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C Gentile

Publications and source records attributed to C Gentile.

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PubMed1986

[A case of voluminous serous cystadenoma of the ovary. Clinico-social considerations].

The case of a voluminous serous cystadenoma of the ovary in a young woman is reported. At a time when health education and diagnostic progress have significantly modified the evolution of such neoplastic growths, the remarkable size of the tumour (28 litres of serous liquid), the absence of any complications whatsoever and the youth of the patient make the case particularly interesting and trigger a number of remarks on social factors.

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[Prevalence of Anophelines (Diptera: Culicidae) during sunset in areas of the Itaipu Hydroelectric plant in Guaíra county, state of Paraná, Brazil].

Systematic collections of anophelines were conducted from November 1994 to August 1995 from 18:00 to 20:00 hr using Shannon traps and human-bait along the lake margin which forms the Itaipu Hydroelectric reservoir, State of Paraná, Brazil. Species prevalence was studied at 15 min intervals. Anopheles albitarsis sensu latu and An. galvaoi, were the most frequently collected mosquitoes. All Anopheles species populations peaked between 18:45 and 19:30 hr. The observations illustrate the existence of a haematophagic activity cycle during the early evening hours: exogenous stimulus (the beginning of sunset)-->Shannon trap (light attraction)-->human bait (haematophagy)-->rest and digestion-->exogenous stimulus-->Shannon trap or surrounding vegetation. The greater abundance of An. albitarsis collected in human-bait and Shannon trap suggests it may be a potential malaria vector in the region.

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Ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera: culicidae) in areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. I - monthly frequency and climatic factors.

The ecology of mosquitoes were studied (Diptera: Culicidae) in areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Systematized monthly human bait collections were made three times a day, for periods of 2 or 3 h each, in sylvatic and rural areas for 24 consecutive months (January 1991 to December 1992). A total of 24, 943 specimens of adult mosquitoes belonging to 57 species were collected during 622 collective periods. Coquillettidia chrysonotum was the most frequent collected mosquito (45.8%) followed by Aedes serratus (6.8%), Cq. venezuelensis (6.5%), Psorophora ferox (5.2) and Ps. albipes (3.1%). The monthly averages of temperature and relative humidity were inserted in the ten-year average limits of maximum and minimum of the previous ten-years. Rainfall accompanied the curve of the ten-year averages. Those climatic factors were influential in the incidence of some species; temperature: Anopheles cruzii, An. mediopunctatus, Ae. scapularis, Ae. fulvus, Cq. chrysonotum, Cq. venezuelensis, Runchomyia reversa, Wyeomyia dyari, Wy. confusa, Wy. shannoni, Wy. theobaldi and Limatus flavisetosus; relative humidity: Ae. serratus, Ae. scapularis, Cq. venezuelensis and Ru. reversa; rainfall: An. cruzii, Ae. scapularis, Ae. fulvus, Cq. venezuelensis Ru. reversa, Wy. theobaldi and Li. flavisetosus.

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Ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. II - habitat distribution.

The mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) ecology was studied in areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Systematized biweekly human bait collections were made three times a day, for periods of 2 or 3 h each, in sylvatic and rural areas for 24 consecutive months (January 1991 to December 1992). A total of 24, 943 adult mosquitoes belonging to 57 species were collected during 622 collective periods. Aedes scapularis, Coquillettidia chrysonotum, Cq. venezuelensis, Wyeomyia dyari, Wy. longirostris, Wy. theobaldi and Wy. palmata were more frequently collected at swampy and at flooded areas. Anopheles mediopunctatus, Culex nigripalpus, Ae. serratus, Ae. fulvus, Psorophora ferox, Ps. albipes and the Sabethini in general, were captured almost exclusively in forested areas. An. cruzii, An. oswaldoi and An. fluminensis were captured more frequently in a residence area. However, Cx. quinquefasciatus was the only one truly eusynanthropic. An. cruzii and Ae. scapularis were captured feeding on blood inside and around the residence, indicating that both species, malaria and arbovirus vectors respectively, may be involved in the transmission of these such diseases in rural areas.

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Ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. III. Daily biting rhythms and lunar cycle influence.

The ecology of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) was studied in areas of the Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. The influence of the lunar cycle and the daily biting rhythms of mosquito populations were analyzed. Systematized biweekly human bait collections were made in a silvatic environment for 24 consecutive months (January 1991 to December 1992). A total of 20,591 specimens of adult mosquitoes belonging to 55 species were collected from 545 catches. Sabethini species were captured exclusively during daylight periods, with the exception of Trichoprosopon digitatum, while members of Anophelinae predominated during nocturnal hours. Members of the subfamily Culicinae that were collected primary during nocturnal periods included Culex nigripalpus, Coquillettidia chrysonotum and Cq. venezuelensis while daytime catches included Psorophora ferox and Ps. albipes. Others members of culicines mosquitoes that were collected during both day and night included: Aedes serratus, Ae. scapularis and Ae. fulvus. Lunar cycles did not appear to influence the daily biting rhythms of most mosquito species in the area, but larger numbers of mosquitoes were collected during the new moon. Ae. scapularis were captured mainly during the full moon.

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[The discharge form: advantages and limits legionellosis cases individuation].

Despite legionellosis surveillance is active in Italy since many years, the disease notification appears still undervalued. A multicentric survey was carried out among 5 big Italian hospitals. It examined 11,435 discharge forms (1999-2001), reporting pneumonia diagnosis. Legionellosis (II class of notify system for infectious disease) was studied among pneumonia diagnosis by discharge forms. According to the ICD9-CM, there's no specific code for legionellosis (this disease is included among "others gram-negative pneumonia"). So the presumed pneumonia imputable to Legionella spp were the 2.7% of the whole number of analyzed discharge forms. Besides, the data regarding the other pneumonia showed that the etiological agent was specified only in the 11.2% of the case. This situation could be rectified both introducing adequate discharge forms codes and promoting the etiological diagnosis during the hospital stay.

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[Chronic renal insufficiency of single kidney associated with genital, bone, and palpebral malformations].

Authors describe renal failure in a young woman with solitary pelvic kidney. Renal malformation was associated with genital and bone malformations that can be accounted for by the close relationship linking the genito-urinary and vertebral apparatuses during the first weeks of intrauterine life. Palpebral malformation which occurs very rarely in cases with renal malformations as reported in the literature was ascribed to hereditary factors. Changes of some indexes (serum and urine electrolytes, plasma renin and aldosterone) observed during the evolution of renal failure appear to confirm the role played by potassium in hormone balance and suggest repeated tests and dietary adjustments.

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[Alcoholism and pregnancy].

The T-ACE test, introduced by Sokol, is currently used in the screening of the pregnant women at risk for alcohol abuse. In this study, this test has been applied to a group of 150 pregnant women to verify the congruity of the methodology used, sensitivity and specificity of the test. According to the answers given by the patients in the preliminary interview, 9 patients (6%) proved at risk for alcohol abuse. At the subsequent, control, interview, the answers given were all in agreement with the data obtained with the T-ACE test. The results obtained confirmed the high sensitivity and specificity of this method. Even though the comprehension of the utilized verbalization was excellent, nevertheless the test, applied to patients of a different culture in comparison with that studied by Sokol, cannot be applied in its original form, but must be diluted within a group of questions.

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[The treatment of varicocele in adolescence].

Varicocele treatment in adolescents should be considered as a prophilactic procedure. It is known, in-fact, that the venous reflux is responsible for damage to the testis that worsen by time. For this reason patients with grade II or III varicocele and reduced size of the testis must be considered for treatment. A right approach to varicocele should consider the different etiopathogenetic factors. Type I varicocele can be easily treated with embolization of the spermatic vein during the diagnostic phlebographic procedure. For type II and III in which is present an iliac hypertension must be considered a surgical correction with selective ligation of intra- and extrafunicular veins together with a microsurgical spermatico-epigastric anastomosis so to allow a better venous drainage of the testis. The Authors present their experience on 20 selected cases of varicocele treated by selective inguinal veins ligation and microsurgical anastomosis. They underline the importance to search and ligate, using the microscope, when dilated, the external spermatic vein or cremasteric (ligated in 9 cases), the deferential veins (ligated in 18 cases) and the gubernacular veins (ligated in 16 cases). These last can be recognized only after testicular exteriorization. It is also important to avoid lymphatic and testicular artery ligation. The results obtained were good with no recurrence, testicular atrophia or hydrocele.

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