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  1. The diet of the ragged-tooth shark <em>Carcharias taurus</em> Rafinesque 1810 in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

    The diet of the ragged-tooth shark Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MJ Smale
    The ragged-tooth shark Carcharias taurus is a large predator of inshore coastal waters in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Born at about 1m long and attaining approximately 3m, stomach content analyses have shown that it feeds largely on teleosts and...
  2. The economics, financing and implementation of HIV treatment as prevention: What will it take to get there?

    The economics, financing and implementation of HIV treatment as prevention: What will it take to get there?

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: David Wilson --- The World Bank Group, USA Jessica Taaffe --- The World Bank Group, USA Nicole Fraser-Hurt --- The World Bank Group, USA Marelize Gorgens --- The World Bank Group, USA
    The 2013 Lancet Commission Report, Global Health 2035, rightly pointed out that we are at a unique place in history where a “grand convergence” of health initiatives to reduce both infectious diseases, and child and maternal mortality – diseases that...
  3. Phylogenetic relationships among the Stiletto Snakes (genus <em>Atractaspis</em>) based on external morphology

    Phylogenetic relationships among the Stiletto Snakes (genus Atractaspis) based on external morphology

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Katie Moyer --- Whitman College, USA Kate Jackson --- Whitman College, USA
    Stiletto Snakes (genus Atractaspis) are the most poorly studied of the three clades of snakes with front-fanged venom-delivery systems. Fossorial and endemic to Africa and the Middle East, Atractaspis possess uniquely derived mobile fangs that allow them to perform a...