| [clinical problems in current malaria. considerations apropos of 2 cases]. | two cases of malaria imported from west africa by two sailors (falciparum and vivax respectively) are reported. it is pointed out that nowadays malaria is no longer indigenous to sicily but has to be imported; an increasing number of cases of malaria are being reported world-wide in relation to increased traffic volumes, particularly air traffic. this means growing importance of imported pathology for which a new training strategy is required (with regard to young physicians who at present are q ... | 1978 | 342993 |
| case of plasmodium vivax malaria contracted in southern europe. | | 1971 | 4930384 |
| 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 |
| a 24-bp duplication in exon 10 of human chitotriosidase gene from the sub-saharan to the mediterranean area: role of parasitic diseases and environmental conditions. | human chitotriosidase (chit) is a member of the chitinase family and it is synthesized by activated macrophages. recently, a genetic polymorphism was found to be responsible for the common deficiency in chit activity, frequently encountered in different populations. we analyzed the chit gene in some ethnic groups from the mediterranean and african areas, to evaluate whether the chit gene polymorphism correlates with the changes in environmental features and the disappearance of parasitic disease ... | 2003 | 14647197 |