The most recent data of FAO indicates that many of the SIDS Islands have achieved undernourishment levels of less than 5 percent, Barbados, Cuba and Dominica in the Caribbean; Fiji, Samoa and Kiribati in the Pacific. Countries such as: Dominican Republic, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Cuba from the Caribbean; Samoa from the Pacific; and São Tomé e Príncipe from the Africa, Indian Ocean, Me...

A. E. Bergues-Pupo, 2 J. M. Bergues, and F. Falo 4, ∗ Departamento de F́ısica, Universidad de Oriente, 90500 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Dpto. de F́ısica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Zaragoza. 50009 Zaragoza, Spain Escuela Politécnica Superior y Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Jorge, 50830 Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain Instituto de Biocomputación y F́ısica de Sist...

This paper summarized some interesting aspects related with the microbiological investigations on human leptospirosis carried out in Cuba from 1959 to 2017. The role of the Cuban national reference laboratory on Spirochetes and Brucella in the microbiological surveillance, the confirmation of epidemic outbreaks and in clinical trials related on reactogenicity, immunogenicity, efficacy and effec...

A wild population of the lymnaeid snail Pseudosuccinea columella infected by larval stages of Fasciola hepatica was discovered in the Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. One of 100 snails was infected in a rice culture field. This is the first time this species has been found acting as intermediate host of F. hepatica under natural conditions, not only for Cuba but also for the Caribbean area.

1 Department of Fluid Dynamic, IMPA, Dona Castorina 110, Jardı́n Botànico, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 2 Oceanology Institute, Environmental Agency, Avenida Primera, 18406, Flores, Playa, 11600 C. Habana, Cuba 3 Laboratoire AOC, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Campus de Fouillole, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe 4 Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Matemáticas y Computac...

AbstractBeginning in 2014, there has been significant progress in normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States. Herein, we discuss the history and recent progress in scientific collaboration between the two countries as well as the continued challenges. Science and global health diplomacy can be key tools in reestablishing a trusting and productive relationship of mutual and gl...

1 Swiss Centre for International Health, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland 2 Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK 3 School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand 5 Department of Biostatistics and Demography, Khon Kaen Uni...

a Applied Chemistry Research Center, Central University of “Las Villas”, Santa Clara, 54830, Cuba b Chemical Bioactives Center, Central University of “Las Villas”, Santa Clara, 54830, Cuba c Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain d Deparment of pharmacy and pharmaceutical technology, University of Velencia...

Background World Health Organization position paper on immunotherapy recommends using mite allergen vaccines for rhinitis and mild to moderate asthma. Allergic sensitization to domestic mites and particularly to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides siboney and Blomia tropicalis has been described before in Cuba, as strongly linked to respiratory allergy symptoms. The aim of this wor...

This technical report analyzes how ultrasound could have led to the AP news recordings of metallic sounds reportedly heard by diplomats in Cuba. Beginning with screen shots of the acoustic spectral plots from the AP news, we reverse engineered ultrasonic signals that could lead to those outcomes as a result of intermodulation distortion and non-linearities of the acoustic transmission medium. W...