Disease In Cuba Research Articles

Epidemic Neuropathy in Cuba: A Plea to End the United States Economic Embargo on a Humanitarian Basis

During 1992 to 1993, an epidemic of neurologic disease in Cuba affected 50,862 patients with optic neuropathy, sensorineural deafness, predominantly sensory peripheral neuropathy, and dorsolateral myelopathy. The clinical syndromes were identical to those of prisoners of war subjected to nutritional restriction in tropical prison camps during World War II (Strachan's disease). A dietary deficiency of group B vitamins and sulfur-containing amino acids appears to have been the primary cause of the epidemic. This was a consequence of economic and political events in Cuba linked to the collapse of the Soviet Union and socialist countries. The recently toughened 30-year-old US economic embargo on Cuba contributed to these problems and hampered the investigation, treatment, and prevention of the epidemic. A plea is made to the neurologic community to request the lifting of the trade blockade on a humanitarian basis.

Epidemic neuropathy in Cuba: a plea to end the United States economic embargo on a humanitarian basis.

During 1992-1993, an epidemic of neurologic disease in Cuba affected 50,862 patients with optic neuropathy, sensorineural deafness, predominantly sensory peripheral neuropathy, and dorsolateral myelopathy. The clinical syndromes were identical to those of prisoners of war subjected to nutritional restriction in tropical prison camps during World War II (Strachan's disease). A dietary deficiency of group B vitamins and sulfur-containing amino acids appears to have been the primary cause of the epidemic. This was a consequence of economic and political events in Cuba linked to the collapse of the Soviet Union and socialist countries. The recently toughened 30-year-old US economic embargo on Cuba contributed to these problems and hampered the investigation, treatment, and prevention of the epidemic. A plea is made to the neurologic community to request the lifting of the trade blockade on a humanitarian basis.

Efficacy of EBI fungicides on the control of Sigatoka disease of bananas caused byMycosphaerella musicolaleach ex Mulder in Cuba

Abstract Different fungicides belonging to the group known as ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors (EBI) were applied in oil‐water mixtures and their effects compared with those of treatments with benomyl (150g a.i./ha) and propiconazole (80 and 100 g a.i./ha), the standard products hitherto used to control Sigatoka disease in Cuba, in randomized block experiments and aerial treatments in commercial fields. Soil treatments with granulated formulations of triadimenol (0.5, 0.75 and 1 g a.i./plant) at 3 and 4 month intervals were compared with propiconazole and benomyl foliar treatments. Propiconazole applied at a rate of 80g a.i./ha was as effective as an application of 100 g a.i./ha and caused a strong inhibition of the growth of the germ tube of the ascospore as well as of pseudothecia, spermogonia and sporodochia production in mature spots. Hexaconazole and triadimenol (applied at a rate of 100g a.i./ha), tridemorph (450g a.i./ha) and aldimorph (662 g a.i./ha) were as efficient as propiconazole and benomy...

Family studies of coeliac disease in Cuba.

Peroral jejunal biopsies were performed on 69 of 85 1st-degree relatives of 20 index coeliac patients in 20 families. Three had mucosal changes typical of coeliac disease, giving an incidence of 4.3%. This figure is similar to that for family studies in England, and it confirms the familial nature of coeliac disease in a population with different racial characteristics from countries where coeliac disease is common.

Coeliac disease in Cuban children.

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.

The Measurements of the Nasal Canal According to the Race

<h2>Abstract</h2> This paper presents tables showing the relative frequency of eye diseases in Cuba, especially the frequency of lacrimal disease in different races; and in comparison of whites and negroes. It also gives the results of a series of measurements of the lacrimal canal in full blooded negroes and whites, and points out the anatomic causes of greater frequency of lacrimal obstruction among the whites and mulattoes than among the blacks.