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Current spread of Triatoma infestans at the expense of Triatoma sordida in Bolivia
(Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 1996)
Triatoma infestans is the most widespread synanthropic species of Triatominae and the most important vector of Chagas disease in South America. The progressive geographical expansion of this species from its silvatic focus ...
Rural campaign to diagnose and treat mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Bolivia
(Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1995)
Abstract.
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) is endemic in the tropical Amazonian lowlands of Bolivia, an area that regularly receives influxes of migratory populations. In these new agricultural development areas, a ...
Morphometrics of domestic Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in Bolivia
(Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 1998)
The trend to domesticity in Triatominae may represent a transitionary phase towards increasing vectorial importance in the transmission of Chagas disease to humans, and requires sustained entomological surveillance. Although ...
Circulation and behaviour of two major clones of Trypanosoma cruzi in Bolivian cycles
(Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 1996-11)
On the basis of isoenzyme studies and population genetic interpretation (Tibayrenc et al. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 83 : 115-119, 1986), we have previously designed a molecular identification tool of two major clones of ...
Genetic structure of Triatoma sordida (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) domestic populations from Bolivia : application on control interventions
(Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 1999)
The genetic population of Triatoma sordida group 1, a secondary vector of Chagas disease in Bolivia, was studied by multi-locus enzyme electrophoresis. A total of 253 nymphal and adult specimens collected from seven ...
Definición y prevalencia de la anemia en mujeres bolivianas de edad fértil residentes a gran altitud : efecto de una suplementación con hierro-folato
(Desnutrición oculta en Latinoamérica : deficiencia de hierro, 1997)
Resumen.
Los objetivos del presente estudio fueron a) definir mediante una suplementación con hierro y folato los valores umbrales de hemoglobina para el diagnóstico de la anemia en mujeres bolivianas de edad fértil ...
Definition and prevalence of anemia in Bolivian women of childbearing age living at high altitudes : the effect of iron-folate supplementation
(Nutrition Reviews, 1997)
Abstract.
This paper discusses the effect that high altitudes have on iron metabolism and summarizes the results of an iron-folate supplementation trial. The two main objectives of the trial were to determine hemoglobin ...