Estrategias matrimoniales en el proceso de repliegue y apertura de las parentelas toba (qom)

En este trabajo se analizan una serie de atributos del sistema de parentesco toba que crean y disuelven, a lo largo de las generaciones, el cuerpo de parientes. A través de una lectura comparada de las terminolo- gías vocativas y de referencia para los cognados y los afines se analizan las propiedades del sistema de parentesco que oscilan entre una tendencia centrípeta y la apertura hacia los márgenes de las parentelas cognáticas para la consolidación de un cuerpo de parientes relativamente estable a lo largo de las generaciones. Los casos analizados permiten agregar nuevos elementos etnográficos al debate acerca de la endogamia y la exogamia de los grupos chaqueños.

Chagas disease: serological and electrocardiographic studies in Wichi and Creole communities of Misión Nueva Pompeya, Chaco, Argentina

Chagas disease, which is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, affects nearly 16 million people in Latin America and causes 75-90 million people to be at risk of infection. The disease is urbanizing and globalizing due to frequent migrations. There are regions of high prevalence of infection, including the north-eastern provinces of Argentina and the entire phytogeographic region known as the Gran Chaco. In the province of Chaco, Argentina, there are places inhabited by native populations such as the Wichi and Toba communities, among others. Many Creole populations resulting from miscegenation with European colonists and immigrants coexist within these communities. It has been widely accepted that in the chronic phase of the disease, between 25-30% of individuals develop some form of cardiac disease, with the right bundle-branch block being the most typical condition described so far. The aim of this work was to study the prevalence of Chagas infection and its electrocardiographic profile in the Wichi and Creole populations of Misión Nueva Pompeya, in the area known as Monte Impenetrable in Chaco, to determine the prevalence and the pattern of heart diseases produced by Chagas disease in this region.