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Abstracts
Cuban Research in Current International Journals

The following selection—alphabetical by title—reflects Cuban medical publishing in international journals over the last quarter on an array of topics.

A myocarditis outbreak with fatal cases associated with adenovirus subgenera C among children from Havana City in 2005. Savón C, Acosta B, Valdés O, Goyenechea A, González G, Piñón A, et al. J Clin Virol. 2008 Jul 25. Epub ahead of print.

Brain barrier dysfunction in Cuban Epidemic Optic Neuropathy. González-Quevedo A, Fernández R, Santiesteban R, Alfaro I, Lara R, Vicente I, et al. Eur J Neurol. 2008 Jun;15(6):613-8.

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in La Habana, Cuba: A Study of Local Social-Ecological Resilience.Morrison K, Aguiar P, Castro A, Waltner-Toews D, Fitzgibbon J. Ecohealth. 2008 Aug 21. Epub ahead of print.
Cuba’s health system: challenges ahead. De Vos P,De Ceukelaire W, Bonet M, Van der Stuyft P. Health Policy Plan. 2008 Jul;23(4):288-90. Epub 2008 May
 

Dengue haemorrhagic fever integral hypothesis: confirming observations, 1987-2007. Guzmán MG, Kourí G. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Jun;102(6):522-3.

Effect of Yoga and Traditional Physical Exercise on Hormones and Percentage Insulin Binding Receptor in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Gordon L, York Morrison E, McGrowder D, Fraser Y, Martorell E, Garwood D, et al.Am J Biochem & Biotech. 2008;4(1):35-42.

Effects of Policosanol (10 mg/d) Versus Aspirin (100 mg/d) in Patients with Intermittent Claudication: A 10-Week, Randomized, Comparative Study. Illnait J, Castaño G, Alvarez E, Fernández L, Mas R, Mendoza S, et al. Angiology. 2008 Jun-Jul;59(3):269-77. Epub 2008 Apr 2.

Genetic origin, admixture, and asymmetry in maternal and paternal human lineages in Cuba. Mendizabal I, Sandoval K, Berniell-Lee G, Calafell F, Salas A, Martínez-Fuentes A, et al. BMC Evol Biol. 2008 Jul 21;8:213.

Gonadotrophin releasing hormone-based vaccine, an effective candidate for prostate cancer and other hormone-sensitive neoplasms. Junco JA, Basalto R, Fuentes F, Bover E, Reyes O, Pimentel E, et al. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2008;617:581-7.

Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a recombinant fusion protein containing the domain III of the dengue 1 envelope protein in non-human primates. Bernardo L, Izquierdo A, Álvarez M, Rosario D, Prado I, López C, et al. Antiviral Res. 2008 Jul 3. Epub ahead of print.

Multidimensional Problems Among Advanced Cancer Patients in Cuba: Awareness of Diagnosis Is Associated with Better Patient Status. Roll IJ, Simms V, Harding R. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Aug 18. Epub ahead of print.


Prevention and control of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: the Cuban experience (1986-1996-2002): cardiovascular topic. 
Nordet P, López R, Dueñas A, Sarmiento L. Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2008;19(3):135-40.
Priming and boosting determinants on the antibody response to an Epidermal Growth Factor-based cancer vaccine. Rodríguez PC, González I, González A, Avellanet J, López A, Pérez R, et al. Vaccine. 2008 Aug 26;26(36):4647-54. Epub 2008 Jul 18.

Relation between CYP2D6 phenotype and genotype and personality in healthy volunteers. González I, Peñas-Lledó EM, Pérez B, Dorado P, Álvarez M, Llerena A. Pharmacogenomics. 2008 Jul;9(7):833-40.
Uncoupling and oxidative stress in liver mitochondria isolated from rats with acute iron overload.Pardo Andreu GL, Inada NM, Vercesi AE, Curti C. Arch Toxicol. Epub 2008 Jun 17.
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