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Malaria is a hemoparasitosis caused by intracellular protozoa belonging to the genus Plasmodium and transmitted by the bite of femalemosquitoes of the genus Anopheles . A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in the indigenous communities of Bajo Caura,Sucre and Cedeño municipalities, Bolívar state, Venezuela, during the 2015-2016 period. The sample consisted of 244 inhabitants ofthe communities under study. An epidemiological survey was applied to each participant and a blood sample was taken by capillarypuncture, with prior consent and informed settlement. The diagnosis was made by direct parasitological methods of thick blood smearand smear. To relate the presence of malaria and epidemiological variables, the chi-square independence test was applied. Theobserved frequency was 7.0%, all detected cases belong to the Sucre municipality. Female people younger than 10 years of age weremore vulnerable to infection. The species Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax were identified, the latter being the mostprevalent. The variables fever, symptomatology associated with malaria, degree of knowledge of the disease and type of housing, wereassociated with infection by Plasmodium spp. Under the conditions of this study it is concluded that, in spite of the results found in theindigenous communities, there is a focus of active malaria transmission. Finally, the information obtained represents a contribution atthe moment of making decisions regarding the components such as surveillance, control and health promotion around malaria.

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Health professionals are subject to stressful situations almost daily, the current Venezuelan reality means that thesesituations are not limited only to the workplace but even to the daily life of all citizens; In this sense, the successfulresolution of these situations will depend on the subject's own resilience, which will help reduce stress, improvephysical and mental well-being and therefore the quality of service provided. Distribute the professionals according tosocial-labor variables; Determine the levels of resilience. A quantitative, correlational, non-experimental research wascarried out. The population was constituted by the health personnel that worked in the PICU and the sample by 33workers who met the inclusion criteria: more than 6 months working in the PICU. The average age was 38.6 years.More than 80% was female. The highest proportion was married (45.5%) and was from the nursing area (60.6%). Morethan 90% had at least more than 2 years of seniority. 45.5% presented average levels of resilience

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Mr. Editor: On several occasions, between the end of 2015 and January 2016, in dental operatives, healthcare and free, presented the opportunity to meet with the residents and representatives of the Navasanuka jungle population and surrounding communities, located in the Lower Delta of the Orinoco River, Antonio Díaz municipality, Delta Amacuro State, Venezuela (LN 09 ° 08 '11.9 "and LO 061 ° 03'31.2"), an area no higher than 2 meters above sea level, with silty soils and tropical climate, with average annual rainfall of 2,221 mm and an average annual temperature of 26.1 ° C1. In these exploratory meetings, it was possible to confirm the oral state and certain habits and beliefs that the patients attended have, of the Warao ethnic group, in terms of health and oral status. Firstly, it was observed that dental caries and edentulism are common characteristics in most of the patients seen in the Dental Service during the operations; from here it is said that villagers wanted to "extract teeth", perform restorations and put on dentures, also appreciating that there is in some residents of this community Warao, the cosmological belief in "evil spirits" that generate the disease, regardless of the conditions of health and habits of dental hygiene, and even some pointed "the power" of some seeds called "Tears of San Pedro", with which they make necklaces, which, according to their belief, are placed on the neck to patients with toothache for that, in an effective way, the pain will be relieved

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