Responding to crises in the African Great Lakes by Glynne Evans

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African Great Lakes Region: Governance and Politics by Wioleta Gierszewska, Benjamin Mudaheranwa

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Moving beyond conflict: re-framing mobility in the African Great Lakes region - working paper for the African Great Lakes Mobility Project by Bakewell, O, Bonfiglio, A

“…It is not surprising that conflict and crisis are often seen as the dominant features moving across the across the socio-political landscape in the African Great Lakes. As a result, many areas of life are analysed in its shadow – politics, economics, cultural norms, and, most pertinent for this paper, mobility. …”

Cattle, identity and genocide in the African Great Lakes region by Andrew Reid

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The geography of measles vaccination in the African Great Lakes region by Saki Takahashi, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Matthew J. Ferrari, Andrew J. Tatem, Justin Lessler

“…Here, Takahashiet al. identify ‘coldspots’ in the African Great Lakes region where measles vaccine coverage is below 80%, suggesting that these regions should be targeted in future vaccination campaigns.…”
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Understanding the performance of the FLake model over two African Great Lakes by W. Thiery, A. Martynov, F. Darchambeau, J.-P. Descy, P.-D. Plisnier, L. Sushama, N. P. M. van Lipzig

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Stillbirth in the African Great Lakes region: A pooled analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys. by Blessing Jaka Akombi, Pramesh Raj Ghimire, Kingsley Emwinyore Agho, Andre Masumbuko Renzaho

“…BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to estimate the rate and predisposing factors associated with stillbirth in the African Great Lakes region (Burundi, Congo Democratic Republic, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda). …”
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Mitochondrial phylogeography and population structure of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus in the African Great Lakes region by Gaston S. Amzati, Roger Pelle, Jean-Berckmans B. Muhigwa, Esther G. Kanduma, Appolinaire Djikeng, Maxime Madder, Nathalie Kirschvink, Tanguy Marcotty

“…In this study we investigated the genetic distribution of R. appendiculatus across agro-ecological zones (AEZs) in the African Great Lakes region to better understand the epidemiology of ECF and elucidate R. appendiculatus evolutionary history and biogeographical colonization in Africa. …”
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Heavy Metal Contamination of Sediments from an Exoreic African Great Lakes’ Shores (Port Bell, Lake Victoria), Uganda by Gabson Baguma, Andrew Musasizi, Hannington Twinomuhwezi, Allan Gonzaga, Caroline K. Nakiguli, Patrick Onen, Christopher Angiro, Augastine Okwir, Boniface Opio, Thomas Otema, Daniel Ocira, Ivan Byaruhanga, Eric Nirigiyimana, Timothy Omara

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Support for a radiation of free-living flatworms in the African Great Lakes region and the description of five new Macrostomum species by Jeremias N. Brand

“…Abstract Background The African Great Lakes have long been recognized as an excellent location to study speciation. …”
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Fish Acquisition and Consumption in the African Great Lakes Region through a Food Environment Lens: A Scoping Review by Julia de Bruyn, Joshua Wesana, Stuart W. Bunting, Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Philippa J. Cohen

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You Shall Not Kill Them: Reading 2 Kings 6:8-23 in the Context of the Conflict in the African Great Lakes Region by Rose Nyirimana Mukansengimana

“…The African Great Lakes Region is now renowned across the globe for its history of persistent conflicts. …”

Correction: Support for a radiation of free-living flatworms in the African Great Lakes region and the description of five new Macrostomum species by Jeremias N. Brand

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The Land–Water–Energy Nexus of Ruzizi River Dams (Lake Kivu Outflow, African Great Lakes Region): Status, Challenges, and Perspectives by Fabrice Amisi Muvundja, Fabrice Amisi Muvundja, Jacques Riziki Walumona, Marie-Claire Dusabe, Marie-Claire Dusabe, Georges Lufungula Alunga, Georges Lufungula Alunga, Alidor Busanga Kankonda, Christian Albrecht, Christian Albrecht, Joachim Eisenberg, Alfred Wüest, Alfred Wüest

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Environmental Surveillance of Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 in the Five African Great Lakes and Other Major Surface Water Sources in Uganda by Godfrey Bwire, Godfrey Bwire, Amanda K. Debes, Christopher G. Orach, Atek Kagirita, Atek Kagirita, Malathi Ram, Henry Komakech, Joseph B. Voeglein, Ambrose W. Buyinza, Tonny Obala, W. Abdullah Brooks, David A. Sack

“…Cholera is a major public health problem in the African Great Lakes basin. Two hypotheses might explain this observation, namely the lakes are reservoirs of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 bacteria, or cholera outbreaks are a result of repeated pathogen introduction from the neighboring communities/countries but the lakes facilitate the introductions. …”
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Corrigendum: Surveillance and Genomics of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 From Fish, Phytoplankton and Water in Lake Victoria, Tanzania by Yaovi M. Gildas Hounmanou, Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon, Rene S. Hendriksen, Tamegnon V. Dougnon, Robinson H. Mdegela, John E. Olsen, Anders Dalsgaard

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Surveillance and Genomics of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 From Fish, Phytoplankton and Water in Lake Victoria, Tanzania by Yaovi M. Gildas Hounmanou, Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon, Rene S. Hendriksen, Tamegnon V. Dougnon, Robinson H. Mdegela, John E. Olsen, Anders Dalsgaard

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Genomic Microevolution of Vibrio cholerae O1, Lake Tanganyika Basin, Africa by Yaovi M.G. Hounmanou, Elisabeth Njamkepo, Jean Rauzier, Karin Gallandat, Aurélie Jeandron, Guyguy Kamwiziku, Klaudia Porten, Francisco Luquero, Aaron Aruna Abedi, Baron Bashige Rumedeka, Berthe Miwanda, Martin Michael, Placide Welo Okitayemba, Jaime Mufitini Saidi, Renaud Piarroux, François-Xavier Weill, Anders Dalsgaard, Marie-Laure Quilici

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East African cichlid lineages (Teleostei: Cichlidae) might be older than their ancient host lakes: new divergence estimates for the east African cichlid radiation by Frederic Dieter Benedikt Schedel, Zuzana Musilova, Ulrich Kurt Schliewen

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Splenic Rupture and Massive Hemoperitoneum Due to Coagulopathy after Atheris Viper Snakebite by Jiří Valenta, Zdeněk Stach, Eva Vagenknechtová, David Hoskovec

“…Here, we report a case of hemocoagulation failure due to bite by African Great Lakes bush viper Atheris nitschei with impossibility of specific treatment for absence of antivenom and its life-threatening complication: very rare and unexpected atraumatic splenic rupture with massive hemoperitoneum and necessity of urgent splenectomy.…”
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