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Bound collection containing documents relating to the 1953 4th Archbold Expedition to New Guinea. Of note are the field insect and reptile catalog listings, which date between March 24 and October ...27, 1953 and include specimen number, kind, date, locality, collector and remarks. Locations noted include Menapi, Baiawi, the Maneau Range of Mt. Dayman, Gwariu River, Kwagiri River, and Goodenough Island. Entries primarily collected by Tate, as well as Kenneth Wynn and Hobart Van Deusen. Field collection numbers noted include 1 through 130. Also found in volume are food supply and packing lists, and a series of six 1947 instructional leaflets by Alice Gray of the American Museum of Natural History.
Notes on botanical collection -- Summary of Collections, G.M. Tate -- Different kinds of frogs collected -- Contents of boxes as at arrival Samarai -- Statement of food consumption, March 22-Sept 14, 1953 -- Bulk food supplies as at arrival at Samarai (amend Baiawa) -- Stores and supplies at Baiawa as at 19th August 1953 -- Bal. of food loaded on ship -- Rations list August 7 -- Packing lists -- Worms, 4th Archbold Exped. 1953 -- How to make and use safe insect-killing jars /Alice Gray -- How to make and use insects nets / Alice Gray -- How to collect insects and spiders for scientific study / Alice Gray -- How to mount and label hard-bodied insects / Alice Gray-- How to make and use spreading boards for insects / Alice Gray-- How to preserve a collection of soft-bodied insects and spiders / Alice Gray. Geoffrey M. Tate, a zoologist and younger brother of American Museum of Natural History curator G. H. H. Tate, acted as business manager for Archbold Expeditions at the American Museum of Natural History. He accompanied as collector for both the 4th Archbold Expedition to New Guinea and the 1948 Cape York Expedition.
Background. Routine rotavirus vaccination of US infants began in 2006. We conducted active, population-based surveillance for rotavirus gastroenteritis hospitalizations in 3 US counties to assess ...vaccine impact. Methods. Children <36 months old hospitalized with diarrhea and/or vomiting were enrolled from January through June each year during the period 2006—2009 and tested for rotavirus. Age-stratified rates of hospitalization for rotavirus infection were compared with corresponding vaccination coverage among a control group of children with acute respiratory illness. To assess direct and indirect benefits, vaccination coverage rates in the control group were multiplied by vaccine effectiveness estimates to calculate expected reductions in the rate of hospitalization for rotavirus infection. Rotavirus serotypes were compared across years. Results. Compared with 2006, a significant reduction in rates of hospitalization for rotavirus infection (P <.001) was observed in 2008 among all age groups. There was an 87% reduction in the 6—11-month-old age group (coverage, 77%), a 96% reduction in the 12—23-months-old age group (coverage, 46%), and a 92% reduction in the 24—35-month-old age group (coverage, 1%), which exceeded reductions expected on the basis of coverage and vaccine effectiveness estimates. Age-specific rate reductions were nearly equivalent to those expected on the basis of age-specific vaccine coverage in 2009. Predominant strains varied annually: G1P8 (91%) in 2006; G1P8 (45%) and G12P8 (36%) in 2007; G1P8 (89%) in 2008; and G3P8 (43%), G2P4 (34%), and G9P8 (27%) in 2009. Conclusions. Rotavirus vaccination has dramatically decreased rates of hospitalization for rotavirus infection among children in these US counties. In 2008, reductions were prominent among both vaccine-eligible age groups and older, largely unvaccinated children; the latter likely resulted from indirect protection. Although rates among age groups eligible for vaccination remained low in 2009, indirect benefits disappeared.
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