Ann Trop Med Parasit
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Gender-planned health services are planned on the basis that women and men play different roles in society and have different medical needs. The feminist movement has provided a broad charter of rights for women, reflecting women's needs, but these have yet to be translated into operational programmes. ⋯ Health programmes for males have received little attention, except from family planning organizations, although in most countries, males have a high rate of accidents, infections and parasitic disease. Controlled studies are required to evaluate the benefits of gender-planned health services.
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Ann Trop Med Parasit · Apr 1988
Transcapillary escape rate and capillary permeability to albumin in patients with Plasmodium falciparum.
The transcapillary escape rate and capillary permeability to albumin were studied in five patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria and six control subjects by using 125I-HSA. The mean transcapillary escape rate of albumin, calculated from the slope of the plasma disappearance curve of 125I-HSA, was found to be significantly higher in the malaria patients than in the control group. ⋯ Both the effective capillary pore area per unit path length available for restricted diffusion and the specific permeability coefficient of the capillary to albumin were found to be grossly elevated in the patients' group. These findings indicated that there was an increased leakage of plasma albumin in patients with P. falciparum malaria as a result of increased capillary surface area and an increased capillary permeability to albumin.
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The incidence of snake bite and the presence of venom antibody in previous snake bite victims was investigated in French Guiana. The incidence proved to be highest (600/100,000) in inhabitants of bush regions and lowest (45/100,000) in urban areas. ⋯ The main species involved, as assessed by detection of venom antibody by ELISA, were Lachesis muta, Bothrops brazili, B. bilineatus and B. atrox. The significance of these findings is discussed.
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Tapeworm proglottids and eggs of Bertiella sp. were reported from the stools of a 28-year-old Yemeni male worker in Saudi Arabia, who complained mainly of non-specific gastro-enteritis. This appears to be the first report of an Anoplocephaline infection in man in Saudi Arabia. Niclosamide was effective in removing the parasites.