The first report of Hepatozoon canis identified in Vulpes vulpes and ticks from Italy.

This is the first report on the presence of Hepatozoon canis in Vulpes vulpes in Italy. During the years 2005 and 2006, a total of 119 foxes were collected and their spleen tissues were screened by microscopy, polymerase chain reaction, and sequencing. In the same area, 290 ticks were picked off from dogs or collected from the environment.

Investigation on the occurrence of Echinococcus multilocularis in Central Italy.

Background: Recent studies on geographic distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis in Europe show that it has a wider range than previously thought. It is unclear, however, if the wider distribution is due to its recent spreading or to a lack of previous data from the new areas. Italy, previously considered E.

Rehabilitation nurses practices in relation to urinary incontinence following stroke: a cross-cultural comparison.

Aim: To explore nurses' practices and influences in relation to urinary incontinence following stroke, in the UK, Sweden and China.

Background: Urinary incontinence following stroke is common, under-recognised and poorly researched. Before appropriate rehabilitation interventions can be developed, an understanding of nurses' current management approaches and cultural influences is required.

Promoting urinary continence with older people: key issues for nurses.

Urinary incontinence is one of the most common and distressing of the conditions experienced by older people. It is not just associated with physical and cognitive frailty but also features significantly in the fit community living population. Urinary incontinence is known to be hidden and under-reported.

Stroke patients in nursing homes: eating, feeding, nutrition and related care.

The purpose of this study was to explore eating, feeding and nutrition among stroke patients in nursing homes as described by their nurses and by assessments. Registered Nurses were interviewed about an individual stroke patient's state of health, care needs and nursing care received and nursing records were reviewed. Information on eating, feeding and nutrition was extracted from the interviews and nursing records.

The nursing care of stroke patients in nursing homes. Nurses' descriptions and experiences relating to cognition and mood.

Registered nurses working in nursing homes often care for stroke patients with impaired cognition and mood disorders. Understanding the behaviour of these patients often puts great demands on nurses. This study illuminates registered nurses' descriptions and experiences of stroke patients and the nursing care given in nursing homes, with a focus on cognition and mood.

Stroke patients ready for discharge from acute care--a multi-dimensional assessment of functions and further care.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe actual functions, performance of activities and needs of further care in patients with stroke in acute care wards at the time the physicians decided that the patients were ready for discharge, in relation to placement after discharge and the motives for the decision.

Method: Thus 114 stroke patients in Stockholm County were assessed with the Resident Assessment Instrument, and the motives for further care were reviewed in the patients' case records.

Results: The results showed that the oldest, most severely impaired stroke patients had the shortest mean length of stay before the physician considered the patients ready for discharge to nursing homes, where resources for long-term rehabilitation and stroke care vary.

Pharmacokinetics and distribution of liposomal busulfan in the rat: a new formulation for intravenous administration.

The plasma pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of busulfan (Bu) were investigated after intravenous injection of free Bu (D-Bu) and freshly prepared liposomal Bu (L-Bu). Liposomal Bu was prepared using L-alpha-phosphatidylcholine, 1,2-dioleolyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate, and cholesterol. The liposomes formed were unilamellar vesicles measuring 220 +/- 14 nm in diameter and containing a Bu concentration of 0.

Busulphan kinetics and limited sampling model in children with leukemia and inherited disorders.

Busulphan pharmacokinetics were investigated in 20 children, who underwent bone marrow transplantation for either leukemia or inherited disorders. Busulphan (1.90-6.

Retrospective Immunodiagnosis of Malaria in Nonimmune Travelers Returning From the Tropics.

Background: Since travelers are now frequently advised to carry emergency self medication for the treatment of suspected malaria, the issue of retrospective diagnosis of malaria in nonimmune patients has recently gained more importance. Reliable methods for evaluating the frequency and justifying the use of self medication in clinically suspected malaria are warranted. Methods: One hundred and eighty-five sera from 132 nonimmune travelers returning to a nonendemic area, and with a microscopically confirmed diagnosis of malaria, were investigated for the presence of antibodies against blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium vivax, by the indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT).

Imported rickettsioses in German travelers.

Twenty-two cases of rickettsiosis imported to Germany (13 men, nine women, average age 42 years) in a 5-year period were analyzed retrospectively regarding the travel histories, symptoms and clinical findings, laboratory features and course of the disease. The two primary rickettsial diseases were boutonneuse fever (18 patients) and scrub typhus (three patients). One patient had murine typhus.

Permethrin-impregnated curtains in malaria control.

The impact of permethrin-impregnated curtains on the incidence of malaria episodes, parasitaemia and splenomegaly was assessed during a 22 month period in 2 groups of children aged 0.5-6 years. One group lived in houses where permethrin-impregnated curtains had been installed, the other group lived in houses without curtains.

[Impact of utilization of permethrin impregnated curtains on malaria in a rural zone of high transmission in Burkina Faso].

The efficacy of permethrin impregnated curtains as a malaria control measure was evaluated in a rice field area nearby Ouagadougou (BF). Two groups of children aged 1-5 years matched for age, sex and malaria exposure, were followed through the rainy season of 1987 for illness and febrile episodes. One group of 118 children lived in houses protected with impregnated curtains, the other in houses without curtains.

Preliminary data on the genetic differentiation of Onchocerca volvulus in Africa (Nematoda: Filarioidea).

Data are reported on the genetic structure of three Onchocerca volvulus populations, respectively from Mali (savanna), Ivory Coast (forest), and Zaire (forest gallery in savanna). Electrophoretic analysis, carried out on 25 gene-enzyme systems, has shown a remarkable genetic heterogeneity existing within O.volvulus.