43 research outputs found
A new species of Mesocoelium (Digenea: Mesocoeliidae) found in Rhinella marina (Amphibia: Bufonidae) from Brazilian Amazonia
Anxiety and Depression in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are thought to be at disproportionate risk of developing mental health comorbidities, with anxiety and depression being considered most prominent amongst these. Yet, no systematic review has been carried out to date to examine rates of both anxiety and depression focusing specifically on adults with ASD. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the rates of anxiety and depression in adults with ASD and the impact of factors such as assessment methods and presence of comorbid intellectual disability (ID) diagnosis on estimated prevalence rates. Electronic database searches for studies published between January 2000 and September 2017 identified a total of 35 studies, including 30 studies measuring anxiety (n = 26 070; mean age = 30.9, s.d. = 6.2 years) and 29 studies measuring depression (n = 26 117; mean age = 31.1, s.d. = 6.8 years). The pooled estimation of current and lifetime prevalence for adults with ASD were 27% and 42% for any anxiety disorder, and 23% and 37% for depressive disorder. Further analyses revealed that the use of questionnaire measures and the presence of ID may significantly influence estimates of prevalence. The current literature suffers from a high degree of heterogeneity in study method and an overreliance on clinical samples. These results highlight the importance of community-based studies and the identification and inclusion of well-characterized samples to reduce heterogeneity and bias in estimates of prevalence for comorbidity in adults with ASD and other populations with complex psychiatric presentations
Studies on the helminth parasites of British birds
This thesis consists
of
four
parts,
and
is based
on
a survey of the helminth parasites
of Hertfordshire
birds.
Part I. (Section 1), deals
with
four
species
of
trematodes
found in Hertfordshire birds, Lyperosomum
longicauda
Rudolphi,
1809, Lutztrema monenteron
Price
&
McIntosh,
1935,
Dicrocoelioides petiolatum
Railliet,
1900
and
Brachylaemus
fuscatus (Rudolphi, 1819) var.
nicolli
(Witenberg,
1925).
14 now host records and 1 new
record
for this
country
are confirmed.
Part I. (Section 2), A
new trematode,
Reesella
doviensis
gen, ct sp. nov., from the Oystercatcher is
described.
(Reprint from J. Helminth. ,
30,
81-86. )
Part II deals with sixteen species
of
cestodes
recovered
from Hertfordshire birds. Descriptions
are
given of
Choanotaenia unicoronata Fuhrmann,
1908,
Dilepis
undula Schrank, 1788, Anomotaenia constricta
Molin,
1858,
A.
borealis.
Krabbe, 1869, Paricterotaenia parina
Dujardin,
1845,
Anonchotaenia globata von
Linstow,
1879,
Hymenolepis
serpentulus Rudolphi, 1810, H.
stylosa
Rudolphi,
1809,
H. amphitricha Rudolphi, 1819, H. farciminosa.
Goez,
1782,
H. fringillarum Rudolphi,
1809,
Aploparaksis
dujardinii
Krabbe, 1869, and Raillietina (Skrjabinia)
bonini Megnin,
1899. Three new forms are also described,
Anomotaenia verulamii
n.
sp.
from the mistlethrush, Paricterotaenia albani n. sp.
from
the starling and P. mariae n. sp.
from the
robin.
A total of 13 new host records
and
22
new records
for this country are confirmed.
Part III, (Section 1). deals
with
seven
species
of
nematodes found in Hertfordshire
birds. Descriptions
are given of Porrocaecum ensicaudatum
Zeder, 1800,
Syngamus
trachea Montagu 1811, S. merulae
Baylis,
1926,
Capillaria
ovopunctata von Linstow, 1873,
C. resecta
Dujardin,
1845,
C. colubae Rudolphi, 1819, and
C. exilis
Dujardin,
1845.
One new host record and two new
records
for this
country
were confirmed.
Part III. (Section 2), Descriptions
are
given
of
nine further species of Capillaria
recovered from
birds in
Great Britain. They are Capillaria
anatis
Schrank,
1790,
C. contorta Creplin, 1839, C. logicollis.
Mehlis, 1831,
C. nyrocinarum Madsen, 1945, C. obsignata Madsen,
1945,
C. retusa Railliet, 1895, C.
spinulosa
von
Linstow 1803,
C. tenuissima Rudolphi, 1803, and
C. triloba
von
Linstow,
1875;
Four new host records and
ten
new
records
for this
country
were confirmed,
Part IV. The results of
a survey
of the
helminth parasites of Hertfordshire
birds
are
tabulated.
A total of 571 birds representing 22
species
were
examined. Of the birds examined
396
(69.3%)
were
found
to be infected with helminths.
During the survey 28 new
host
records and
25
new
records for this country were
confirmed.
A total of 32 new host records
and
35
new
records
for Great Britain are recorded
in this thesis