Educational intervention effect on knowledge of teniasis/cysticercosis<br /> in a rural community from Huánuco, Peru 2005.

[b][i]Objective. [/i][/b]To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on the taeniasis/cysticercosis knowledge in the residents of the rural highland community of Queropalca, Huánuco (Central Peruvian Andes). [b...

Carbuncle outbreak and problems in mass communication: its economic impact

Evaluation of agglutination latex test for serologic diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis

We evaluated a latex agglutination test standardized for serological diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis. We used latex particles of 0.25 um in diameter, which were sensitized with antigen lyophilized total of hydatid cys...

The Pasteur Institute from Paris

Factores de riesgo para mordeduras por murciélagos hematófagos en el valle del río Apurímac

La rabia silvestre en el Perú está relacionada, en la mayoría de casos, con la mordedura por murciélagos hematófagos ([i]Desmodus rotundus[/i]). La zona del valle del río Apurímac ha notificado en forma frecuente, ataque...