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Leishmaniasis visceral y tegumentaria en niños de dos zonas endémicas de Bolivia
(Parasitología al día, 1992)
Abstract.
Clinical histories of 1570 patients were reviewed at the Parasitology service at the I.B.B.A. (Bolivia). between 1982 to 1988. Among 74 children younger than 12 years there were: 70 with cutaneous and mucocutaneous ...
Anthropometric and bioenergetic characteristics in highland Bolivian children of high and low socio-economic status
(Masson, 1992)
Abstract.
The aim of this study was to compare the biometric and bioenergetic characteristics of
high-attitude Bolivian children of high and low socio-economic status. The sample consisted
of 67 children (11 years old) ...
Sleep apneas in high altitude residents (3,800 m)
(Int. J. Sports Med., 1992)
Abstract. The question is: to what extent periodic breathing usually observed in translocated subjects at high altitude affects normal and polycythemic residents of high altitude?
Standard sleep parameters, chest wall ...
Dietary intake and physical activity of Bolivian schollboys at high altitude
(Masson, 1992)
A population of about 50 schoolboys from 10-12 years old living in the city of La Paz - Bolivia at an
altitude between 3600 and 4100 m are studied. Food consumption and physical activity is measured by 24-hours interviews. ...
Infestation by Auchmeromyia senegalensis as a conseuence of the adoption of non-nomadic life by Pygmies in the Congo Republic
(Transantions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1992)
The Congo floor maggot is the blood-sucking larva of the fly Auchmeromyia senegalensis (Diptera: Calliphoridae) which is specific to sub-Saharan Africa (Dutton et al., 1904). The original specific name given to the fly, ...
Direct identification of Trypanosoma cruzi natural clones in vectors and mammalian hosts by polymerase chain reaction amplification
(Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 1992)
Abstract. The polymerase chain reaction was used to amplify the highly variable region
of the kinetoplast minicircle of Trypanosoma cruzi directly in biological samples (feces of
infected Triatomine bugs, blood samples ...
Biological and chemical studies of Pera benensis, a Bolivian plant used in folk medicine as a treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis
(Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1992)
The stem barks of Pera benensis are employed by the Chimane Indians in the Bolivian Amazonia as treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by the protozoan Leishmania braziliensis. The chloroform extracts containing ...
Effect of natural naphthoquinones in BALB/c mice infected with Leishmania amazonensis and L. venezuelensis
(Trop. Med. Parasitol, 1992)
Abstract. Plumbagin, 3,3’-biplumbagin and 8,8'-biplumbagin are naphthoquinones isolated by activity-directed fractionation from a Bolivian plant; Pera benensis, used in folk medicine as treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis ...
Physical fitness of children resident at high altitude in Bolivia
(Int. J. Sports Med., 1992)
Abstract.
1) Maximal oxygen consumption (VO₂max) varies from 35 to 45 ml . min-1 . kg-1 and maximal heart rate from I88 to 194 beats . min-1. These values are lower than those of their counterparts at low altitude (LA) ...
Activité antipaludique du N-hentriacontanol isolé de cuatresia SP (Solanaceae)
(Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp., 1992)
Résumé.
L'activité antipaludique de l'alcool gras n-hentriacontanol isolé d'une Solanacée bolivienne Cuatresia sp. est appréciée in vivo, par le test classique du traitement de 4 jours, sur Plasmodium
berghei et P. ...