| plasmodium falciparum immunodetection in bone remains of members of the renaissance medici family (florence, italy, sixteenth century). | medical accounts and ancient autopsy reports imply that tertian malarial fevers caused the death of four members of the medici family of florence: eleonora of toledo (1522-1562), cardinal giovanni (1543-1562), don garzia (1547-1562) and grand duke francesco i (1531-1587). all members of the medici family hunted in the endemic malarial areas of tuscany, such as the marshy areas surrounding their villas and along the swampy maremma and were, therefore, highly exposed to the risk of being infected ... | 2010 | 20673935 |
| frequencies of cribra orbitalia in central italy (19th century) under special consideration of their degrees of expression. | according to several hematological and anthropological studies the formation of hyperostosis spongiosa orbitae can be attributed to different types of anemias. since especially in central italy the different forms of thalassemia as well as plasmodium vivax, plasmodium malariae and plasmodium falciparum have been rather vastly distributed a study of this trait (differentiating between degrees of expression) on a population sample (125 males, 80 females) including adult, mature and senile skulls h ... | 1984 | 6372679 |
| [prevalence of plasmodium spp. in asymptomatic african immigrants assessed by nucleic acid sequence based amplification]. | malaria is one of the most important infectious diseases in the world. although most cases occur in the tropical regions of africa, asia, central and south america, there is in europe a significant increase in the number of imported cases in non-endemic countries, in particular due to the higher mobility in today's society. the prevalence of a possible asymptomatic infection with plasmodium species was assessed using nucleic acid sequence based amplification (nasba) assays on clinical samples co ... | 2010 | 20424521 |
| status of malaria vectors in italy. | about 30 yr after malaria eradication, surveys to assess the presence and abundance of anopheline vectors were carried out in central and southern italy and in the islands of sardinia and sicily from 1992 to 1994. anopheles labranchiae falleroni was present in scattered foci in all regions, except for tuscany, where it breeds almost exclusively in rice fields (grosseto province). most common breeding sites were rivers and streams, followed by ponds and ground pools. the highest adult density was ... | 1997 | 9151488 |