Hallazgo de Haemobartonella Felis en Chile

Rickettsia felis in Chile

To the Editor: Rickettsiosis due to Rickettsia felis is an emerging disease that has been reported worldwide (1). Fever, headache, myalgia, and macular rash have been attributed to R. felis infection in humans (1). In South America, R. felis infection in fl eas (mostly Ctenocephalides spp.) has been reported only in Brazil, Peru, and Uruguay (2–3). Although a growing number of articles have rep...

Explorando la Influencia del Género en la Percepción y Adopción de e-Learning en Alumnos de Educación Superior en Chile

The main objective of this study is to examine gender differences and technology acceptances from tertiary education students from Chile. The TAM model is the tool used to measure the acceptance and use of e-learning of respondents. Partial Least Squares (PLS) was used, specifically, multi-group PLS analysis was used to compare between-group differences. In summary, we can affirm that in a samp...

Los sistemas de información y su efecto en el desempeño organizacional en empresas de la Octava Región de Chile

A High Altitude Archaeological Survey in Northern Chile Reconocimiento Arqueológico De Montañas Andinas En El Norte De Chile

This paper presents the results of an investigation of ten mountains undertaken in 1983 in Lauca and Isluga National Parks in northern Chile. Archaeological sites were surveyed on five of the summits and ethnographic information was collected in villages located near them. An Inca figurine, made out of mullu shell (spondylus) was discovered on the surface at one of the sites. The survey helps e...

Physical map and genome sequencing survey of Mycoplasma haemofelis (Haemobartonella felis).

Mycoplasma haemofelis is an uncultivable red-cell pathogen of cats. Isolated M. haemofelis DNA was used to create a bacterial artificial chromosome library and physical map. Random sequencing of this material revealed 75 genes that had not been previously reported for M. haemofelis or any other hemotrophic mycoplasma.