Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in blood banks of seven departments of Bolivia by Roxana Carrasco, Hortensia Miguez, Clara Camacho, Lourdes Echalar, Suzana Revollo, Tania Ampuero, Jean-Pierre Dedet

“…Trypanosoma cruzi infection was studied in 1,298 sera samples of blood banks from 7 capital departments of Bolivia, using the immunofluorescence test (IFI) and Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elisa). …”
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Quantitative morphological evidence for incipient species within Lutzomyia quinquefer (Diptera: Psychodidae) by JP Dujardin, F Le Pont, E Martinez

“…Quantitative and qualitative morphological characters are described, showing in both sexes differences among local populations from four Departments of Bolivia. Four arguments are then developed to reject the hypothesis of environment as the unique source of morphological variation: (1) the persistence of differences after removing the allometric consequences of size variation, (2) the association of local metric properties with meristic and qualitative attributes, rather than with altitude, (3) the positive and significant correlation between metric and geographic distances, and (4) the absence of a significant correlation between altitude and general-size of the insects.…”
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Contamination of Water Supply Sources by Heavy Metals: The Price of Development in Bolivia, a Latin American Reality by Paola Andrea Alvizuri-Tintaya, Esteban Manuel Villena-Martínez, Nithya Avendaño-Acosta, Vanesa Gladys Lo-Iacono-Ferreira, Juan Ignacio Torregrosa-López, Jaime Lora-García

“…This research presents the results of monitoring the main sources of water supply in two continuously growing departments of Bolivia, La Paz, and Tarija. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the suitability of the water to which the population has access, with particular attention to heavy metals with concentrations that exceed the permitted limits. …”
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Palynology of the Iscayachi Formation (Cambro-Ordovician) from the Cordillera Oriental of Southern Bolivia: New data from the western margin of Gondwana by M.M. VERGEL, Guillermo F. Aceñolaza, L. ARÁOZ

“…The sampled material comes from the Cambro-Ordovician Iscayachi Formation cropping out in the Antenna of the Sierra de Sama, Tarija department, southern Bolivia. The palynomorph assemblage occurs in levels correlated to the Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens argentina trilobite biozone. …”
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The Impact of Policy and Technology Parameters on the Economics of Microgrids for Rural Electrification: A Case Study of Remote Communities in Bolivia by Munir Husein, Hyung-Ju Kim, Il-Yop Chung

“…The study uses three remote communities in the Beni Department of Bolivia as case studies. MDSTool was used as a modeling framework to design the microgrids. …”
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Multi-Criteria Prioritization of Watersheds for Post-Fire Restoration Using GIS Tools and Google Earth Engine: A Case Study from the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia by Jeanne Fernandez, Oswaldo Maillard, Gerson Uyuni, Mónica Guzmán-Rojo, Marisa Escobar

“…The Santa Cruz department in Bolivia is characterized by a wide range of ecosystems and by its richness in water resources. …”
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