To determine the epidemiology of human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV-8) among non-Amazonian native populations, we conducted a cross-sectional study in Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Our data show striking ethnic and geographic variations in the distribution of HHV-8 seroprevalences in Amazonian (77%) and non-Amazonian native populations (range 0%-83%).

Luca Cernuzzi, Lidia López, Jose Ignacio Panach and Martín Solari Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción”, Paraguay, [email protected] Universidad Politècnica de Catalunya, España, [email protected] Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria, Departament d’Informàtica, Universitat de València, Avenida de la Universidad, s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain, [email protected] Universida...

Three years after the first report of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Clorinda, Argentina, a border city near Asunción, Paraguay, the city was surveyed again. Lu. longipalpis was found clustered in the same neighbourhoods in 2007 as in 2004, even though the scattered distribution of canine visceral leishmaniasis was more related to the traffic of dogs through the border.

El presente artículo plantea una serie de apuntes que conforman aproximación a la manifestación arquitectónica Paraguay en las últimas décadas, revisada bajo el punto vista del proceso artesanal como método proyecto y obra. Su contenido se centra específicamente férrea asociación los arquitectos establecen con artesanos locales, configurando un creativo basado constante intercambio experiencias...

The morphological discrimination between the species Astyanax altiparanae and A. asuncionensis of the upper Paraná River and Paraguay River basins, respectively, has always been difficult. Two D-loop haplogroups of A. altiparanae are known, one with the presence (AltoPR) or the absence (AltoPR-D) of a 32-bp block similar to that in A. asuncionensis. We examined these samples to characteriz...

Despite the ongoing worldwide trade in reptiles, monitoring and management systems are only recently being developed for exploited lizards and snakes. We studied the tegu lizard (Tupinambis spp.) management and harvest monitoring program in Paraguay as a model for commercially exploited reptile management. Tegu lizards are among the most exploited reptiles in the world, with current quotas for ...

We aim to describe the several actors and their position related Paraná‑Paraguay Hydroway’s new public concession contract. analyse debate about Parana‑Paraguay Hydroway considering of a strong public‑private coalition, which aimed consolidate current model operating condition has deployed defensives strategies for facing demands proposed by variety private actors, who modify this policy. based...