Este artículo se centra en adscripciones de valor a servicios ecosistémicos el Paraguay rural. El estudio desarrolla desde datos primarios obtenidos través trabajo campo departamento San Pedro, Paraguay. pone cuestión la devaluación incluyendo perspectiva pequeños agricultores. Las transiciones agricultura familiar tradicional hacia industrial contextualizan paisajes y patrones socio-culturales...

A cross-sectional study in Itagua, Paraguay tested 192 people for the presence, intensity and species of hookworm infection. Fifty-nine percent of these individuals were found to be infected. Intensity of infection was determined on 92% of infected individuals by quantitative egg counts. The high intensity hookworm infections, which cause the greatest morbidity, were clustered between the ages ...

Five new species, and one new genus of Cerambycidae are described: Drycothaea vulcanica sp. nov. (Calliini), from Ecuador (Holotype male deposited in AMNH: Napo, 29.X.1988, J.S. Miller leg.); Perissomerus machadoi sp. nov. (Neoibidionini), from Paraguay (Holotype male deposited in MZSP: Alto Paraguay, 30.XI.2002, Di Iorio leg.); Cacostola carinata sp. nov. (Onciderini), from Brazil (Holotype fe...

The developed and Implemented BONIS system is a surveillance system based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that has been developed to support the National Epidemiological Surveillance System in Paraguay by promoting community involvement in syndromic surveillance. It has been implemented in a primary health care unit named Center for Mutual Aid Association Health for All, (C...

1 Professor, PhD in Medicine, Associated physician Otolaryngology Department University Hospital of Universidade Nacional de Asunción Paraguay. 2 Professor, PhD in Medicine, Head of the Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery University Hospital Universidade Nacional de Asunción. 3 Professor, PhD in Medicine, Assistant Professor Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo. 4 PhD in Medicine, Resid...

Influenza virus is associated with upper respiratory tract infections. The fourth influenza pandemic was declared in 2009. The aim of this study was to determine the genetic variability of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic virus circulating in Paraguay. Nasal swabs were collected from 181 patients with flu symptoms managed at the Hospital of the Medical School in Asunción, Paraguay, between August and Oct...

An outbreak of cholinergic poisoning occurred in New York City during a 3-day period. Seven individuals from three families of South American origin were affected. Signs and symptoms of illness included dry skin, hyperthermia, tachycardia, dilated pupils, agitation, and hallucinations. Onset of illness in all cases was temporally associated with consumption of a tea that was labeled "Paraguay T...

Recently, we reported the discovery of several potential rodent reservoirs of hantaviruses in western (Holochilus chacarius) and eastern Paraguay (Akodon montensis, Oligoryzomys chacoensis, and O. nigripes). Comparisons of the hantavirus S- and M-segments amplified from these four rodents revealed significant differences from each another and from other South American hantaviruses. The ALP stra...

A key is presented for the identification of the adults of 54 species of bloodsucking ceratopogonids, 51 of which are known inhabitants of Argentina, and Culicoides uruguayensis Ronderos, C. pifanoi Ortiz, and C. trilineatus Fox, which are known to occur in bordering Uruguay and Paraguay. Wing photographs are provided of females of the 45 species of Culicoides. Three new species of Culicoides L...