USING ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING TO PREDICT THE POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SCRUB TYPHUS IN FUJIAN PROVINCE, CHINA

Using ecological niche modeling to predict the potential distribution of scrub typhus in Fujian Province, China

Abstract Background Despite the increasing number of cases of scrub typhus and its expanding geographical distribution in China, its potential distribution in Fujian Province, which is endemic for the disease, has yet to be investigated.Methods A negative binomial regression model for panel data mainly comprising meteorological, socioeconomic and l

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Nursing, a brief sociological approach: where from and where to

I wrote this article during the summer of 2001 in order to present it at the III National Conference fr9967 of Military Nursing held in Cartagena in April 2002.Although written nearly a year ago, last November governmental decisions with regard to nursing career development come to show little quantitative or qualitative change; on the contrary, th

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