Afro-Argentines in Buenos Aires, 1800-1900.

Imported dengue in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Vol. 6, No. 6, November–December 2000 Emerging Infectious Diseases when aggressive male animals fight. Although this pattern has been observed for several host species of New World hantaviruses, this is the first known demonstration for Dobrava virus and A. flavicollis. Of the two female rodents with evidence of hantavirus infection, one had scars, and one did not. The latter was positive by PC...

Triatoma infestans in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Health Administration Agencies of many municipalities in Greater Buenos Aires (GBA) receive frequent reports on triatomines in houses. The aim of this work was to identify and describe the dispersal foci of Triatoma infestans in an urban neighborhood of GBA, and contribute to the knowledge of the epidemiological situation in the region. In June 1998, potentially infested places were entomol...

Prevalence of cholelithiasis in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

BACKGROUND Cholelithiasis is an important cause of morbidity in the world and it varies significantly depending on the region of study. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of cholelithiasis in Buenos Aires. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional, descriptive, observational study performed in a public hospital with tertiary care in Gastrointestinal Surgery. From July 2010 to December ...

Goiter Prevalence in Greater Buenos Aires

The Hospital de Clínicas organized a free program of goiter detection by palpation. This campaign was aimed at the population of the metropolitan area of Greater Buenos Aires (11 million inhabitants), with the prerequisite that each participant should be quite unaware whether he/she was a carrier of any thyroid disease. Attendees were split into two groups, i.e., Random and Induced. The former ...

Popular Medicine in America 1800-1900.