| [new findings on junin virus infection in rodents inside and outside the endemic area of hemorrhagic fever in argentina]. | in conjunction with field trials for a vaccine against argentine hemorrhagic fever (ahf), small mammals were trapped during a 28-month period (1 november 1987 to 13 march 1990) in 3 epidemiologically defined areas of the central argentine pampas: northern and central buenos aires provinces were included in the ahf "historic" area, where the disease was common 15-20 years ago, but case rates are currently low; southern santa fe province is the current high-incidence area for ahf; the nonendemic a ... | 1991 | 7476104 |
| associations between leptospiral infection and seropositivity in rodents and environmental characteristics in argentina. | our objective was to look for associations between leptospiral infection in rodents and selected environmental and rodent characteristics in santa fe, argentina. rodents (n = 214) were trapped alive from january 1998 to december 1999 in three environmental settings. kidneys from 118 rodents were cultured and serum samples from 201 were processed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). logistic regression was performed with elisa seropositivity as the dependent variable and rodent character ... | 2003 | 12900160 |
| general biochemical and immunological characterization of the venom from the scorpion tityus trivittatus of argentina. | tityus trivittatus is the argentinean scorpion reported to cause the majority of human fatalities in the country, however no systematic studies have been conducted with the venom of this species. this communication describes a general biochemical and immunological characterization of the venom obtained from t. trivittatus scorpions collected in the city of buenos aires and various provinces of argentina: catamarca, cordoba, entre rios, la rioja, santa fe and santiago del estero. these are places ... | 2010 | 19706301 |