The Dominican Republic: A Caribbean Crucible

USAID/Dominican Republic Strategic Plan

Malaria and Travel to the Dominican Republic

To the Editor: The rise in international travel to malaria-endemic areas in recent years has been followed by an increase in the number of cases diagnosed in countries where malaria is not endemic (1). Tourist areas of the Dominican Republic have traditionally been considered to be low risk for malaria transmission. However, over the past few years, sporadic descriptions of imported falciparum ...

Scleroderma in the Caribbean: characteristics in a Dominican case series.

INTRODUCTION Scleroderma is a rare disease with limited data in Latin America. Preliminary genetic studies suggest a strong African ascendance in the Dominican Republic, which could modulate the expression of the disease. The objective of this study is to describe the clinical and demographic characteristics of scleroderma in a series of 26 Dominican patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients w...

Helminths from a stranded manatee in the Dominican Republic.

Endangered West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) are known to be parasitized by a number of helminths and ectoparasites. Records of parasitic associations exist for Florida, Mexico, Guyana, Brazil, Cuba and recently for Puerto Rico. Parasites of manatees in other Caribbean areas have not been documented, particularly from Hispaniola. We report on the occurrence of a species of nematode and ...

Inbreeding among Caribbean Hispanics from the Dominican Republic and the Effects on the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

Background—Inbreeding can be associated with a modification in disease risk due to excess homozygosity of recessive alleles impacting a wide range of phenotypes. We estimated the inbreeding coefficient in Caribbean Hispanics and examined its effects on risk of late-onset Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD). Users may view, print, copy, and download text and data-mine the content in such documents, for t...