Resultados: 3

60, 000 years of interactions between Central and Eastern Africa documented by major African mitochondrial haplogroup L2

Sci. rep. (Nat. Publ. Group); 5 (12526), 2015
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup L2 originated in Western Africa but is nowadays spread across the entire continent. L2 movements were previously postulated to be related to the Bantu expansion, but L2 expansions eastwards probably occurred much earlier. By reconstructing the phylogeny of L2 (44 new ...

Profile: Manhiça Health Research Centre (Manhiça HDSS)
Profile: Manhiça Health Research Centre (Manhiça HDSS)

Int. j. epidemiol; 42 (5), 2013
The Manhiça Health Research Centre, established in 1996 in a rural area of southern Mozambique, currently follows around 92 000 individuals living in approximately 20 000 enumerated and geo-positioned households. Its main strength is the possibility of linking demographic data and clinical data to promo...

Levels and trends of demographic indices in southern rural Mozambique: evidence from demographic surveillance in Manhiça district

In Mozambique most of demographic data are obtained using census or sample survey including indirect estimations. A method of collecting longitudinal demographic data was introduced in southern Mozambique since 1996 (DSS -Demographic Surveillance System in Manhiça district, Maputo province), but the ext...