| 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 |
| 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 |