Wanda Maria Błeńska and her contribution to fight against leprosy in the world
The article includes biography and data on professional and social activities of Dr. Wanda Maria Błeńska (1911-2014), a high-minded person fully dedicated to medical help and humanitarian aid for the people in Africa and other countries of the world. Dr.
Andrzej Łukaszyk
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Global Medicine, Parasites, and Tasmania
Until the 1970s, infectious disease training in most medical schools was limited to those diseases common in the area of instruction. Those wishing to explore a more globalised curriculum were encouraged to undertake specialist postgraduate training at ...
John Goldsmid, Silvana Bettiol
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Critical care medicine in the French Territories in the Americas: Current situation and prospects
Hospitals in the French Territories in the Americas (FTA) work according to international and French standards. This paper aims to describe different aspects of critical care in the FTA.
Hatem Kallel +7 more
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Molecular Epidemiology of Ascariasis: A Global Perspective on the Transmission Dynamics of Ascaris in People and Pigs [PDF]
Background The roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides infects 0.8 billion people worldwide, and Ascaris suum infects innumerable pigs across the globe. The extent of natural cross-transmission of Ascaris between pig and human hosts in different geographical ...
Bendall, R P +6 more
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Analisa o debate sobre a doença de Chagas, descoberta em 1909, em sua relação com a campanha pelo saneamento rural do Brasil (1916-1920). Argumenta que as bandeiras desse movimento estiveram diretamente referidas à definição e à legitimação dessa ...
Simone Petraglia Kropf
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Projected health effects of realistic dietary changes to address freshwater constraints in India : a modelling study [PDF]
Acknowledgements This study forms part of the Sustainable and Healthy Diets in India project supported by the Wellcome Trust's Our Planet, Our Health programme (grant number 103932). LA's PhD is funded by the Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on
Agrawal, Sutapa +8 more
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Muestra el proceso que condujo a la medicina colombiana al descubrimiento y aceptación de las causas del paludismo, una enfermedad que aún azota en el país a grandes zonas cálidas y húmedas.
Victoria Estrada Orrego +1 more
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Cytochrome P450associated with insecticide resistance catalyzes cuticular hydrocarbon production in Anopheles gambiae. [PDF]
The role of cuticle changes in insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae was assessed. The rate of internalization of 14C deltamethrin was significantly slower in a resistant strain than in a susceptible strain.
Anthousi, Amalia +14 more
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Analisa a proposta de criação da cátedra de medicina tropical nas faculdades de medicina da América Latina feita em 1913, por ocasião do 5º Congresso Médico Latino-americano, em Lima.
Marta de Almeida
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Proceedings of a Joint Meeting held between The Norwegian Society of Infectious Diseases and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Oslo, 20th June 2008 [PDF]
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) has a tradition of holding joint meetings with fellow European Societies, providing opportunities to facilitate discussion, exchange information, foster mutual interests and develop collaboration
Myrvang, Bjorn, Newport, Melanie J.
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