The way that immigrants integrate into recipient societies has been discussed for decades, mainly from the perspective of the social sciences. Uruguay, as other American countries, received diffferent waves of European immigrants, although the details of the process of assimilation, when it did occur, are unclear. In this study we used genetic markers to understand the process experienced by th...

A case of cavitary pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium heckeshornense in Uruguay is described. This is the first case reported in the Latin America and Caribbean region, showing that this species is a worldwide opportunistic human pathogen.

INTRODUCTION Worldwide, 13% of maternal deaths are caused by complications of spontaneous or induced abortion, 29% in Uruguay and nearly half (48%) in the Pereira Rossell Hospital. PURPOSE This paper describes a risk reduction strategy for unsafe abortions in Montevideo, Uruguay, where over one-fourth of maternal deaths are caused by unsafe abortion. METHODS Although abortion is not legal i...

Cryptoblabes gnidiella (Millière) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) has been known in Uruguay for 30 years and only in vineyards, despite being polyphagous. In recent years, this pest has caused sporadic but serious damage on some grapevine cultivars. Understanding the insect's phenology and developing a monitoring program are essential aspects of integrated pest management. We monitored males using sex...

horses and 1 from Cx. tarsalis mosquitoes. Notably, our sequence is distantly related to GQ287646, which was isolated from Culex spp. mosquitoes in Chaco, Argentina. The nucleotide sequence of the positive control VEEV-Tc83 is correctly placed in the VEEV clade. Clinical and laboratory fi ndings showed that the illness described here was compatible with viral encephalitis. Using a generic RT-PC...

1 2 3 Ricardo Giesen * 4 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 5 Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics 6 Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago, Chile 7 Phone: (+56-2) 354-5893 8 Fax.: (+56-2) 354-0281 9 [email protected] 10 * Corresponding author 11 12 Héctor Martínez 13 Universidad de la República 14 Operations Research Department 15 J. Herrera y Reissig 565, Montevideo, Uruguay...

It is critical because average unemployment among young people is, in all countries of the region, much higher than average unemployment overall. In fact, in Latin America and the Caribbean the youth unemployment rate is twice the overall unemployment rate and three times the rate for adults; in some countries it is as high as five times the rate for adults over age 45. What is more, young peop...

BACKGROUND The implementation of structural adjustment programs (SAPs) in developing countries has been followed by a marked reduction in their progress on economic growth, health outcomes, and social indicators. Comprehensive and contextualized explorations of the effects of SAPs are needed to assist health and social policy-makers in better determining responses to such programs that continue...

The article presents a review by a quantitative analysis of the forensic anthropology cases that occurred in Uruguay from 1950 to 2013. Forensic anthropology cases have rapidly increased in Uruguay over the years, from only one case in 1950 to 91 cases in 2013. Before 1992, when human remains were found, they were analyzed by the local medical examiner with lacked experience in these types of c...

Argentina and Uruguay have a high prevalence of smoking during pregnancy, as well as of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure. In this secondary analysis of a trial to implement brief smoking cessation counseling during antenatal care in Argentina and Uruguay, we aim to evaluate the effects of the intervention on the rates of self-reported SHS exposure at home and at work, and on attitudes recalled b...