Chagas disease in Spain.

El notable incremento de la inmigración de procedencia Latinoamericana habido en España durante el último lustro, con especial impacto en la población de procedencia boliviana, ha convertido a la enfermedad de Chagas, o tripanosomiasis americana, en un problema de Salud Pública en nuestro país. En el momento actual residen en España casi dos millones y medio de personas oriundas de países endémicos para esta enfermedad que, en ausencia del insecto vector, puede transmitirse por transfusión de sangre, transplantes de tejidos o por vía vertical. En el trabajo se revisa la situación epidemiológica y del conocimiento de esta parasitosis actuales en EspañaThe notable increase in immigration from Latin-American countries to Spain during the last five years, particularly people from Bolivia, has converted Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis, into a public health problem in Spain. The number of people from countries in which Chagas disease is endemic now living in Spain is estimated to be near two and half million. In the absence of vector species responsible for transmission, the disease may be transmitted by blood transfusion and tissue transplants as well as by vertical transmission. This work reviews the current knowledge and epidemiological situation of this parasitosis in Spain

Sánchez Aguirreolea, Daniel, El bandolero y la frontera, Un caso significativo: Navarra, Siglos XVI-XVIII, Madrid, Iberoamericana-Vervuert, 2006, 372 pp. ISBN: 84-8489-203-4. [RECENSIÓN]

Under the artificial constraints of strict scrutiny, however, the courts are free to veto the government\u27s choice of more effective, race-conscious means. The Supreme Court\u27s unfortunate and ill-conceived adoption of strict scrutiny as the constitutional standard for reviewing race-conscious affirmative action should be reconsidered for several reasons. This Article examines those reasons

El diagnóstico serológico de la leishmaniosis canina en la comarca del Priorat (Tarragona)

Se investiga la presencia de anticuerpos anti-Leishmania mediante una técnica de «Dot-ELISA» en 1.328 muestras de sangre procedentes de 902 perros de la comarca del Priorat (Cataluña), importante foco de leishmaniosis canina. El umbral de positividad para la mencionada técnica (11800) se establece a partir de los datos obtenidos al realizar en paralelo cultivo y serología. Los resultados serológicos obtenidos permiten observar una tasa de prevalencia de la infección de 10,2%. Tan sólo el 49,8 % de los sueros estudiados son totalmente negativos. Al 40 % restante se le detecta anticuerpos anti-Leishmania a títulos inferiores al umbral establecido cuyo posible significado se discute.The presence of anti-Leishmania antibodies is studied in 1328 blood samples from 902 dogs from the Priorat region (Catalonia), an important focus of canine leúhmaniosú, by a Dot-ELISA technique. The cut-off (1/800)is established through the data obtained by serology and culture in parallel. The prevalence of seropositives observed was 10,2 %. Only 49,8 % of sera were completely negative. The remaining 40% had anti-Leishmania antibodies at titres below the cut- off, the possible significance of which is discused

Is leishmaniasis endemic on the island of Minorca (Spain)?. A human visceral case after living 13 years in Minorca

Ecoepidemiologica studies performed in Minorca (Balearic Islands) seem to show that leishmaniasis is not endemic in this island, even in the presence of the vector. All cases of leishmaniasis in man or dog diagnosed in the island seem to come from other Spanish regions. A recent case of human visceral leishmaniasis in a man who had not left Minorca for 13 years calls into question this assumption or the time that Leishmania may persist asymptomatic in the host

Agressivité du Simulium du complexe ornatum (Diptera, Simuliidae) en Catalogne (Espagne). Premiere mention

A l'heure actuelle, en Espagne, même si des Simulies sont incriminées chez l'homme, dans des lésions dues à des insectes hématophages, le lien direct entre ces piqûres et une espèce donnee de Simulie n'avait pas encore été éetabli pour ce pays. Une invasion récente (1993) de ces insectes dans la région de l'Alt Penedès, au nord-est de la province de Tarragone, permet aujourd'hui de combler cette lacune

Is leishmaniosis spreading to northern areas of the Iberian Peninsula? The examples of Lleida (NE Spain) and Andorra

Podeu consultar el llibre complet a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/46988The entomological and canine leishmaniosis surveys carried out in the northwest of Catalonia and in Andorra in the context of the European project Emerging Diseases in a changing European eNvironment (EDEN) are summarized. The aim of the study was to obtain data on the presence of leishmaniosis in these areas and the spatial distribution of their vectors

"Élites intelectuales y modelos colectivos. Mundo Ibérico (XVI-XIX)" [Reseña]

Reseña de Ménica Quijada - Jesús Bustamante (eds.), "Élites intelectuales y modelos colectivos. Mundo Ibérico (XVI-XIX)", Colección Tierra Nueva e Cielo Nuevo, n° 45, Madrid: CSIC, 2002, 390 págs. ISBN: 84-00-08090-