Publications by authors named "D J Amon"
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- Acute febrile illness (AFI) is frequently misattributed to malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa, but a variety of pathogens can cause fever, emphasizing the need for better understanding and management of AFI.
- A study across four sites in Kenya from June 2017 to March 2019 enrolled over 3,200 AFI cases, primarily among children under 5, finding that 4.3% resulted in hospital fatalities and that many cases had undetermined causes.
- Identification of pathogens revealed malaria (Plasmodium) as the most common, while HIV and chikungunya were also detected; the results highlight the importance of improved diagnostics to address both malaria and non-malarial fever causes effectively.
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- * Mining for these minerals typically leads to biodiversity loss, prompting the exploration of deep seabed mining as an alternative, despite limited comparative studies on environmental impact between land-based and seabed mining.
- * A new framework called the Environmental Impact Wheel is proposed for assessing mining's ecosystem impacts, incorporating multiple attributes and indicators, with steps to facilitate holistic and targeted environmental comparisons.
Management of deep-sea fisheries in areas beyond national jurisdiction by Regional Fisheries Management Organizations/Arrangements (RFMO/As) requires identification of areas with Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs). Currently, fisheries data, including trawl and longline bycatch data, are used by many RFMO/As to inform the identification of VMEs. However, the collection of such data creates impacts and there is a need to collect non-invasive data for VME identification and monitoring purposes.
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