contaminação nos países que apresentaram notificações significativas de Covid-19. Neste estudo, investigamos primeiramente a ...

Spatial distribution and sample size to estimate Lycosa erythrognatha (Araneae: Lycosidae) population density overwintering

Braz. j. biol; 81 (4), 2021
Abstract Lycosa erythrognatha Lucas, 1833 (Araneae: Lycosidae) is a predatory arthropod with potential for conservation biological control. In addition to being considered a bioindicator of environmental quality, this arthropod provides an important service for agriculture by reducing insect-pest populat...