Cuban Fulgorina. 1. The Families Tropiduchidae and Acanaloniidae

Characterization of the IVS17bTA microsatellite marker and six CTFR gene mutations in 21 Cuban families

Cystic fi brosis is an autosomal recessive disease. Its incidence in Cuba is 1 in 5000 live births. The molecular cause underlying this disease is related to mutations in the regulatory gene encoding the cystic fi brosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR). In this study, the techniques for the study of IVS17bTA microsatellite marker were standardized, and the most frequent mutations in the CFTR gen...

Comparing the Perceptions of Nurses and Families about the Expectations of Intensive Care Unit Patients’ Families

Background: Properly identifying the expectations of family members of patients admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) is a necessity for nurses. Objective: The present study aimed to determine and compare the expectations of ICU patients’ families according to the perceptions of ICU nurses and family members. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 147 families of ICU patients and 13...

The Soviet-Cuban Quarantine and Self-Defense

Ebola control: the Cuban approach.

More than 160 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived in Sierra Leone on Oct 2, 2014, to support local teams in controlling the Ebola epidemic. 300 more are being trained in Cuba at present and will be on their way to Liberia and Guinea in the coming weeks. The worldwide response to the Ebola epidemic has been slow and small. More nurses and doctors are certainly needed, not only from Cuba, but also f...

Deciphering Dengue: The Cuban Experience

C R ED IT :O G O B A R A D O U M B O María G. Guzmán, head of the virology department at the Tropical Medicine Institute Pedro Kourí (IPK), in Havana, Cuba,has more than 20 years of experience working on virology.With her husband and a group of distinguished collaborators, her work on dengue viruses in Cuba and abroad has contributed to knowledge of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, epidemiology, an...