| [first outbreak of botulism caused by clostridium botulinum subtype af]. | in december 1982 an outbreak of foodborne botulism presumably produced by the ingestion of home-made pickled trout occurred in san rafael, province of mendoza, argentina. the toxin detected in blood serum and feces samples of the sole affected patient was preliminarily typed as a plain type a. a strain of clostridium botulinum was isolated from feces which, after culture by the dialysis method, produced 1 x 10(7) ld50/mouse per ml. quantitative neutralization tests carried out at different level ... | 1986 | 3317514 |
| [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 |
| [isolation of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus from human individuals]. | the activity of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (lcmv) in argentina has been previously reported on the basis of serological evidence in rodents and humans and the isolation of only one strain of lcmv from a mus domesticus captured in the province of córdoba. the aim of this paper was to register patients with serological diagnosis of lcm, to isolate and to identify human strains of lcmv in argentina. during the last 19 years, 15 cases were diagnosed as lcm by immunoflourescent indirect assay ... | 2001 | 11808424 |