Cuba since the early 1990's has made a fundamental shift in economic policy toward hard currency endeavors such as tourism and trade. The shift was thought to come from the fall of the Soviet Union and the loss of billions of dollars in economic subsidies, but the changes towards development of tourism was completed prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. The present paper will discuss the histo...

A surveillance system to detect West Nile virus (WNV) was established in Cuba in 2002. WNV infection was confirmed by serologic assays in 4 asymptomatic horses and 3 humans with encephalitis in 2003 and 2004. These results are the first reported evidence of WNV activity in Cuba.

Coeliac disease is generally considered to be a disease of Europe, North America, and Australasia. A series of well-authenticated cases from Cuba is presented. One of the factors responsible for the presence of this disease in Cuba may be the increase in wheat consumption in the last few years. It is likely that coeliac disease exists in other tropical countries.

Citation: Valdespino-Castillo PM, Hu P, Merino-Ibarra M, López-Gómez LM, Cerqueda-García D, González-De Zayas R, Pi-Puig T, Lestayo JA, Holman H-Y and Falcón LI (2018) Exploring Biogeochemistry and Microbial Diversity of Extant Microbialites in Mexico and Cuba. Front. Microbiol. 9:510. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00510 Exploring Biogeochemistry and Microbial Diversity of Extant Microbialites in Mex...

†S3, CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, Via Campi 213/A, 41125 Modena, Italy. ‡Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Informatiche e Matematiche, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. ¶Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. §Instituto de Cibernética, Matemática y F́ısica (ICIMAF), Havana, Cuba. ‖Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear, Havana, C...

Javier Sánchez-López, Thalía Fernández, Juan Silva-Pereyra, Juan Antonio Martínez Mesa Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, México Proyecto de Neurociencias, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Estado de México, México Instituto de Medicina del Deporte ...

background: health care workers (hcw) are at high risk of contracting various infectious diseases and play a dual role in the transmission of infections in health care facilities. objective: to determine the seroprotection against hepatitis b, measles, rubella, and varicella among hcws in a community hospital in qatar. methods: this is a cross-sectional survey conducted in a 75-bed community ho...

BACKGROUND Cuba has extended its medical cooperation to Pacific Island Countries (PICs) by supplying doctors to boost service delivery and offering scholarships for Pacific Islanders to study medicine in Cuba. Given the small populations of PICs, the Cuban engagement could prove particularly significant for health systems development in the region. This paper reviews the magnitude and form of C...

Genetics and genomic medicine in Cuba.

In December 2011, the first delegation of oncology nurses from the United States visited Havana, Cuba. The delegation included oncology nurses, educators, and leaders from across America and provided opportunities to learn about the healthcare system, cancer, and oncology nursing in Cuba. Delegation members attended lectures, toured facilities, and enjoyed Cuban culture. This exchange highlight...