[Prevalence and determinants of low back pain in hospital workers]. / Prevalenza e fattori determinanti delle lombalgie tra i dipendenti dell'ospedale di Terni.

This study evaluated the prevalence and determinants of low back pain (LBP) in Terni hospital workers. Each ward sister completed a questionnaire about potential determinants of LBP associated with physical loads. Moreover, a trained ward sister administered a questionnaire about the characteristics of low back pain to 512 subjects. In the previous year the prevalence of LBP was 58.8%. It was more common in subjects under 45 years of age. >3 LBP episodes annually were more frequent in operating rooms and medical wards. LBP lasted >1 week in 29% of females and in 23% of males. LBP caused change of duties or time off work in 11% of females and in 8% of males.

Biological properties of Junin virus proteins. I. Identification of the immunogenic glycoprotein.

Purified Junin virus was disrupted by nonionic detergent treatment (Triton X-100), and subviral components were separated by ultracentrifugation. Only the soluble fraction, containing all of the major glycoprotein (mol.wt. 38,000), induced the formation of neutralizing antibodies in laboratory animals and protected them against subsequent challenge with live virus. Thus, the glycoprotein is the antigen responsible for these immunologic responses.