The genus Lepidochitona (Gray 1821) contains relatively small chitons with a distinctive girdle, dorsally clothed with non-overlapping calcareous corpuscles. In the Caribbean, it is represented by four species: L. liozonis (Dall, & Simpson, 1901), L. rosea Kaas, 1972, L. rufoi García-Ríos, 2010 and L. ...
Ecological impacts of military bombing activities in Puerto Rico have often been described as minimal, with recurrent allegations of confounding effects by hurricanes, coral diseases and local anthropogenic stressors. Reef craters, though isolated, are associated with major colony fragmentation and frame...
Intensive aquaculture sometimes provides conditions favorable for parasites that are not ordinarily found on culture fishes in the wild, and the use of introduced stocks sometimes introduces non-indigenous species to the habitat. When officially asked about the culture of Cobia Rachycentron canadum (Linn...
The white band disease type I (WBD-I) epizootic event of the early 1980s resulted in significant changes in the structure and composition of coral communities throughout the wider Caribbean. The disease decimated populations of acroporid corals throughout their geographic distribution and it is still a...
The Grammanik bank is a deep reef (35-40 m) located approximately 14 km south of St. Thomas USVI, on the southern edge of the Puerto Rico shelf. The relatively narrow 1.5 km long reef annually hosts spawning aggregations of several species of groupers, snappers and jacks. Until February of 2005, when tem...
Dengue, a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, is endemic and frequently epidemic in many tropical countries. Because low-incidence periods vary in length, it is difficult
to know in advance when an epidemic will occur. Response efforts, despite being logical, have been counter-productive at times. F...
Objective. Dengue has been endemic in Puerto Rico for three decades. Multiple educational
and community-based efforts have been developed to inform the population about dengue prevention. We undertook this study to understand the community members’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to dengue ...
Objetivos. Comparar la frecuencia de casos de sida, así como las características sociodemográficas y clínicas de los pacientes de sida en Puerto Rico, antes y después de
la introducción de la terapia antirretrovírica de gran actividad (TARGA) y la privatización del sistema de salud de la isla. M...
Usa fontes primárias, escritas em espanhol, para reconstruir a história social da lepra em Porto Rico a partir de 1898, quando os Estados Unidos anexaram a ilha a seu território. As políticas de saúde pública desenvolvidas em Porto Rico até a década de 1930 foram específicas, devido a uma combin...
This study presents information on AIDS patients in Puerto Rico, including their general sociodemographic profile, some risk-related parameters, characteristics of vulnerable groups, and elements of the clinical spectrum of the disease. Data were analyzed from the Puerto Rico AIDS Surveillance Program an...
