A conspicuous population of the long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae), in a highly polluted Mediterranean coastal lagoon

Background.Seahorses are considered vulnerable and endangered fish species in many parts of the world.We found Womens Pants a conspicuous and stable population of Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829 in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea), known of its substantial pollution and fluctuations in environmental parameters.The aims of our study were

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Poliovirus excretion among children with primary immune deficiency in Pakistan: a pilot surveillance study protocol

Introduction Children with primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID) are more susceptible to developing viral infections and are at a substantially increased risk of developing paralytic poliomyelitis.Such children, if given oral polio Alternator Brackets vaccines tend to excrete poliovirus chronically that may lead to the propagation of highly dive

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