PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES: Isolation and characterization of 12 microsatellite markers in the middle-spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius).

Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for Dendrocopos medius. Polymorphism was assessed for 27 individuals from the southwesternmost population of this woodpecker species. The number of alleles per locus ranged from three to seven, with observed heterozygosity values from 0.444 to 0.852. Genotypic frequencies conformed to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and no evidence for linkage disequilibrium was observed. Multilocus genotypes resulting from this set of markers will be useful to determine genetic diversity and differentiation within and among habitat patches inhabited by D. medius. Three of the loci were polymorphic for Picoides articus.

[A family outbreak of acute hepatic fascioliasis]. / Brote familiar de fascioliasis hepática aguda.

The diagnosis of human fascioliasis was established in an 11 year old boy with prolonged fever by complement fixation and ELISA tests. Good clinical response followed the treatment with emetine. Four other family members were also affected with the disease and their treatment was equally effective. The origin of the infection was traced to the ingestion of infected watercress at a site 15 km away from Santiago.