Las Lomitas, Formosa, Argentina, reported 96 cases of tegumentary leishmaniasis during
2002. The urban transmission was suggested although previous outbreaks were related
with floods of the Bermejo river (BR) 50 km from the village. Phlebotomine collections were
performed during March 2002 to define the spatial distribution of risk, together with satellite
imaginery. The phlebotomine/trap obtained was 1679.5 in the southern BR shore, 1.1 in the
periruban-rural environment and 2.3 in the northern Pilcomayo river marshes. Lutzomyia …

Purpose: To address the epidemiological characteristics and clinical indices that may predict
the prognostic profile of meningitis among children. Methods: Children admitted to
Alexandria fever hospital with clinical diagnosis of meningitis/meningoencephalitis during
the period 2002-2003 were recruited for the study. They were subjected to clinical
examination as well as CSF bacteriological and serological investigations Results: Three
hundred and ten patients (195 males and 115 females) were included. About 65.2% of them …