Se reconocen varias formas etiológicamente distintas de virus causantes de hepatitis entre las que se encuentran el Virus de la Hepatitis B (VHB) y el Virus de la Hepatitis C (VHC entre otros. Estos virus se transmiten por vía intravenosa, sexual y perinatal y con menor frecuencia por medio de acupuntu...
El diagnóstico de la enfermedad de Chagas por métodos parasitológicos se realiza mediante la visualización directa o indirecta del parásito. La detección del mismo es relativamente fácil en la fase aguda, cuando la parasistemia es alta; sin embargo, durante las fases intermedias y la cronica se de...
Trescientos setenta y dos muestras de suero fueron estudiadas para evaluar la sensibilidad, especificidad, reproductibilidad y estabilidad de una prueba de ELISA "TOXO TEST, IICS" para detecciòn de anticuerpos IgG e IgM anti-Toxoplasma gondii. Los resultados fueron obtenidos por comparaciòn con los mè...
In Paraguay, a high Toxoplasmosis seroprevalence rate (77 percent) has been estimated in adults. Our preliminary studies in 346 pregnant women from the department of San Pedro, showed a Toxoplasma gondii sero prevalence of 89 percent. This descriptive and cross-sectional study was developed in order to a...
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 prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection was studied in a population of 158 children, which ages ranged from 4 months to thirteen years, from Guazú-Cuá department of Paraguarí, which is an isolated community within the endemic area for Chagas'disease. Twelve out of 158 ( 7.6 percent) children yie...