OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of asymptomatic nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is a major factor in the transmission of this bacterium. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Nasopharyngeal cultures were performed on children attending 32…

Monstera florescanoana (Araceae), a new species in section Monstera, endemic to central Veracruz, Mexico, is described and illustrated. This species appears to be most closely related to Monstera siltepecana Matuda and Monstera dubia (Kunth) Engl. et K. Krause.

Identification keys, diagnoses, hosts, and distribution data are provided for adults of the 26 species of Ixodes known from Mexico. Data are from specimens deposited in the Colección Nacional de Ácaros (CNAC), Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,…

Pinos volcanic complex is an uplifted area that exposes Mesozoic strata and mid-Tertiary volcanic and sedimentary rocks. Its stratigraphy, deformation style, and volcanism are characteristic of the Mesa Central region of central Mexico and the southeastern segment of the Sierra…

New specimens and new records of occurrence for 10 species of chondrichthyan (elasmobranch and chimaeroid) fishes previously unknown or little documented for the continental shelf of the Mexican Pacific are reported. This contribution provides the first record of Centroscyllium nigrum,…

Objetivo. Evaluar el signo del " cabeceo" como indicador de hipoxemia en ninos con neumonia. Material y metodos. Se estudiaron 62 menores de 5 anos de edad. Se definio hipoxemia a la saturacion de oxigeno <94% registrada mediante oximetria de…

Cross Border Industries, also known as maquiladoras in Northern Mexico, are currently facing the problem of low organizational attachment among production workers. Direct workers often perceive little commitment to their company, and turnover rates in the plants average; e.g., about…

Low grade metasedimentary rocks in the western Acatlán complex (Olinalá area) of southern Mexico occur in two units termed here the Progreso and Zumpango units of Lower and middle Carboniferous ages, respectively. The Zumpango Unit is dominated by phyllite and…

The Arizpe sub-basin located in the northern part of the Río Sonora basin is a Basin and Range half-graben that initiated during Late Oligocene time in north-central Sonora. Its ~2.1 km-thick, east-dipping volcanic and sedimentary fill assigned to the Báucarit…

A new species of the Dahlibruchus genus is described and information is given about its bionomics and host plants, also are mentioned general aspects about the archeological site where the insect was found.