The expression of the CD69 antigen on CD4 T lymphocytes after in vitro stimulation with purified protein derivative (2 tuberculin units) was used to evaluate the tuberculin reactivities of 52 individuals from four experimental groups: Mycobacterium bovis BCG-vaccinated healthy individuals with a negative tuberculin skin test (TST) result (group A), BCG-vaccinated healthy individuals with a posi...

BACKGROUND A better understanding of the link between eating behavior and maternal feeding practices with childhood and maternal weight status is of great interest. OBJECTIVE To assess the association between childhood anthropometric measures with mothers' Body Mass Index (BMI) and their feeding practices toward preschool children in Chile. METHODS 1029 children (504 boys, 4.3 +/- 0.3 years...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum levels of 12 cytokines or chemokines important in central nervous system (CNS) infections were measured in 76 Ugandan children with cerebral malaria (CM) and 8 control children. As compared with control children, children with cerebral malaria had higher cerebrospinal fluid levels of interleukin (IL)-6, CXCL-8/IL-8, granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CS...

SUMMARYThe weekly number of dengue cases in Peru, South America, stratified by province for the period 1994-2006 were analysed in conjunction with associated demographic, geographic and climatological data. Estimates of the reproduction number, moderately correlated with population size (Spearman rho=0.28, P=0.03), had a median of 1.76 (IQR 0.83-4.46). The distributions of dengue attack rates a...

OBJECTIVES to compare the level of anxiety reported by patients and assessed by dentists. Also, the expected and actual pain during the treatment perceived by the patient and dentist were assessed. METHODS sixty six endodontic patients filled in two questionnaires, prior to and after the treatment, so did their therapists. The first set of questions for patients was regarding demographics, th...

The Reflective Functioning scale (RF) is a narrative-based assessment of the capacity to coherently conceptualize one's own and others' subjective motivations, emotions, beliefs, and desires. We report the preliminary results of an effort to develop a computerized text analysis version (CRF) of the RF assessment system. A sample of 113 clinical and non-clinical Adult Attachment Interviews (AAI)...

INTRODUCTION The association between cardiac autonomic and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in Chagas disease (ChD) is controversial. METHODS A standardized protocol that includes the Valsalva maneuver, a respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) test, and an echocardiographic examination was used. Spearman correlation coefficients (rho) were used to investigate associations. RESULTS The study po...

Purpose: Coronary angiography can cause post-procedural pain, and limited flexibility in the hips and knees may contribute to this discomfort. Patients with restricted hip and knee flexibility may experience increased stress. This study was designed to assess the flexibility of the hip and knee and its relationship with pain experienced after femoral angiography. Methods: This cross-sectional ...

Objetivo: Determinar la relación de cultura tributaria con el cumplimiento obligación en tributarias comerciantes del Mercado José Carlos Mariátegui – San Juan Lurigancho. Materiales y métodos: El tipo estudio fue no experimental, diseño correlacional, aplicando dos cuestionarios confiables debidamente validados a una población 120 mercado Mariátegui, distrito Lurigancho se procesó información ...

the effect of non – pharmacologic pain management methods for venipuncture pain in school aged children in the center for thalassemia in the city of kerman     bageriyan s [1] , borhani f [2] *, abaszadeh a [3]     received: 12 sep, 2012 accepted: 20 nov, 2012   abstract   background & aims : establishing intravenous line (iv catheter) is one of the most common invasive procedures that cause pa...