A bacteriological study of drinking water in three peripheral neighborhood of Asunción was performed. the sample were taken at nine homes dwellers were asked a questionnaire. The sample were taken in sterile 1-liter bottles from: 1. Water kept in 50 lt-plastic buckests; 2. Directly from the tap. At the ...
It was observed the effects of captivity on the reproductive competence of monkeys, to measure the degree of adaptation to a confined situation. These observation were made on Cebus, Aotus, and Saimiri monkeys, from two different monkeys colonies, facing a project of establishment a breeding monkey colon...
Chromosome observations of triatomine bugs known as medically important vectors of American tripanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) were attempted. We demonstrated by the C-band technique that brazilian strain of Triatoma infestans includes at least three cytotypes in terms of constitutive heterochromatin poly...
Spontaneous metacyclogenesis in culture of two Paraguayan T. cruzi strains has been studied. T. cruzi JAG and RF, two stains isolated from patients at IICS, maintained through successive cultured in LIT medium and the reference strain, y, were cultured in modified Grace medium (isola et. al. 1986), for t...
In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of mixed rehydration (intravenous and oral) in children with acute diarrhea and showing dehydration, several physical parameters were meansured at the time of delivery to the Pediatrics Department of the Instituto de Previsión Social, and during the therapy. Su...
Hace referencia al tema de la situación de la poblacional del Paraguay, y presenta propuestas de estrategias globales y sectoriales, para la implementación de soluciones a mediano y largo plazo de los problemas de población en Paraguay...
The prevalence intestinal of parasitosis was studied in a population of 150 children, which ages ranged from one to fourteen years, from Guazú-Cuá department of Paraguarí, which is an isolated community with very poor sanitary conditions. Feces from all 150 children were examined by the concentration ...
The nutritional status of the children in the rural community of Guazu-Cuá, Paraguarí Department, Paraguay, was evaluated within the frame of a project on primary health care. The study was carried out twice (July 1989 and July 1990) in children of both sexs with ages from one month to ten years, using...
Strains of Trypanosoma cruzi isolate in Paraguay from patients and vectors were examiqned by restriction endonuclease analysis of K-DNA using Eco RI, Hae III, Hinf I, Msp I. Four different types of schizodeme profiles were identified in 11 isolates. The firs group has much simpler profiles than ther grou...
The microfilaricidal effect if invermectin was studied on Cebus apella infected with dipetalonema gracile in Paraguay. Nine monkeys were treated with ivermectin at the dosage of 200 ug/kg boby wieght by single subcutaneous injection. The significant reduction in microfilarial count after treatament with ...
