| bacterial flora of the schistosome vector snail biomphalaria glabrata. | the aerobic heterotrophic bacterial flora in over 200 individuals from 10 wild populations and 3 laboratory colonies of the schistosome vector snail biomphalaria glabrata was examined. internal bacterial densities were inversely proportional to snail size and were higher in stressed and laboratory-reared snails. the numerically predominant bacterial genera in individual snails included pseudomonas, acinetobacter, aeromonas, vibrio, and several members of the enterobacteriaceae. enterobacteriacea ... | 1979 | 539821 |
| nematode parasites of puerto rican tree frogs, eleutherodactylus spp: two new species and a proposal of poekilostrongylus gen. nov. (trichostrongylidae). | poekilostrongylus puertoricensis gen.nov., sp.nov. is proposed for nematodes recovered from eleutherodactylus coqui, in puerto rico. the new genus is similar to oswaldocruzia travassos, 1917, but lacks longitudinal ridges on the cuticle. oswaldocruzia lenteixierai viqueras, 1938, is partially redescribed, and a key to the genera of the oswaldocruziinae is given. thelandros (parathelandros) garciai sp.nov. is described from e. antillensis and e. portoricensis. strongyloides sp. was found in e ... | 1975 | 1128929 |
| [abnormalities of sexual development in puerto rico: status report]. | puerto rico presents the highest incidence in the world of anomalous sexual development. the authors have collected over 3100 cases in the past 19 years. clinical and laboratory studies suggest possible estrogenic contamination of meats and poultry products. variation in diet provides protection to a significant number of patients. the possibility of mycotic contamination of food employed in animal husbandry by fusarium sp., and mycotoxins capable of estrogenic effects have been suggested in a p ... | 1991 | 1817508 |
| associated bacterial flora, growth, and toxicity of cultured benthic dinoflagellates ostreopsis lenticularis and gambierdiscus toxicus. | the growth, toxicity, and associated bacterial flora of 10 clonal cultures of the toxic benthic dinoflagellates ostreopsis lenticularis and gambierdiscus toxicus isolated from the coastal waters of southwest puerto rico have been examined. clonal cultures of o. lenticularis grew more rapidly and at broader temperature ranges than those of g. toxicus. all five ostreopsis clones were toxic, while only one of the five gambierdiscus clones was poisonous. the degree of toxicity among poisonous clones ... | 1989 | 2705766 |
| amblyomma arianae, n. sp. (acari: ixodidae), a parasite of alsophis portoricensis (reptilia: colubridae) in puerto rico. | | 1986 | 3795233 |
| novel brominated phospholipid fatty acids from the caribbean sponge petrosia sp. | the long-chain fatty acids (5e,9z)-6-bromo-5,9-heptacosadienoic acid [2a], (5e,9z)-6-bromo-5,9-octacosadienoic [3a], (z)-19-heptacosenoic acid [4], and the novel aldehydes 17-pentacosenal [5] and 17-hexacosenal [6] were identified in the phospholipids (mainly phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine) of the sponge petrosia sp. structural elucidation was accomplished by means of mass spectrometry and chemical transformations, including deuteration with wilkinson's catalyst. the dimethyldi ... | 1993 | 8326322 |
| identification of the domestic mite fauna of puerto rico. | this study was conducted to identify the domestic mite fauna of puerto rico. a total of 57 dust samples were collected from mattresses in homes of 11 cities on the island. the analysis of the samples revealed that 73.70% of the mattress samples had at least one mite species. the identified species include: dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (45.6%), blomia tropicalis (31.6%), cheyletus sp. (19.3%), dermatophagoides farinae (17.5%), euroglyphus maynei (5.3%), dermatophagoides sibonei (1.8%), dermatop ... | 1997 | 9285987 |
| halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic archaeon from puerto rico. | a novel extremely halophilic archaeon was isolated from the solar salterns of cabo rojo, puerto rico. the organism is very pleomorphic, motile and requires at least 8% (w/v) nacl to grow. polar lipid composition revealed the presence of a novel non-sulfate-containing glycolipid and the absence of the glycerol diether analogue of phosphatidylglycerosulfate. the g + c content of the dna is 59 mol%. on the basis of 16s rrna sequence data, the new isolate cannot be classified in one of the recognize ... | 1998 | 9828431 |
| haloterrigena thermotolerans sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from puerto rico. | an extremely halophilic archaeon belonging to the order halobacteriales was isolated from the solar salterns of cabo rojo, puerto rico. the organism, designated strain pr5t, is rod-shaped, non-motile and requires at least 12% (w/v) nacl to grow. the strain is highly thermotolerant: its temperature optimum is 50 degrees c and growth is possible up to 60 degrees c. polar lipid analysis revealed the presence of the bis-sulfated glycolipid s2-dgd-1 as sole glycolipid and the absence of the glycerol ... | 2000 | 10843046 |
| helminth and arthropod parasites of the brown pelican, pelecanus occidentalis, in puerto rico, with a compilation of all metazoan parasites reported from this host in the western hemisphere. | seven species of helminths and six species of arthropods are reported from 23 of 40 brown pelicans, pelecanus occidentalis, collected from various localities in puerto rico. helminth parasites include three nematodes (contracaecum multipapillatum, contracaecum mexicanum, and eustrongylides sp.), three trematodes (galactosomum darbyi, mesostephanus appendiculatoides, and ribeiroia ondatrae), and one cestode (tetrabothrium sulae). arthropod parasites include colpocephalum occidentalis, neottialges ... | 2002 | 12427338 |
| biodegradation of toxic chemicals in guayanilla bay, puerto rico. | studies were conducted to assess the factors that may influence the rate and extent of biodegradation of biphenyl, naphthalene, phenanthrene, pentachlorophenol (pcp) and p-nitrophenol in water samples collected from the guayanilla bay (18 degrees n; 67.45 degrees w), southwest of puerto rico. in vitro studies mediated slow degradation of biphenyl, naphthalene and phenanthrene substrates by natural microbial flora present in the bay. addition of kno(3) as a source of inorganic n greatly enhanced ... | 2003 | 12705914 |
| isolation, structure, and hiv-1 integrase inhibitory activity of cytosporic acid, a fungal metabolite produced by a cytospora sp. | hiv-1 integrase is a critical enzyme for replication of hiv, and its inhibition has the potential to lead to an anti-retroviral therapy that has advantages over existing therapies. cytosporic acid (1) is a polyketide-derived novel natural product that was isolated from a fermentation broth of the filamentous fungus cytospora sp. collected from puerto rico. it inhibited strand transfer reaction of hiv-1 integrase with an ic(50) of 20 microm. the isolation, structure elucidation, relative stereoch ... | 2003 | 12713414 |
| sesquiterpenoid metabolites with antiplasmodial activity from a caribbean gorgonian coral, eunicea sp. | a chemical investigation of the caribbean gorgonian octocoral eunicea sp. collected along the northwest coast of puerto rico has afforded seven new secondary metabolites, 1-7, belonging to several types of sesquiterpenes, including elemane, eudesmane, and germacrane types, along with the known steroidal glycoside 8. some of the new metabolites, 4-7, carry an unusual ester side chain at the c-6 position. the structures of all compounds, including their relative stereochemistry, were determined by ... | 2005 | 16180813 |
| isolation of a new strain of the flavivirus cell fusing agent virus in a natural mosquito population from puerto rico. | the genus flavivirus contains approximately 70 single-stranded, positive-sense rna viruses that are mosquito-borne, tick-borne or have no known vector. two discoveries support previous suggestions of the existence of a large number of unsampled flaviviruses: (i) a new flavivirus, kamiti river virus, was recently isolated from kenyan mosquitoes, and (ii) sequences with high similarity to those of flaviviruses have been found integrated into the genome of aedes mosquitoes, suggesting a past infect ... | 2006 | 16528021 |
| characterization of fungi from hypersaline environments of solar salterns using morphological and molecular techniques. | the cabo rojo solar salterns located on the southwest coast of puerto rico are composed of two main ecosystems (i.e., salt ponds and microbial mats). even though these locations are characterized by high solar radiation (mean light intensity of 39 mol photons m-2d-1) they harbour a diverse microscopic life. we used morphological and molecular techniques to identify a series of halotolerant fungi. a total of 183 isolates and 36 species were cultured in this study. from the water from the salt pon ... | 2006 | 16904880 |
| halomonas avicenniae sp. nov., isolated from the salty leaves of the black mangrove avicennia germinans in puerto rico. | a gram-negative, short rod to oval-shaped bacterium (strain mw2a(t)) was isolated from the surface of leaves of the black mangrove avicennia germinans and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. strain mw2a(t) was moderately halophilic, growing at nacl concentrations in the range 0-25 % (w/v) with optimum growth at 5 % (w/v) nacl. growth occurred at 12-40 degrees c (optimum, 30-35 degrees c) and at ph 5.0-9.0 (optimum, ph 7.0-8.0). strain mw2a(t) was strictly aerobic. phylogenetic analysis ba ... | 2007 | 17473230 |
| diagnostic accuracy of methods for detecting anaplasma marginale infection in lactating dairy cattle of puerto rico. | bovine anaplasmosis (ba) is a hemoparasitic disease of great importance in cattle within the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. control programs for ba require accurate diagnostic assays but validation can be challenging because the true disease status of all animals is frequently not known with certainty. the objective of this study was to estimate the accuracy of assays for detection of anaplasma marginale infection in lactating dairy cattle of puerto rico using bayesian methods wi ... | 2010 | 20224076 |
| first survey of arthropod gut fungi and associates from vieques, puerto rico. | this is the first survey of trichomycetes for vieques, puerto rico. several types of arthropods, including millipedes, crabs, mosquitoes, bloodworms, amphipods and isopods, were collected from marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats and their guts examined for the presence of trichomycetes. a new species of enterobryus, which was found attached to the gut of the millipede anadenobolus arboreus (diplopoda), is described as enterobryus viequensis sp. nov. we report the presence of smittium cul ... | 2009 | 19927756 |
| new records of species of macrovalvitrematidae yamaguti, 1963 (monogenea) from puerto rico including one new genus and two new species. | new records of macrovalvitrematidae yamaguti, 1963 are reported from puerto rico including buccamagna archosarga n. gen., n. sp. from the western atlantic sea bream archosargus rhomboidalis, pseudotagia pomadasys n. sp. from the roughneck grunt pomadasys corvinaeformis, and new locality records for the species neopterinotrematoides avaginata suriano, 1975 and macrovalvitrema argentinensis (suriano, 1975) n. comb. from the whitemouth croaker micropogonias furnieri . buccamagna n. gen. is based on ... | 2016 | 26375896 |
| biodiversity of actinomycetes associated with caribbean sponges and their potential for natural product discovery. | marine actinomycetes provide a rich source of structurally unique and bioactive secondary metabolites. numerous genera of marine actinomycetes have been isolated from marine sediments as well as several sponge species. in this study, 16 different species of caribbean sponges were collected from four different locations in the coastal waters off puerto rico in order to examine diversity and bioactive metabolite production of marine actinomycetes in caribbean sponges. sediments were also collected ... | 2013 | 23344968 |
| making the cut: depression screening in urban general hospital clinics for culturally diverse latino populations. | we examined whether the cut-point 10 for the patient health questionnaire-9 (phq9) depression screen used in primary care populations is equally valid for mexicans (m), ecuadorians (e), puerto ricans (pr) and non-hispanic whites (w) from inner-city hospital-based primary care clinics; and whether stressful life events elevate scores and the probability of major depressive disorder (mdd). | 2017 | 28274345 |
| the synonymy of the toxic dinoflagellates prorocentrum mexicanum and p. rhathymum and the description of p. steidingerae sp. nov. (prorocentrales, dinophyceae). | prorocentrum mexicanum and p. rhathymum are toxicologically important dinoflagellates, but their relationship is not well defined. we investigated strains from puerto rico and brazil by light and scanning electron microscopies. we provide molecular data from a strain isolated near the type locality of p. rhathymum, and the first morphological and molecular data from the south atlantic ocean. the rrna gene (rdna) sequences of the puerto rican and brazilian strains were identical, and their morpho ... | 2017 | 28207967 |
| neostasina gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from the neotropical region (araneae, sparassidae, sparianthinae). | neostasina gen. nov. is proposed to include the type species, neostasina macleayi (bryant, 1940) comb. nov., and four other described species: n. lucasi (bryant, 1940) comb. nov. and n. saetosa (bryant, 1948) comb. nov., transferred from stasina simon, 1877, n. bicolor (banks, 1914) comb. nov., from olios walckenaer, 1837, and n. antiguensis (bryant, 1923) comb. nov., from pseudosparianthis simon, 1887. stasina portoricensis petrunkevitch, 1930 and olios darlingtoni bryant, 1942 are considered j ... | 2016 | 27396008 |
| description of three new species of galethalea butler, 1876 (lepidoptera: erebidae), with comments on the genus. | galethalea portoricensis sp. nov. (holotype male deposited in smns: puerto rico, 20.iii.1974, w. plathsr. leg.), g. wolfei sp. nov. (holotype male deposited in lacm: colombia, 1.iv.1995, k. wolfe et al. leg.), and g. machadoi sp. nov. (holotype male deposited in smns: ecuador, 23.x.2000, g. brehm leg.) are described, all known only from males. g. machadoi sp. nov. and g. wolfei sp. nov. seem to be closely related to g. davidi dognin, 1889 resur. stat., while g. portoricensis sp. nov. seems close ... | 2016 | 27395986 |
| monacyclinones, new angucyclinone metabolites isolated from streptomyces sp. m7_15 associated with the puerto rican sponge scopalina ruetzleri. | during an investigation of new actinomycete species from caribbean sponges for novel bioactive natural products, frigocyclinone (1), dimethyldehydrorabelomycin (3) and six new angucyclinone derivatives were isolated from streptomyces sp. strain m7_15 associated with the sponge scopalina ruetzleri. of these, monacyclinones a-b (4-5) contain the core ring structure of dehydrorabelomycin (2) with the aminodeoxysugar found in frigocyclinone (1). monacyclinone c (6) is a hydroxylated variant of frigo ... | 2015 | 26230704 |
| immunohistochemical expression of sp-nk-1r-egfr pathway and vdr in colonic inflammation and neoplasia. | to determine the expression of neurokinin-1 receptor (nk-1r), phosphorylated epidermal growth factor receptor (pegfr), cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2), and vitamin d receptor (vdr) in normal, inflammatory bowel disease (ibd), and colorectal neoplasia tissues from puerto ricans. | 2015 | 25684939 |
| sarcodon in the neotropics i: new species from guyana, puerto rico and belize. | four species of the ectomycorrhizal (ecm) genus sarcodon (bankeraceae, thelephorales, basidiomycota) are described as new to science. sarcodon pakaraimensis sp. nov. is described from forests dominated by the ecm trees pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea (dipterocarpaceae) and dicymbe jenmanii (fabaceae subfam. caesalpinioideae) in the pakaraima mountains of guyana. sarcodon portoricensis sp. nov. is described from lower montane wet forest within the el yunque national forest of puerto rico. sarcodon qu ... | 2015 | 25661714 |
| neptunomonas phycophila sp. nov. isolated from a culture of symbiodinium sp., a dinoflagellate symbiont of the sea anemone aiptasia tagetes. | a gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, oxidase- and catalase-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, strain sym1(t), was isolated from a culture of symbiodinium sp., an algal symbiont of the sea anemone aiptasia tagetes collected in puerto rico. growth was observed at 4-40 °c (optimum 30 °c), at ph 5.0-11.0 (optimum ph 8.0) and with 0.5-8 % (optimum 2 %) (w/v) nacl. phylogenetic analyses of 16s rrna gene sequences showed that strain sym1(t) was a member of the genus neptunomonas with the type s ... | 2015 | 25563909 |
| new records of bodotriidae (crustacea: cumacea) from puerto rico with descriptions of three new species. | in a continuing effort to describe the cumacean fauna of puerto rico we describe three new species of bodotriidae, a family that has never been reported from puerto rico before. while finding and describing new microcrustacean species may not be an impossible task, if there is available taxonomic expertise, the currently described species were found in large numbers within a short distance from the marine laboratories of the university of puerto rico where the local reefs have been studied for ... | 2014 | 25544235 |
| four new ladybug species belonging to decadiomus chapin (coleoptera: coccinellidae) from puerto rico. | while searching for native natural enemies attacking invasive insect pests in puerto rico, we found four undescribed ladybug species belonging to the caribbean ladybug genus decadiomus chapin. in this article, we describe the following species from puerto rico: decadiomus seini n. sp., decadiomus ramosi n. sp., decadiomus hayuyai n. sp., and decadiomus martorelli n. sp. illustrations of the dorsal habitus, shape of prosternal carinae, and drawings of male and female genitalia are presented. we a ... | 2014 | 27194064 |
| large-scale gene-centric analysis identifies polymorphisms for resistant hypertension. | resistant hypertension (rhtn), defined by lack of blood pressure (bp) control despite treatment with at least 3 antihypertensive drugs, increases cardiovascular risk compared with controlled hypertension. yet, there are few data on genetic variants associated with rhtn. | 2014 | 25385345 |
| parasitism in pterois volitans (scorpaenidae) from coastal waters of puerto rico, the cayman islands, and the bahamas. | recently, pterois volitans, a pacific species of lionfish, invaded the atlantic ocean, likely via the aquarium trade. we examined for internal and external parasites 188 individuals from 8 municipalities of puerto rico collected during 2009-2012, 91 individuals from little cayman, cayman islands, collected during the summers of 2010 and 2011, and 47 individuals from lee stocking island, bahamas, collected during the summer of 2009. in total, 27 parasite taxa were found, including 3 previously re ... | 2015 | 25302790 |
| liberibacter crescens gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultured member of the genus liberibacter. | the gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterial isolate bt-1(t) is the closest relative to the genus 'candidatus liberibacter' cultured to date. bt-1(t) was recovered from the phloem sap of a defoliating mountain papaya in puerto rico. the bt-1(t) 16s rrna gene sequence showed that strain bt-1(t) is most closely related to members of the genus 'ca. liberibacter' sharing 94.7% 16s rrna gene sequence similarity with 'ca. liberibacter americanus' and 'ca. liberibacter asiaticus'. additionally, averag ... | 2014 | 24786353 |
| novel psychropiezophilic oceanospirillales species profundimonas piezophila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the deep-sea environment of the puerto rico trench. | the diversity of deep-sea high-pressure-adapted (piezophilic) microbes in isolated monoculture remains low. in this study, a novel obligately psychropiezophilic bacterium was isolated from seawater collected from the puerto rico trench at a depth of ∼6,000 m. this isolate, designated yc-1, grew best in a nutrient-rich marine medium, with an optimal growth hydrostatic pressure of 50 mpa (range, 20 to 70 mpa) at 8°c. under these conditions, the maximum growth rate was extremely slow, 0.017 h(-1), ... | 2014 | 24123740 |
| comparison of 26 sphingomonad genomes reveals diverse environmental adaptations and biodegradative capabilities. | sphingomonads comprise a physiologically versatile group within the alphaproteobacteria that includes strains of interest for biotechnology, human health, and environmental nutrient cycling. in this study, we compared 26 sphingomonad genome sequences to gain insight into their ecology, metabolic versatility, and environmental adaptations. our multilocus phylogenetic and average amino acid identity (aai) analyses confirm that sphingomonas, sphingobium, sphingopyxis, and novosphingobium are well-r ... | 2013 | 23563954 |
| ogleus pilarae, a new genus and species of leptocheliid tanaidacean (crustacea: peracarida: tanaidomorpha) from the tropical northwest atlantic with observations on the genus pseudonototanais lang, 1973. | ogleus pilarae n. gen., n. sp. (leptocheliidae) is described from specimens collected at a depth of 28 m off the eastern coast of puerto rico. morphologically the new genus appears to have its closest affinities with the type species of heterotanais and those of the two subgenera belonging to pseudonototanais sensu guţu. ogleus is distinguished from these and other leptocheliids by a combination of characters including a male antennule having three unfused peduncular articles, five aesthetasc-be ... | 2013 | 25112764 |
| a new species of freshwater shrimp of the genus micratya (decapoda: atyidae: caridea) from puerto rico. | the atyid genus micratya bouvier, 1913 was previously considered to be monotypic. the area in which the genus is dis-tributed is limited to the islands of the antilles and central america, with the type locality of micratya poeyi being in cuba. a recent molecular phylogenetic analysis of atyid shrimps from the caribbean indicated the probable existence of a second species of micratya from samples collected in puerto rico. here it is described as the new species micratya cooki sp. nov., differing ... | 2013 | 24614476 |
| viequeamide a, a cytotoxic member of the kulolide superfamily of cyclic depsipeptides from a marine button cyanobacterium. | the viequeamides, a family of 2,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-7-octynoic acid (dhoya)-containing cyclic depsipeptides, were isolated from a shallow subtidal collection of a "button" cyanobacterium (rivularia sp.) from near the island of vieques, puerto rico. planar structures of the two major compounds, viequeamide a (1) and viequeamide b (2), were elucidated by 2d-nmr spectroscopy and mass spectrometry, whereas absolute configurations were determined by traditional hydrolysis, derivative formation, and ... | 2012 | 22924493 |
| [a new species of the chiton lepidochitona (polyplacophora: ischnochitonidae) from puerto rico]. | the genus lepidochitona gray, 1821 has two species in the caribbean: l. liozonis (dall & simpson, 1901) and l. rosea kaas, 1972. we describe a third species: lepidochitona rufoi sp. nov. from puerto rico. lepidochitona rufoi differs from both in having a finely granulose tegmentum, smaller size, a very fine central radula tooth, and different anal plate form and color pattern. it also differs from l. liozonis in having longer marginal spicules. | 2010 | 20527464 |
| geographic distribution of phylogenetically-distinct legume pod borer, maruca vitrata (lepidoptera: pyraloidea: crambidae). | maruca vitrata fabricius is a pantropical lepidopteran pest of legumes. phylogenetic analysis of a mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase-i gene (cox1) fragment indicates that three maruca sp. mitochondrial lineages have unique geographic distributions [lineages 1 and 2: australia, taiwan, and west africa (niger, nigeria, and burkina faso), and lineage 3: puerto rico]. the haplotype (t30, t114) is specific to lineages 1&2 and was assayed by nsii and saci polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragmen ... | 2011 | 20496006 |
| periconia variicolor sp. nov., a new species from puerto rico. | periconia variicolor was isolated from water of an evaporation pond used for salt production on the southwestern coast of puerto rico. on the basis of cultural and morphological characteristics and its sequence it is describe as a new species of periconia. | 2007 | 17883040 |
| calyculaglycosides d and e, novel cembrane glycosides from the caribbean gorgonian octocoral eunicea species and structural revision of the aglycon of calyculaglycosides a-c. | a recent investigation of the constituents of eunicea sp. from colombia and puerto rico has provided two novel cembrane glycosides, calyculaglycosides d (6) and e (7), and a new cembranoid diterpene in free form, (+)-nephthenol (4). metabolites 6 and 7 possess a glycosyl-fused cembrane skeleton with a 1s configuration. biogenetic considerations have led to a revision of the previously assigned dilophol skeleton of calyculaglycosides a-c, which was confirmed by extensive 2d nmr investigation and ... | 2001 | 11720528 |
| ethnic enclaves and middleman minorities: alternative strategies of immigrant adaptation? | this article examines 2 modes or strategies of immigrant adaptation: middleman minorities and ethnic enclaves. although they have been discussed as if they were disjointed and mutually exclusive, the authors challenge this view. middleman minorities 1) tend to be self-employed or to work for a coethnic, 2) are usually concentrated in small business, 3) tend to rely on the in-group for resources, and 4) fill a "status gap" in the receiving society. ethnic enclaves depend on 3 features: 1) recent ... | 1987 | 12315137 |
| redescription of <i>cletocamptus</i> albuquerquensis and <i>c. dominicanus</i> (harpacticoida: canthocamptidae <i>incertae</i> <i>sedis</i>), and description of two new species from the us virgin islands and bonaire. | the history surrounding the identity of cletocamptus albuquerquensis (herrick, 1894) and c. dominicanus kiefer, 1934 is very complex. this complexity has been exacerbated by incomplete, and in some cases erroneous, original descriptions of these two species. also, new records from other locations did not describe the significant characters needed to clearly delineate them. this led several authors to consider c. dominicanus as a synonym of c. albuquerquensis, among other taxonomical consideratio ... | 2017 | 28610279 |
| beyond negative attitudes: examining hiv/aids stigma behaviors in clinical encounters. | hiv/aids related stigma remains a major global health issue with detrimental consequences for the treatment and health of people with hiv/aids (pwha), especially when manifested by health professionals. research on hiv/aids stigma has successfully documented negative attitudes towards pwha among health professionals. however, fewer studies have examined how stigma is manifested behaviorally by health professionals during clinical interactions. therefore, this study aimed to: (1) examine the beha ... | 2017 | 28464694 |