Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba
March 2024
Teleconsultation is one of the assets of telemedicine that allows medical professionals to provide diagnostic or therapeutic advice to patients through electronic means. The objective of this study was to estimate the frequency of teleconsultation implementation in hospitals in the city of Cordoba from 2020 to 2022. A descriptive, observational and cross-sectional study was carried out, providing an online survey (Google Forms) to hospital representatives in Córdoba.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPyrethroids are extensively used to control adult populations of the arboviral vector , raising concerns regarding the increasing frequency and distribution of insecticide resistance mutations (kdr: knock-down resistance) in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene (). The widespread use of pyrethroids imposes a threat to the success of mosquito control and the environment. In this study, we investigated the presence of two kdr mutations (V1016I and F1534C) in the gene and their distribution across four neighborhoods in Posadas, Argentina, with different abundance and contrasting socioeconomic status (SES).
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