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Human visceral leishmaniasis in Bolivia : first proven autochthonous case from "Los Yungas"
(Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1983)
On 25th February, 1982, a boy aged two years and two months was brought to the Children's Hospital in La Paz with a six-month history of diarrhoea, vomiting, fever and asthenia. On 14th April, a tentative diagnosis of ...
The microdistribution of isoenzymic strains of Trypanosoma cruzi in southern Bolivia; new isoenzyme profiles and further arguments against Mendelian sexuality
(Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1984)
Abstract.
132 Trypanosoma cruzi stocks were collected in southern Bolivia (99 stocks in Tupiza, 33 in Tarija), and were characterized using five enzymes (six loci). From these 132 stocks, a sample of 21 was studied using ...
Leishmaniasis en Bolivia : Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) Vector de Kala - azar en los Yungas
(Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura, 1983)
Summary.
The epidemiological study of kala-azar in the "Yungas" focus shows that L. longipalpis, a predominant phlebotomine sandfly in peridomestic areas (96% of catches) is the main vector, Dissections of L. longipalpis ...
Visceral canine leishmaniasis in Bolivia
(Transantions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1982-05-11)
We report the first description ofr visceral canine leishmaniasis in Bolivia. In a first stage (October 1980), three dogs presenting mucous nasal lesions were found to be infected with Leishmania (numerous amastigotes on ...
Estimation of population at risk of infection and number of cases of Leishmaniasis
(Parasitology Today, 1992)
ln this paper, Dick Ashford, Philipe Desjeux ond Peter deRaadt attempt to estimate the total number of people at risk of acquiring disease caused by infetion with Leishmania spp. ln many areas a very small risk is distributed ...
Les Leishmania de Bolivie. II. Leishmania chagasi Cunha et Chagas, 1937. Premiers isolements dans les "Yungas" du Département de La Paz. Comparaison isoenzymatique de souches de l'Homme, du Chien et du Phlébotome Lutzomyia longipalpis (Luts et Neiva, 1912)
(Colloque Intern., 1986)
RÉSUMÉ.
Un foyer de leishmaniose viscérale a été mis en évidence dans les Yungas du Département de
La Paz. Le premier cas humain autochtone a pu étre diagnostiqué en 1982 dans cette région. L'infection
cutanée et viscérale ...
Leishmaniasis Americana = American Leishmaniasis
(Occupational Health and Hygiene Digest, 1985)
The interest of immunoprecipitation tests in the immunological diagnosis of Chagas'disease
(Ann. Soc. Belge Med. Trop., 1985)
Summary.
lmmunoelectrophoresis (lEP) and a double diffusion microtest (MD) were
evaluated for ¡mmunological diagnosis of Chagas' d¡sease, using 527 sera from Bolivian
patients. The specificity of, the tests was given ...
New electrophoretic evidence of genetic variation and diploidy in Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas' disease
(Genética, 1985)
Abstract.
By changing clcctrophoretic conditions additional genetic variability was observed in both previously and newly analysed enzymatic systemes in Trypanosoma cruzi . Inferences the quaternary structure of enzymes ...
Ecocardiografía modo "M" en la enfermedad de Chagas
(Ann. Soc. Belge Med. Trop., 1985)
Resumen.
Se reportan los resultados de alteraciones electrocardiográficas encontradas
en 98 pacientes con diagnóstico de enfermedad de Chagas.
Para el presente estudio, el grupo de pacientes fue dividido en 3 subgrupos ...