| efficient diagnosis of giardiasis among nursery and primary school children in santiago, chile by capture elisa for the detection of fecal giardia antigens. | fecal samples were obtained from 722 of 820 children attending 7 nursery schools and 1 primary school in the city of santiago, chile. microscopy of formol-ether concentrates showed that 33% of the children were infected with giardia lamblia. prevalences among primary school students (5-10 years of age) of g. lamblia (38%), endolimax nana (43%), and entamoeba coli (25%) were overall higher than among nursery school students (3 months-5 years of age; prevalences 29%, 21%, and 16%, respectively). t ... | 1990 | 2372087 |
| [loxoscelism in chile. epidemiologic, clinical and experimental studies]. | a panoramic sight of epidemiological, clinical and experimental studies, referring to loxosceles laeta and loxoscelism, carried out in 1955-1988, in santiago, chile is presented. two-hundred and sixteen cases of loxoscelism were studied. the most relevant features were: 84.3% corresponded to cutaneous loxoscelism (cl) and 15.7% to viscerocutaneous loxoscelism (vcl); 73.6% occurred in hot season; in 86.6% of cases the accident happened in the house, particularly in bedrooms, while the people were ... | 1989 | 2577020 |
| [pathogenic potential of vibrio cholerae 01 isolated from the mapocho river and aguada ditch]. | the pathogenic potential of 20 strains of vibrio cholerae 01 isolated from the mapocho river and aguada ditch in santiago, chile was studied using a rabbit intestinal loop biological model. the presence of cholera toxin (ct) was previously found by the detection of ct gene, elisa and passive reserve agglutination in only one of these strains. after 24 h of intestinal loop inoculation, the 20 strains showed enterotoxic activity. in four of these strains the secretory reaction was particularly int ... | 1993 | 8272626 |
| colibacillosis in a new zealand white rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus). | colibacillosis is a disease caused by escherichia coli in a variety of animals, including humans. rabbit colibacillosis is infrequent or with an incipient description in chile. here, we describe an e. coli case in a white new zealand rabbit at an animal facility in santiago, chile. necropsy, histology, bacteriology, and 16s sequencing indicated an e. coli systemic infection. phylogenetic analysis suggested that this e. coli j305 isolate is closely related to shigella spp. | 2017 | 28248685 |