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Rehabilitating the mangrove : an experimental polder in Guinea

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November 2000

As ecosystems mangroves are rich but they exist in a state of delicate balance.

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Thailand : monitoring of dengue fever epidemics by satellite imagery

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November 2000

Since dengue hemorrhagic fever appeared in the 1950s in South-East Asia many successive epidemics have occurred in Thailand.

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Discovery of vestiges of the first settlements in central and eastern Micronesia

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October 2000

Who were the first inhabitants of Micronesia? When did they settle there? Remains of such inhabitation are abundant enough in the western isles of Micronesia, but up to now that has not been the case for islands in the centre and in the east of the group.

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Chagas disease still present in North-East Brazil

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October 2000

Since 1975, campaigns to control the main vector of Chagas disease have been conducted in Brazil.

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A new treatment against snake bites in Africa

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October 2000

Snake bites are a considerable public health problem in Africa.

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