Publications
| Title | Abstract | Year(sorted ascending) Filter | PMID Filter |
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| a record of dinobdella ferox (blanchard) (hirudidae, hirudinea) taken from the nasal cavity of man. | 1964 | 14147660 | |
| common nutritional disorders of childhood in the tropics. | 1964 | 14153773 | |
| hemoglobins, haptoglobins, and transferrins in the peoples of madagascar. | 1964 | 14243703 | |
| on the second case of human infection with dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens from ceylon. | 1964 | 14250815 | |
| further observations on ear lobe attachment. | 1965 | 14277139 | |
| can elephants transmit disease to man? | 1966 | 5950618 | |
| [the temperature and distribution of human bilharziasis in madagascar]. | 1967 | 5633316 | |
| [recent survey of leptospirosis on madagascar. contribution to the study of human, bovine and porcine leptospirosis in the southern region]. | 1968 | 5756585 | |
| epidemic of influenza in ceylon 1969. | 1970 | 5514119 | |
| viral investigation of the 1968-69 hong kong influenza epidemic in ceylon. | 1970 | 5514120 | |
| [role of animals and birds as sources of salmonella infections in man (literature review)]. | 1970 | 4927791 | |
| paratelphusa rugosa as the second intermediate host of achillurbainia, a trematode transmissible to man. | 1971 | 5090981 | |
| human infections with dirofilaria, a filarial parasite of animals in ceylon, with a brief review of recent cases. | 1971 | 4149857 | |
| focality and spatial units of transmission in human malaria. | 1971 | 5580455 | |
| four more cases of human infection with dirofilaria (nochtiella). | 1972 | 4659135 | |
| isolation of two strains of dengue type 2 virus from human cases in ceylon. | 1972 | 5035193 | |
| dirofilaria infection in man in ceylon. | 1973 | 4749081 | |
| feeding studies in ceylonese babies. | a study of the effects of 4 milk preparations on the early growth of low birth-weight newborns in ceylon is reported. the following parameters were studied: mortality; weight gain; tolerance, as indicated by the incidence of diarrhea and the presence of sugar in the stools; blood glucose levels; and blood urea and serum sodium levels. a powdered and partially skimmed cow's milk, nestogen, was used as it is available in the government hospitals throughout the island. 2 strengths constituted f ... | 1974 | 4499504 |
| entomological aspects of filariasis control in sri lanka. | historical events and suitable environmental conditions in the southwestern coastal areas of sri lanka have led to the establishment of a zone of endemic filariasis caused by wuchereria bancrofti and transmitted by culex pipiens fatigans. the previous brugia malayi foci, scattered over widely dispersed areas of the island, were apparently completely eliminated as a result of control of the mansonia vectors by the destruction of the larval host plants in their swamp habitats. control measures by ... | 1974 | 4619057 |
| [ecology of culex pipiens fatigans larvae in an area of high endemicity of bancroftian filariasis (author's transl)]. | culex pipiens fatigans in the main vector of bancroftian filariasis in the mayotte island (comores) where it imposes an important health problem. the breeding-sites of c. p. fatigans are either man-made (latrines, cesspools, various containers), or natural (polluted water of estuaries of some rivers). the man-made breeding-sites are not similarly distributed in the different localities of the island. their distribution varies according to the customs of the inhabitants, size and site of the comm ... | 1975 | 1096384 |
| pyrantel pamoate therapy of human hookworm infestation in mauritius. | 1975 | 1140127 | |
| [letter: human rabies after 10 days' incubation, in spite of sero-vaccinal treatment]. | 1975 | 1202463 | |
| [study of an epidemic of influenza in tananarive (with isolation of the a/port-chalmers/73) virus (june-october 1974)]. | 1975 | 1242116 | |
| ergonomics for occupational hygienists in developing countries with examples from sri lanka. | occupational health problems in developing countries, especially those situated in the tropical zone, are difficult to define. the conditions are more adverse in unorganized small-scale industries. the application of ergonomic principles in the practice of occupational health in developing countries must be subject to all aspects of community health and impact of industrialization as well. ergonomics offers a broad concept to health scientists in developing countries. "systems ergonomics" is not ... | 1976 | 1030447 |
| human circadian rhythms documented in may-june from three groups of young healthy males living respectively in paris, colombo and sydney. | 1977 | 598269 | |
| a people's movement for self-reliance in sri lanka. | this paper describes the development and activities of the sarvodaya movement, a grass-roots mutual-aid movement based on traditional buddhist social values. started by high school students and teachers in 1947 as a community-service organization the movement is open to all individuals and has attracted thousands of volunteers in 1200 villages. sarvodaya shramadana emphasizes improvement in the standard of living through the development of local resources by the community itself, strengthening ... | 1977 | 12146244 |
| ecological studies in madagascar of biomphalaria pfeifferi, intermediate host of schistosoma mansoni. 2. biology and dynamics in the non-endemic area of antananarivo. | the region of antananarivo, where schistosomiasis is not yet endemic, is compared to ambositra, a well established focus of s. mansoni, with regard to climate, hydrology and snail habitats. higher mean temperatures and a more pronounced dry season in antananarivo contribute to sometimes less favourable hydrological conditions. biomphalaria is found in very few and limited habitats. population dynamics were followed up in selected habitats and showed ecological parameters comparable to those of t ... | 1978 | 747438 |
| [human bilharziasis in madagascar. geographic distribution and incidence]. | 1978 | 747439 | |
| [plesiomonas shigelloides. 23 strains isolated from human stools in madagascar]. | twenty-three strains of plesiomonas shigelloïdes isolated from human stools in antananarivo are studied. ficklness of some biochemical characters is observed. ability to pathogenicity is tested on animals (cornea of guinea pigs, intestinal ligatured loops of rabbits). | 1978 | 747440 |
| the natural history of periodontal disease in man. study design and baseline data. | 1978 | 153395 | |
| the natural history of periodontal disease in man. tooth mortality rates before 40 years of age. | 1978 | 153396 | |
| the natural history of periodontal disease in man. the rate of periodontal destruction before 40 years of age. | this longitudinal study of randomly selected norwegian students and academicians has shown that 50% of the 17-year olds have lost no periodontal support, and the other 50% exhibited slight localized loss of attachment primarily on buccal surfaces of first molars and first bicuspids of both jaws. at 21 all students show one or more of these lesions as well as loss of attachment on interproximal surfaces. at 30 years of age the mean cumulative loss is still less than 1 mm. as they approach 40 year ... | 1978 | 282430 |
| loss of filarial larvae in a natural mosquito population. | analysis of log normal parasite densities of wuchereria bancrofti in the mosquito culex pipiens fatigans collected in the suburbs of colombo, sri lanka, has shown a decreasing parasite load with age of infection. the median density of microfilarial intake in the natural population was 10.3, but this had decreased to 2.6 by the infective stage. of the total microfilariae ingested, 51.9% were found in the thorax 12--17 hours after infection of the mosquitoes in the laboratory. further decrease in ... | 1978 | 367299 |
| [shigellosis in tananarive (madagascar) i - epidemiologic and clinic features (author's transl)]. | reviewing 67 cases of human adult shigellosis observed in madagascar, the authors emphasize some epidemiologic and clinic features : high frequency during rainy season, usual dysenteriform aspect or diarrhoeas with fever, hemorragic forms, severity according to anterior state of colon and rectum, severity if cases associated with amoebiasis or schistosomiasis (schistosoma mansoni). | 1979 | 537491 |
| [pathology in malagasy lemurs and their relation to human pathology]. | from researches conducted in institute pasteur in madagascar and from bibliographical work, the authors try to draw up a general picture of the pathology of lemurs. several aspects are developed (bacteriology, hematology, mycology, parasitology, virology), especially those which could be interesting for human pathology, for instance the relationships between lemurs and viruses because of the arbovirus programme in progress in institute pasteur. the authors emphasize on the possible use of lemurs ... | 1979 | 554779 |
| recent observations on schistosomiasis in mauritius. | purpose of this study, carried out between 1967 and 1975, was to bring the existing knowledge on schistosomiasis in mauritius up-to-date. the paper describes the distribution, the behaviour and the infection rates of bulinus cernicus, the local intermediate snail host, and its role in human infection. | 1979 | 316595 |
| the natural history of periodontal disease in man. changes in gingival health and oral hygiene before 40 years of age. | 1979 | 161591 | |
| [two cases of ankylosing spondylitis in negroes from indian ocean (author's transl)]. | are reported: the first one, observed in tananarive, on a 26 years old man born in madagascar, with involvement of sacroiliac articulation and rachis. the second one, observed in marseille on a 20 years old man who was born in la reunion, with serious right coxitis and sacroileitis. in the second case, the investigation of hla b27 antigen was positive. both cases were probably primitive. a review of literature shows unusualness of ankylosing spondylitis in tropical countries. | 1980 | 6251565 |
| [enteroviruses of madagascar. 20 years' activity of the virology laboratory of the pasteur institute of madagascar]. | 1980 | 6263198 | |
| streptococcus mutans-like bacteria from human dental plaque in a sri lanka (ceylon) population. | this paper reports on the presence of low numbers of streptococcus mutans among the oral streptococci present in human dental plaque in a sri lanka (ceylon) population, where the caries activity is low and a low sucrose intake is combined with the presence of heavy plaque deposits. plaque samples of unknown age were collected from 10 individuals in a tea estate, and another 10 samples were collected from dental students 19 days following interruption of oral hygiene. of 670 such strains of oral ... | 1980 | 6768123 |
| evolution of dna sequences has been retarded in malagasy primates. | it is generally accepted that there are six major groups of living primates: (1) lemurs (including all the primates of madagascar), (2) lorises (including galago and potto), (3) tarsiers, (4) new world monkeys, (5) old world monkeys and (6) apes (including man). tree shrews, once considered to be primates, are now generally recognized as not significantly more closely related to the six groups than other mammals. the first surviving primate lines to diverge from the common primate ancestor are b ... | 1980 | 6772964 |
| the search for racial equality. | 1980 | 6902357 | |
| [the role of rats as a reservoir of enterobacteria pathogenic for man in madagascar]. | 1980 | 7016056 | |
| [bovine ticks and bacteria pathogenic for man in madagascar]. | 1980 | 7016058 | |
| [human leptospiroses in the overseas departments and territories: 10 years' immunological diagnosis (1970-1979)]. | in french overseas departments and territories, leptospiroses exist. in the caribbean zone, human leptospiroses are frequently found; in martinique island, and some cases are recorded in french guyana. in the indian ocean, "la réunion" island, approximately 40 cases are diagnosed every year (mortality rate: 17%). in polynesian areas, 3 serovars are found. biological diagnosis is easier now with screening tests. sera are to be sent to the national leptospirosis centre, paris, for confirmatory tes ... | 1980 | 7226358 |
| [epidemic of influenza in antananarivo (with isolation of virus a/texas/77 (h3n2))]. | 1980 | 7235771 | |
| [bacteria, viruses, parasites, pathology and experimental pathology of malagasy lemurs. interest for man]. | 1980 | 7235773 | |
| [surveillance of influenza in tananarive in the year 1979. isolation of viruses a/ussr and a/brazil - (h1 n1)]. | 1981 | 7342894 | |
| [influenza and lemurs]. | 1981 | 6282228 | |
| self, other, and astrology: esoteric therapy in sri lanka. | harry stack sullivan's argument that anxiety as a fundamental human experience is alleviated by the use of various procedures that he called "security operations" is used in this paper to examine the meaning of astrology in sri lanka. astrology and the doctrine of karma provide the relevant framework in which various forms of misfortune are understood and handled. an examination of cases in sri lanka reveals that astrology and the doctrine of karma enable a person of that culture to create a num ... | 1981 | 7208719 |
| seroepidemiology of bancroftian filariasis in the seychelles islands. | wuchereria bancrofti is the only human filarioid present in the seychelles archipelago. the last parasitological survey carried out in mahé revealed a microfilaraemia rate of 3.6%. serum samples from 417 native individuals living in mahé were tested for the presence of filarial antibodies by elisa method, using crude soluble extract of brugia pahangi adult worm as antigen. the results seem to show a proportion of the population (17%) has been exposed to w. bancrofti (with od values greater than ... | 1982 | 7048670 |
| [ethical aspects of foreign aid for children of the third world]. | 1982 | 7132981 | |
| [existence of histoplasma duboisii histoplasmosis outside continental africa (apropos of the first madagascar case)]. | the authors report a case of histoplasmosis with h. duboisii authenticated by an histopathologic examination, serology on cross-section. the patient, a 22 year old man from comorian ascent had never left madagascar and was working on a sugar-cane plantation. he was carrier of ulcerated and suppurated lesions in the inguinal folds and the ombilic and was to die without having received a proper treatment. it is the first case of great form histoplasmosis noticed in madagascar, outside continental ... | 1982 | 7172359 |
| [molluscs, intermediary hosts of human bilharziasis in madagascar. current status of knowledge]. | 1982 | 7186337 | |
| [surveillance of influenza in tananarive in the year 1981]. | 1982 | 7186797 | |
| arboviruses and lemurs in madagascar: a preliminary note. | the epidemiological role played by lemurs in the circulation of arboviruses in madagascar has been studied. from serological (hai) tests, exposure of lemurs to alphaviruses and flaviviruses appears to vary considerably with location and species of lemur; positive tests varied from 0 to 32%. finally, the data concerning the lemurophilic part of the mosquito fauna suggests that some lemur species and man are infected by the same arboviruses, especially west nile virus. the susceptibility of these ... | 1982 | 6125046 |
| forfeiture of proceeds of drug-related crimes: a british commonwealth perspective. | the forfeiture of the proceeds of drug-related offences does not seem to have received much attention as yet from british commonwealth countries. whereas in some of these countries specific legislation exists in relation to forfeiture, in many other countries the act of forfeiture falls within the purview of general criminal law. forfeiture presupposes enquiry and search, two procedures which involve integral aspects of present-day human rights law, and which seem to be impeded at almost every s ... | 1983 | 6556074 |
| [leptospirosis on the island of reunion. i. human leptospiroses]. | human leptospiroses in the island of reunion have a common point: they are severe diseases. approximately 50 to 60 cases are biologically diagnosed every year. the number of cases is correlated with rainfall. the predominating serogroup is icterohaemorrhagiae, followed by canicola, grippotyphosa and australis. | 1983 | 6671266 |
| [leptospirosis on the island of reunion. iii. epidemiologic study]. | in the island of reunion, rodents and wild dogs can be carriers of leptospires. aquatic environmental plays an important part. human contamination is associated with water and sugar cane. animals are infected by numerous serogroups. | 1983 | 6671268 |
| family planning performance at a major hospital in sri lanka. | 862 men attending the family health clinic, general hospital, kurunegala, sri lanka for sterilization over the october 1, 1982-march 1983 period were interviewed to study the characteristics of the men attending the clinic and to assess the popularity of vasectomy over other methods of family planning. for the study to be more comprehensive, the figures of the family planning activities of the hospital from 1977-82 also were examined. 438 (55.5%) of the study subjects were paddy cultivators. ... | 1983 | 6680335 |
| [rift valley fever and zinga virus: a pathogenic arbovirus in man and animal new for madagascar]. | virus zinga strains have been isolated from several pools of mosquitoes collected in perinet area, 130 km far from tananarive, at the institut pasteur of madagascar in 1980. although this virus is pathogenic for man, it seemed to give only a mild illness and did not appear to constitute a problem of public health. but today it is seen in quite a different way; since the who center for arbovirus reference and research of new haven has shown the serologic identity between virus zinga and an anothe ... | 1984 | 6534285 |
| asian labor migration to the middle east. | 1984 | 12313002 | |
| the kingdom of sri lanka: high literacy is a good sign. | this discussion of sri lanka focuses on population growth, regions and cities, ethnicity and religion, age distribution of the population, households and families, housing, education, labor force and income, communication, and sources of information. the country's 1981 census recorded 14.8 million people, up from 12.7 million in 1971. the population grew by 17% during the decade between censuses, and its average annual rate of growth is presently 2.2%. if the country continues at its current ... | 1984 | 12313041 |
| sri lanka: an innovative approach to the implementation of integrated parasite control, nutrition and family planning projects. | the objective of the sri lanka integrated project of parasite control, nutrition, and family planning is to approach the community through the medium of parasite control and lead it to a better life through community participation in an integrated health program built on the 3 pillars of parasite control, better nutrition, and family planning. other objectives include studying the mechanism of community participation in 3 very different environments, which were typical of different regions of t ... | 1984 | 12313055 |
| [levels and trends of childhood mortality in seven asian countries]. | trends and levels of infant and child mortality in seven asian countries from 1950 to 1975 are compared using data collected during the world fertility survey. consideration is given to the socioeconomic factors associated with variations in mortality among these countries; factors examined include mother's education, father's education, mother's employment, and place of residence. the countries considered are bangladesh, fiji, indonesia, pakistan, the republic of korea, sri lanka, and thailan ... | 1984 | 12313813 |
| [population of comoros]. | the 3 islands administered by the federal islamic republic of comoros had a total population of 335,150 in the 1980 census. the population grew at an annual rate of 3.3% after the 1966 census, but growth rates were slower on grand comoros than on the other 2 islands. 54.5% of the population lived in villages of less than 2000 inhabitants. there is not much rural-urban migration because of the lack of employment opportunities in urban areas. the age structure of comoros is poorly known, and a ... | 1985 | 12341246 |
| a field study of infection with human t-cell leukemia virus among asian primates. | asian nonhuman primates were surveyed seroepidemiologically for natural infection with human t-cell leukemia virus (atlv/htlv) or a closely related agent. materials from various primates (three genera [macaca, presbytis, and hylobates], 17 species, totalling 1,079 animals) under natural conditions were obtained in the field study. virus infection was determined by the indirect immunofluorescence test using htlv-specific antigens. animals seropositive for htlv were found only among macaques origi ... | 1985 | 2999568 |
| [identification of the first human leptospira strain in the island of la réunion]. | the first leptospira strain of the island of la réunion isolated from a patient hospitalized at saint-pierre, is identified l. icterohaemorrhagiae icterohaemorrhagiae. the importance and severity of leptospiroses in the island of la réunion are to be emphasized. | 1985 | 3886179 |
| changes in the prevalence of intestinal parasites in the human population of the seychelles from 1917 to 1977. | 1985 | 3935786 | |
| [epidemiologic survey of the cysticercosis endemic on réunion island]. | the high incidence of cysticercosis was underestimated in reunion island before computed tomography (january, 1984). in 1974, soulayrolles et boyer-vidal found that cysticercosis was responsible for 0.5 p. 100 of the cases of epilepsy. in hospitalized people, routine cranial and muscles radiographies detected: 1/among 242 epileptics: 183 men: 36 positive (19.67 p. 100); 59 women: 9 positive (15.25 p. 100), 2/among 166 non epileptic-related neurological disorders: 106 men, 6 positive (5.66 p. 100 ... | 1986 | 3797934 |
| [first human cases of food-induced botulism in madagascar]. | 1986 | 3800494 | |
| natural history of periodontal disease in man. rapid, moderate and no loss of attachment in sri lankan laborers 14 to 46 years of age. | this paper describes the initiation, rate of progress of periodontal disease and consequent tooth loss in a population never exposed to any programs or incidents relative to prevention and treatment of dental diseases. the group consisted of 480 male laborers at two tea plantations in sri lanka. the study design and baseline data have been published. at the initial examination in 1970, the age of the participants ranged between 14 and 31 years. subsequent examinations occurred in 1971, 1973, 197 ... | 1986 | 3487557 |
| [viral etiology of acute respiratory infections in madagascan children]. | a total of 80 nasopharyngeal secretions collected from malagasy children (53 boys and 27 girls) with viral acute respiratory infection, aged from 6 days to 10 year old admitted to the pediatric department of antananarivo general hospital from may to july 1983, were investigated by indirect immunofluorescence method. 54--samples were found positive for respiratory viruses. distribution according age groups and sex has been studied: children belonging to 25-36 month age group and male sex were mor ... | 1986 | 3026268 |
| population growth and development. | development is a complex process that has no universal laws to guide it. however, there is widespread agreement that population growth is a crucial factor in the process of social and economic development. population growth is not always in itself detrimental to development, especially in some developed countries where there are economies of scale and sufficient human and physical capital for new investments. developing countries face an environment that is less favorable for economic growth ... | 1986 | 12315484 |
| escape route to dependency? female migration from sri lanka to the middle east. | this article looks at labor migration with the sex component turned upside down, where the woman leaves hearth and home in search of work in distant lands. the sending country is sri lanka, and the women migrate as maids to arab households in the gulf area. labor migration must be understood in the context of the economic and social development that has made migration possible, or rather pushed it forward. today, the export of labor is the 2nd biggest source of foreign earnings for sri lanka, ... | 1987 | 12280696 |
| upper pleistocene fossil hominids from sri lanka. | between 1978 and 1983 hominid skeletal remains were collected from the cave sites of batadomba lena and beli lena kitulgala in sri lanka (formerly ceylon). these are the most ancient specimens of anatomically modern homo sapiens found thus far in south asia, radiocarbon dates placing them in the upper pleistocene. morphometric analysis of the remains of some 38 individuals from the two sites indicates that these populations were characterized by medium stature, moderate to pronounced cranial and ... | 1987 | 3111269 |
| mobilization of antibiotic resistance genes among farm animals and human hosts in a developing country (sri lanka). | 1987 | 3629267 | |
| immunomodulatory activity of an aqueous extract of azadirachta indica stem bark. | the interference of an aqueous extract of the stem bark of azadirachta indica with different parts of the human immune system was investigated. the extract showed strong anticomplementary effects which were dose-and time-dependent and most pronounced in the classical complement pathway assay. moreover, a dose-dependent decrease in the chemiluminescence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes was observed and a dose-dependent increase in the production of migration inhibition factor by lymphocytes. | 1987 | 3302545 |
| formicophilia, an unusual paraphilia, treated with counseling and behavior therapy. | the case of a buddhist man suffering from formicophilia, a rare paraphilia, is presented. rather than aiming at the elimination of the sexual deviation, counseling and behavior therapy were applied to alleviate the patient's feelings of guilt and depression and improve his self-image. the 12-week therapy was successful in achieving these goals and in addition resulted in a dramatic reduction of the paraphilic behavior. gains were maintained at one-year follow-up. | 1987 | 3434651 |
| medical and human-factor aspects of the first fatal helicopter accident in sri lanka. | 1987 | 3442876 | |
| human t-lymphotropic virus type i antibodies in the serum of patients with tropical spastic paraparesis in the seychelles. | tropical spastic paraparesis (tsp), a chronic myelopathy of unknown etiology, was studied in the seychelles. human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) and human immunodeficiency virus antibodies were determined using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and confirmed with an indirect fluorescent antibody test in serum samples of 20 patients with tsp and 16 controls. test results indicated that 17 patients (85%) and two controls (transverse myelopathy and clinically probable multiple sclerosis) ... | 1987 | 2883962 |
| [arboviroses in the region of nosy-bé, madagascar. serologic and entomologic data]. | since 1977, the pasteur institute of madagascar has been studying, during six surveys, the arboviruses of nosy-be area, in the north-west of madagascar. 47.2% out of 271 human sera and 11.3% out of 151 sera of lemurs, tested for antibodies to 16 arboviruses by the haemagglutination inhibition test, are positive. the results show an important prevalence of flaviviruses. west nile and dengue 1 viruses were probably circulating some years before the surveys. antibodies against sindbis and rift vall ... | 1988 | 2900082 |
| serological examinations of slaughtered animals (cattle and goats) in the slaughter-house of colombo/sri lanka towards antibodies against brucellosis, q-fever, rmsf-rickettsia-group, listeriosis, echinococcosis and adenoviruses. | serological examinations of slaughtered animals (76 cattle and 184 goats) in the slaughter-house of colombo/sri lanka revealed antibodies against listeriosis, brucellosis, q-fever, rmsf-rickettsia-group, echinococcus and adenoviruses. as the results show, part of this zooanthroponosis has a role to play in human medicine and human infections are to be expected. | 1988 | 3139493 |
| screening for cytotoxic activity of plants used in traditional medicine. | a total of 260 extracts have been prepared from 75 medicinal plant species collected in africa, panama and mauritius. three different concentrations of each extract have been screened in vitro for cytotoxic activity using a colorimetric assay to determine cell survival of human colon carcinoma co115 cells. fifteen plants showed ed50 values between 10.0 and 1.0 micrograms/ml but more significant activities were obtained in 11 (ed50 range 1.0-0.1 micrograms/ml) and 3 (ed50 range 0.1-0.01 microgram ... | 1988 | 3193790 |
| [evaluation of the work conducted by the madagascar pasteur institute in the study of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) seropositivity in that country]. | since late 1985, the institut pasteur de madagascar has studied the problem of the distribution of hiv in the island. with the approval and cooperation of the malagasy ministry of health, a number of different surveys have been undertaken, particularly of those sections of the population diagnosed as being of "high-risk". in 1987, a malagasy prostitute from the country's second largest port was identified as seropositive. one case of clinical aids was diagnosed in 1988 in a franco-malagasy subje ... | 1988 | 3221789 |
| [arbovirus infections on the island of nosy-be; serologic and entomologic findings]. | since 1977, the pasteur institute of madagascar has been studying, during six surveys, the arboviruses of nosy-be area, in the north-west of madagascar. 47.2 p. 100 out of 271 human sera and 11.3 p. 100 out of 150 animal sera (mostly from lemurs), tested for antibodies to 16 arboviruses by the haemagglutination inhibition test, are positive. the results show an important prevalence of flaviviruses. west-nile and dengue 1 viruses were probably circulating some years before the surveys. antibodies ... | 1988 | 3242421 |
| [study of an influenza epidemic in tananarive (february 1987)]. | 1988 | 3242424 | |
| [clinical aspects and prognostic factors of icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis in adults. apropos of 249 cases in la reunion]. | human leptospirosis of the classical and severe icterohemorrhagic type, usually due to the l. icterohaemorrhagiae serogroup, is frequent in la réunion. in a retrospective study conducted between 1980 and 1984 in 249 adult patients, the mortality rate was 13 p. 100. our data and those found in the literature indicate that the main cause of death is pneumopathy, followed by profuse haemorrhages, arrhythmias and cardiovascular collapse. acute renal failure is common and often severe; it facilitates ... | 1988 | 3067293 |
| modulation of human malaria transmission by anti-gamete transmission blocking immunity. | natural plasmodium vivax malaria infections in man evoke anti-gamete transmission blocking antibodies which influence the infectivity of malaria patients to the vector mosquito. in this study, entomological, immunological and parasitological data obtained through the monitoring of an epidemic of human vivax malaria in sri lanka were used in a mathematical simulation to assess the effect of naturally induced transmission blocking immunity on malaria transmission. a mathematical model to describe ... | 1988 | 3076711 |
| early return of sri lankan migrants in the middle east. | the author examines early return migration patterns of labor migrants from sri lanka in the middle east. "attention [is given] to the reasons why a considerable number of migrants return to their country of origin prematurely.... differentials in the duration of stay in the host country, as well as some of the consequences of early return migration for the migrant and his family [are discussed].... the data used for this article are based primarily on a random survey held among 899 return migra ... | 1988 | 12159597 |
| gender-specific socioeconomic impacts of development programs in sri lanka. | data from a sri lanka national sample survey -- 3597 households stratified on the basis of development program areas -- were analyzed to compare impacts of 3 national development programs and their combinations upon the occupational and income status of females and males in sri lanka. these programs, implemented over the last 30 years, are guaranteed price schemes that develop markets for agricultural produce, land settlement schemes that include irrigation, and rural electrification. to date, ... | 1988 | 12315505 |
| regulations establishing a commission for the elimination of discrimination and the monitoring of fundamental rights, 1986. | under these sri lanka regulations, any person claiming to be a victim of discrimination on the ground of race, religion, language, caste, sex, political opinion, or place of birth is authorized to make a complaint to the director of the commission. the director is to try to settle the complaint. if the director is unable to do this, the commission is to make an inquiry into the complaint. in addition, in 1983, the government of sri lanka established a national ministry of women's affairs and ... | 1988 | 12289260 |
| survey reveals sexual myths and taboos prevail among sri lankan youth. | a survey conducted by the family planning association of sri lanka in 1986-87 revealed that sexual myths and taboos--not solid information about human physiology and development--dominate young people's knowledge of reproductive health. the survey, which covered 1233 unmarried men and 1233 unmarried women 16-24 years of age, found that the majority of sri lankan youth had misconceptions and fears about normal processes such as menstruation, nocturnal emissions, and masturbation. sex education ... | 1989 | 12281988 |
| [bacterial, viral and parasitological study of a population of chaerophon pumila bats in anjiro, madagascar]. | this bacterial, viral and parasitical study of the insect eater bats chaerophon pumila allowed to isolate, from stools of 88 of them, 115 bacterial strains to enterobacteriaceae family: some of them were identified as very atypical, rare or potentially pathogenic for man. from salivary glands, brain and blood, 13 viral strains were also isolated: 8 of them were less identified as dakar-bat virus. any parasite was observed. | 1989 | 2517389 |
| seroprevalence of human parvovirus b19 infection in sao tomé and principe, malawi and mascarene islands. | the prevalence of antibodies to human parvovirus b19 (anti-b19 igg) in sera (n = 577) from sao tomé and principe, malawi and mascarene islands (mauritius and rodriguez islands) was determined by antibody capture elisa. the b19 prevalence was 51.5% on sao tomé and principe, 58.4% in malawi, and 55.0% on the mauritius mainland and 2.2% on rodriguez island, indicating that b19 virus is highly prevalent not only in europe, japan and the americas but also in the african region. rodriguez islands has ... | 1989 | 2550018 |
| [evaluation of 30-year-activity of the virology laboratory of the pasteur institute in madagascar (1958-1987)]. | the authors studied the different activities of pasteur institute virology laboratory since it was created. in general virology laboratory, 1.685 viral strains were isolated from 9.533 studied samples (17.6% of positivity). enterovirus represented 90% of the viral strains. from 2.417 taking of rhino-pharynx, 133 myxovirus were isolated: a/h3n2 represented 76% of them. 10.776 patients, from 36.169 antirabic department consultants, were vaccinated and 600 had an antirabic serotherapy. 2.828 suspec ... | 1989 | 2561255 |
| [transmission cycles of the west-nile virus in madagascar, indian ocean]. | virological, serological and entomological research conducted in madagascar since 1975, reveal the wide-spread presence of west-nile virus on the island. this arbovirus has been isolated from humans, parrots and egrets. vectors belong to the genus culex (e.g. cx. decens, cx. quinquefasciatus, cx. antennatus, cx. univittatus), however the virus has also been isolated from aedes and anopheles. serological tests carried out on over 1,600 human and almost 1,000 animal sera, revealed that human being ... | 1989 | 2575365 |
| the extraparasitic life cycle of toxocara vitulorum in the village environment of sri lanka. | the extraparasitic life cycle of toxocara vitulorum of buffalo in the villages of sri lanka is related to observations on buffalo behaviour, experimental studies on the development and persistence of the eggs in soil and in wallows and the presence of eggs in village locations. calf faeces on soil were rapidly incorporated by insect activity and the eggs developed only slightly slower than in the laboratory. some infective eggs persisted 3-4 cm deep for 17 months, finally dying during a prolonge ... | 1989 | 2588478 |
| characterization of anti-complement compounds from azadirachta indica. | the crude aqueous extract of azadirachta indica bark possesses an inhibitory activity on both classical (cp) and alternative pathway (ap) activation of human complement. purification of the compounds with the guidance of the ap-inhibitory activity involved extraction with methanol, dialysis, ion-exchange procedures and gel-permeation chromatography. this sequence yielded two polymers, nb-i and nb-ii, one a highly active compound with a relatively low molecular weight (nb-ii) and the other a less ... | 1989 | 2615417 |
| the use of praziquantel in human infection with dipylidium. | 1989 | 2617586 |