Gerardo Godoy

• Universidad de Oriente

Memorias de mi padre. (Testimonio de lucha en Nicaragua, 1893.1980)

Louis Daniel Beauperthuy was a pioneer of microbiology in Venezuela where he developed microscopic and clinical research together with academic and scientific observation related to leprosy and the role of insects in the transmission of febrile illnesses.

Epidemiologic studies of deep mycosis have been scarce in Bolivar state, where paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis are considered as endemic diseases. The aim of this study was to determine paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis prevalences in people from a suburb of San Féix, Bolívar state, Venezuela. Three-hundred volunteers agreed to pa...

Los temas se abordan en capítulos afines y se desarrollan como aportes para contribuir al mejoramiento de problemas concretos universitarios, como aportes para mejorar la academia en medicina humana, aplicables a cualquier otra unidad de educación superior.

Citomegalovirus, anticuerpos anti-citomegalovirus, IgG anti-citomegalovirus, citomegalovirus en recién nacidos

Dove's excreta samples from state Bolívar several places in Venezuela, were evaluated to determine the presence of primary pathogen fungi in dove's excreta. Filamentous fungi such as: Aspergillus spp (31.1%), Mucor spp (20.2%), Penicillium spp (9.5%) and Fusarium spp (6.7%) were the most frequently isolated strains. Species such as Candida albicans...

Micología del micetoma, estudio histopatológico, cultivo, aislamiento micológico y epidemiología de las formas clínicas demostradas en la región.

To estimate the prevalence of mycoses in the Universitary Hospital "Ruiz y Páez" (Bolivar State, Venezuela) during 2002, a retrospective study was carried out. Four hundred and fifty six mycoses were diagnosed in 250,956 patients. The most frequent mycoses, the cutaneous form (94.5%), were produced by dermatophytes, Malassezia furfur and Candida sp...

To determine the prevalence of histoplasmosis and paracoccidiomycosis in Upata, a city in Bolivar state, Venezuela. Cutaneous tests on 397 volunteers, 204 with histoplasmine and 193 with paracoccidioidine. Epidemiological data were collected in a protocol sheet. Readings were performed at 24 and 48 h post-injection, by the same observer, and a posi...

Paracoccidiodomycosis and histoplasmosis are endemic diseases in the south of Venezuela, representing a public health problem. Prevalence of Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis and Histoplasma capsulatum infections were estimated in Monte Ralo, a rural community area of Bolivar state using paracoccidiodine and histoplasmine skin tests. Paracoccidiodine wa...

Physical exam and skin biopsy were performed and peripheral blood samples drawn from 10% of the inhabitants of 26 jungle villages of the State of Bolívar, Venezuela. One hundred and fifty three Indians and an inhabitant of mixed blood from 13 different communities were found to be infected with mansonelliasis representing a global index of 36.40% i...

Physical exam and skin biopsy were performed and peripheral blood samples drawn from 10% of the inhabitants of 26 jungle villages of the State of Bolívar, Venezuela. One hundred and fifty three Indians and an inhabitant of mixed blood from 13 different communities were found to be infected with mansonelliasis representing a global index of 36.40% i...

Microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus were demonstrated by single shoulder-skin biopsy in 42.8% of inhabitants of seven Amerindian villages in an area of approximately 10,000 km2, near the Brasilian Roraima Territory. The highest prevalence was found among the Yanomama Indians of Chajuraña (84.6%, with a mean of 61.3 microfilariae per mg of skin). T...

Se confirma simititud morfológica con la especie descrita en Africa y diferencias relativas en el tamaño de microfilarias aisladas de piel y en evolución en vectores que pudiera indicar una fase de especiación. Se sugiere profundizar estudios comparativos de aislados de O. Volvulus obtenidos en diferentes zonas endémicas encontradas en el continent...

Informe epidemiológico sobre demostración de infecciones por Onchocerca volvulus en comunidades del sur del Estado Bolívar, Venezuela.

Se informa sobre la existencia de un nuevo foco de oncocercosis en Venezuela.

An unsheathed microfilaria, unlike any other already described from man, was found in thick blood smears and Knott samples taken from Amerinds living along the upper Caura River in Bolivar State, Venezuela. The mirofilaria, which measures 256 x 7-8 micrometers in thick blood smears and 300 x 8 micrometers in Knott samples, is easily differentiated...

Mansonella ozzardi infections were found in 80/139 (58%) of Indians living in the forest of the upper Caura River Basin located in the southwestern part of Bolivar State, Venezuela. In four (3%) of the blood samples a second type of microfilaria which could not be identified was also found.

Demostración de una especie nueva de filaria en humanos.

Se demuestran porcentajes de personas infectadas en moradores de varias comunidades indígenas.

The present paper reports a parasitological study of sarcosporidia infection in bovine heart tissue. Fresh tissue samples were obtained from apparently normal animals killed at a local slaughterhouse. By means of contact smears and tissue sections, the authors demonstrated the presence of Sarcocystis fusiformis in 92.8% of the cases.

Submerged mycelia of a strain of Cladosporium werneckii isolated from tinea nigra palmaris, when cultured on enriched corn-meal agar media, developed fruiting bodies resembling perithecia.

Se demuestra la presencia de infecciones humanas por P. falciparum resistente a la cloroquina, una demostración importante para la región, el pais y para el Programa antimalárico nacional.

Typescript. Thesis (A.M.)--Duke University, 1964.

Se analiza la información sobre la epidemiología y diagnostico de laboratorio registrado en el país para esa fecha.

Mediante anticuerpos fluorescentes específicos fue posible demostrar K. rhinoscleromatis, considerándose que con esa técnica se puede mejorar el diagnóstico bacteriológico de la bacteria.

A strain of Schizotrypanum cruzi, isolated from an acute case of Chagas' disease, was inoculated into cultures of “L” cells. Some infected tissue cultures were kept at 26 ± 2 ° C and some at 37 ± 0.5 ° C. At 37 ° C both intra- and extracellular forms of S. cruzi were similar to those found in the infected mammals. At 26 ° C the intra- and extracell...