A molecular PCR study using DNA from 21 hydatid cysts was performed to determine which strain type is responsible for human infection in Peru. The mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene was amplified in 20 out of 21 samples, revealing that all but 1 sample (19/20, 95%) belonged to the common sheep strain (G1). The remaining samples belonged to the camel strain (G6). The G1 geno...

We describe and illustrate two new species of Atanatolica from Brazil and Peru, representing the first record of the genus from Peru and the first record of the genus from Ceará state, Brazil. Atanatolica nordestina sp. nov. is recognized by short inferior appendages, with their basal portions subquadrangular, in ventral view; and by tergum X without the typical digitate apical processes, but w...

This article evaluates the linkages between transnational mining corporations and local migration dynamics in Peru. Changes in migration patterns in the Cajamarca region of Peru over the past decade are examined via a case study of the gold mining operations of Newmont Mining Corporation. The study considers household migration behavior in communities surrounding the mine as well as transformat...

El pueblo Kandozi cuenta con una población aproximada de 2 346 habitantes, distribuidos en 44 comunidades principales y 6 asentamientos poblacionales con miras a transformarse en comunidades, las cuales se ubican en las provincias del Datem del Marañon. Las comunidades viven a la ribera del río Huitoyacu, Chapuli, Morona y Pastaza, Alto Nucuray y en el lago Rimachi y pertenecen a la familia lin...

From 1983 to 1987 the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided support to several national-level organizations in Peru's highly centralized public sector: the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Division (GRR), the Sierra Microregional Project (PMS), and the Technical Assistance and Training Program for Departmental Development Corporations (PATC-CORDES). These national...

Despite record-breaking economic performance, Peru has the region's lowest percentage of citizen satisfaction with public institutions. p eru stands out as one of Latin Amer-ica's economic success stories—even beating out some of its larger neighbors who have escaped the worst effects of the global economic meltdown. While Latin America's economies grew an average of 4.6 percent in 2008, markin...

Abstract Social conflicts stemming from industrial mining projects in Peru have increasingly been fought court cases recent years. This article analyzes the dark side of this judicialization conflicts, a process through which state authorities criminalize participation social protests and attempt to prevent mobilization movements. use law by public is an example so-called shrinking space scope ...

Sphyraena ensis is distributed in the Eastern Pacific from Mexico to Chile, including Galapagos Islands. Despite wide distribution of this fish, knowledge parasitic fauna S. restricted only three monogenean species. The objective study was record and describe two species northern Peru. During a parasitological May October 2019, monogeneans were collected gills 138 specimens Caleta de Zorritos, ...

We retrospectively studied 420 pharyngeal swab specimens collected from Peruvian and Argentinean patients with influenzalike illness in 2002 and 2003 for evidence of human metapneumovirus (HMPV). Twelve specimens (2.3%) were positive by multiple assays. Six specimens yielded HMPV isolates. Four of the 6 isolates were of the uncommon B1 genotype.