1. DR. SEGUNDO MESA CASTILLO
CURRICULUM VITAE
YEARS EDUCATION SCHOOL
1940-47 Primaria Elementary Escuela “La Luz” La Luz School
1948 Junior high school Matanzas Institute
1949-50 Junior high school Víbora Institute
1951 Senior high school Vedado Institute
1952-53 Senior high school A. Montori School
1954 1st year medicine University of Havana
1955-58 University closed
1959-64 2nd-6th years medicine University of Havana
1964 Graduated
Pre-candidate for doctoral thesis
YEARS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Servicio Médico Rural
1965-66 Rural Medical Service Las Villas
Primer año de residencia
1967 1st-year resident, internal medicine Fajardo Hospital
1968-69 2nd- and 3rd-year resident, neurology Institute of Neurology
1970 4th-year resident, neurology; research on Institute of Neurology
slow viral diseases of the nervous system
1971-72 1st-degree specialist in neurology, research Institute of Neurology
on slow viral diseases of the nervous system
1973-74 Electromicroscopy of slow viral diseases of Institute of Neurology
the nervous system and National Scientific
Research Center (CENIC)
1975-76 Electromicroscopy of slow viral diseases CENIC
of the nervous system
1977-78 Electromicroscopy of slow viral diseases Psychiatric Hospital of of the nervous system and ultrastructural Havana and CENIC
study of schizophrenia and dementia
1979 Electromicroscopy of slow viral diseases sychiatric Hospital of of the nervous system and ultrastructural Havana; CENIC;
study of schizophrenia and dementia; Black Lion Hospital, Ethiopia;
consulting neurologist and university and School of Medicine,
professor Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
YEARS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
1980 Ultrastructural study of schizophrenia; Black Lion Hospital and
consulting neurologist and university School of Medicine, Addis
professor Ababa, Ethiopia
1981 Ultrastructural study of schizophrenia; Black Lion Hospital, Addis
consulting neurologist and university Ababa, Ethiopia; Psychiatric
professor Hospital of Havana; CENIC;
and School of Medicine,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1982-84 Electromicroscopy of slow viral diseases Psychiatric Hospital of
of the nervous system and ultrastructural Havana and CENIC
study of schizophrenia and dementia;
consulting neurologist and Chief of the
Epilepsy Service
1985-86 Electromicroscopy of slow viral diseases Psychiatric Hospital of
of the nervous system and ultrastructural Havana, CENIC, Institute
study of schizophrenia and dementia; Nephrology and Institute of
consulting neurologist and Chief of the Biological Research on
Epilepsy Service Interferon
1987-2000 2nd-degree specialist in neurology; electro- Psychiatric Hospital of
microscopy of slow viral diseases of the Havana, CENIC, Institute of
nervous system, ultrastructural study of Nephrology, Hermanos
schizophrenia and dementia; consulting Ameijeiras Hospital and
neurologist Biological Research Center
2001-2002 Electron microscopy of slow viral diseases Psychiatric Hospital of Havana,
of the nervous system, ultrastructural study of schi CENIC, Institute of Nephrology, Herma
sophrenia and dementia; consulting neurologist nos Ameijeiras Hospital
OTHER COURSES
1. Clinical neurology course that Dr. Barraquer Bordás, of Barcelona, Spain, gave in Cuba
in 1971.
2. Electromicroscopy, National Scientific Research Center (CENIC), Havana, Cuba, 1973.
3. The Miyamata Disease in Japan and an Experimental Study with Animals, and The
Ultrastructure of the Nervous System and a Study of Chronic Forms of Japanese
Encephalitis B, lectures that Professor Hirotsugu Shiraki, of the Institute of Brain
Research, Tokyo, Japan, gave in Havana in October 1973.
4. English courses at the language school of the Ministry of Public Health, 1974-75 and
1984-85.
5. Primatology course—Study of the Monkey as an Experimental Animal—that Professor
Frank Ervin, of the University of California, gave at the National Scientific Research
Center in April 1978.
6. Course on the ultrastructure of the nervous system that Professor Orlando Castejón,
Chief of Biological Research of the University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, gave in
October 1978.
7. Macroscopic Anatomy of the Brain, Outer and Inner Conformations. Psychiatric
Hospital of Havana, 1978.
8. Neuropediatrics course, William Soler Hospital, Havana, March 1984.
9. Lecture series that Professor Eric Holzman, of Columbia University, New York, gave
at the National Scientific Research Center in June 1984.
10. The Anatomy of the Nervous System: Ultrastructural Study—a course that Professor
Zsantagotai, of Hungary, gave at the Academy of Sciences of Cuba in 1984.
11. Symposium on the Viral Hypothesis of Functional Psychoses, at the 4th World
Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 8-13, 1985.
12. Course on Epilepsy. Surgical and Medical Research Center, Havana, March 26, 1990.
13. I Jornada Nacional de Tumores Oculares. Participante. Sept. 17-19, 1998.
COURSES TAUGHT
1. Neurology course, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Havana, 1971-77.
2. Participating professor in the nurses’ training course, Psychiatric Hospital of Havana,
1978.
3. Viral Diseases of the Nervous System, for the medical staff of the Psychiatric Hospital
of Havana, January-March 1979.
4. Classes and lectures for doctors and medical students at the Black Lion Hospital, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, 1979-81.
5. Neurology and Slow Viral Diseases of the Nervous System, Psychiatric Hospital of
Havana, 1983-85.
6. Recent Advances in Internal Medicine, Psychiatric Hospital of Havana, November 1984.
7. Classes and lectures for doctors and medical students at the Psychiatric Hospital of
Havana on topics related to slow viral diseases, schizophrenia, ultrastructural studies
and recent advances in technical procedures, 1985-89.
8. Lectures at various hospitals, research centers and the Ministry of Public Health about
ultrastructural research on schizophrenia.
9. Studies on a Briological Test in Schizophrenia, program of courses, Psychiatric
Hospital of Havana, Dec. 18-22, 1995.
RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION WORK
1. Adviser. Research on the people who died in a one-year period. World Health
Organization. Cuba, 1972.
2. Adviser at the electronic computer registry of infectious neurological syndromes,
Ministry of Public Health, 1972.
3. Cuba-Venezuela Mutual Cooperation Project presented for the ultrastructural study of
schizophrenia, with Prof. Orlando Castejón, Chief of Biological Research of the
University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, and his country’s representative on the
UNDP Work Project, 1979.
4. Joint immunological study carried out by the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana and the
National Scientific Research Center on the cells in the nervous systems of
schizophrenic patients, 1979.
5. Ultrastructural study of schizophrenia carried out as part of the research program of the
Psychiatric Hospital of Havana, in coordination with the National Scientific Research
Center.
6. Adviser to the Director of the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana in areas related to
scientific research, publications and scientific events.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND RECOGNITION
1. Examining Board for Neurology Specialists
2. Cuban Neurology and Neurosurgery Society
3. Ibero-American Interferon Society
4. Scientific Research Group of the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana
5. Editorial Board of Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana
6. Cuban Society of Neuroscience (member of the Board)
7. Epilepsy Section, Cuban Society of Neuroscience (member of the Board)
8. Neuropathology Section, Cuban Society of Neuroscience (member of the Board)
9. Guest scientist, 4th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Filedelfia, USA, 1996
10. Guest scientist, 2nd World Conference on Viruses, Immunity and Mental Health,
Montreal, Canada, Oct. 2-7, 1988
11. Awarded the International Prize of the Stanley Foundation Awards Program and elected
by the Professional Committee of the Stanley Foundation Research Awards Program to
work at the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke under Dr. Joseph
Gibbs for six months, Washington, D.C., USA, May 29, 1990
12. Credits for Applications to the World Prize for Scientists at the 5th World Congress
of Biological Psychiatry, Florence, Italy, June 9-14, 1990
13. Guest scientist, 20th Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience, St. Louis,
Missouri, USA, Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 1990
14. Guest scientist, 17th Latin-American Congress of Psychiatry, Caracas, Venezuela, Aug.
15. 30-Sept. 5, 1992
16. Chairman of the 1st International Meeting on Neuropsychiatric Research, Havana,
17. Cuba, Oct. 5-7, 1994
18. Guest scientist, 9th World Congress of Psychiatry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 6-12,
19. 1993
20. Invited by the Venezuelan Foundation for Advances in Research and the Treatment of
Schizophrenia to collaborate on schizophrenia research in Venezuela for six months,
Caracas, Venezuela, March-Aug. 1994
21. Guest scientist, 6th Meeting of Electromicroscopy of the Venezuelan Society of
Electromicroscopy, Zuliano Chapter, Maracaibo, Edo Zulia, Venezuela, July 3-6,
1994.
22. Invited to the 4th Symposium on the Search for the Causes of Schizophrenia, Guaruja, SaoPaulo, Brazil, November 10-13,1998. Guest Scientist.
23. Guest scientist, Trinidad&Tobago Medical Research Conference, Nov. 1, Port Spain, 1998.
24. Guest scientist, Laboratorio Bolivar, Symposium Psiquiatria Clinica, Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 25, 1998.
25. Awarded National Award ANIR. Premio Nacional de la Asociación Nacional de Innovadores y Racionalizadores, 17 de diciembre de 1999, Habana, Cuba.
26. Cuban Gerontology Society (Member) 1999
27. Caribbean Medical Association (Member) 1999
28. Distinguished Investigator Award, credits for application of the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders (NARSAD). August, 2000.
29. Condecorado con la “Medalla de la Hazaña Laboral” de la República de Cuba, Noviembre de 2001
30. Jefe de Proyecto de Investigación: “Esquizofrenia: marcadores periféricos de la enfermedad” auspiciado por la Fundación Hospital “Carlos Haya” de Málaga, España.
31. Aspirante al Grado de Doctor en Ciencias. Agosto 2002.
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS; LECTURES; AND RADIO, PRESS AND TV TALKS AND INTERVIEWS
1. “Estudio clínico, epidemiológico y neuropatológico de las meningo-encefalitis
virales. Estudio de casos de evolución crónica” (Clinical, Epidemiological and
Neuropathological Study of Viral Meningo-Encephalitis. Chronic Evolution Case
Studies). 1st-degree specialist in neurology thesis, Jan. 1971.
2. “Estudio clínico de los tumores de nasofaringe con manifestaciones neurológicas”
(Clinical Study of Nasopharyngeal Tumors with Neurological Manifestations).
Presented at the 1st National Conference on Neurological Sciences, the 1st National
Congress of Internal Medicine and the 4th Scientific Meeting on Oncology, Havana,
1974, 1974 and 1975, respectively, and published in Revista Cubana de Medicina,
Vol. 14, No. 2, March-April 1975, pp. 149-58.
3. “Estudio de un caso de meningo-encefalitis tuberculosa. Observaciones al
microscopio óptico y electrónico de las células del líquido céfalo-raquídeo” (Case
Study of Tuberculous Meningo-Encephalitis. Optical and Electromicroscopic
Observations of Cerebrospinal Fluid Cells). Presented at the 1st National Congress
of Internal Medicine, Havana, Nov. 1974, and the 5th Scientific Seminar of the
National Scientific Research Center, Oct. 1975, and published in Revista CENIC,
Vol. 7, No. 2, 1976, pp. 257-70.
4. “Virus y tumores cerebrales. Revisión bibliográfica” (Cerebral Tumors and Viruses.
Bibliographic Review), Boletín de Neurología, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1975, pp. 124-9.
5. “Pan-encefalitis esclerosante sub-aguda. Valor del estudio ultraestructural” (Sub-
Acute Sclerosant Pan-Encephalitis. Value of the Ultrastructural Study). Presented at
the 5th Scientific Seminar of CENIC, Oct. 1975, and published in Revista CENIC,
Vol. 7, No. 2, 1976, pp. 271-82.
6. “Revisión casuística de la esclerosis lateral amiotrófica (ELA) en el Instituto de
Neurología y Neurocirugía de La Habana” (Casuistic Review of Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis [ALS] at the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Havana).
Presented at the 2nd National Conference on Neurological Sciences, Nov. 1976.
7. Translation of “Transmittable Viral Dementia,” by Professors Traub, Gajdusek and
Gibbs, 1977.
8. “El Lenguaje en el niño” (Language in Children). Round-table discussion in the
Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, Feb. 1978.
9. “Esquizofrenia. Estudio ultraestructural del sistema límbico. Hallazgos en el núcleo
amigdalino” (Schizophrenia. Ultrastructural Study of the Limbic System. Findings
in the Amygdaline Nucleus). Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol.
XIX, No. 2, April-June 1978, pp. 197-225.
10. “Esquizofrenia. Estudio ultra-microscópico del sistema límbico. Hallazgos en el
núcleo amigdalino y la corteza auditiva primaria” (Schizophrenia. Ultramicroscopic
Study of the Limbic System. Findings in the Amygdaline Nucleus and the Primary
Auditory Cortex). Presented at the 7th Scientific Meeting of the Villa Clara
Provincial Psychiatric Teaching Hospital, Oct. 1978.
11. “Esquizofrenia y enfermedades virales lentas del sistema nervioso” (Schizophrenia
and Slow Viral Diseases of the Nervous System), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico
de La Habana, Vol. XIX, No. 4, Oct.-Dec. 1978, pp. 561-96. Presented at the 2nd
National Congress of Health Psychology, March 1979.
12. “Efecto de las radiaciones electromagnéticas sobre el cerebro de ratas. Estudio
ultra-estructural” (Effect of Electromagnetic Radiation on the Brains of Rats.
Ultrastructural Study), in collaboration. Presented at the 1st Regional Scientific
Meeting of the Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Central Military Hospital, Dec. 29, 1978.
13. “Estudio comparativo de los cuerpos nucleares hallados en enfermedades virales
lentas con los observados en la esquizofrenia” (Study Comparing Nuclear Bodies
Found in Slow Viral Diseases with Those Observed in Schizophrenia), Revista del
Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XX, No. 1, Jan.-March 1979, pp. 1-20.
14. “Esquizofrenia. Presencia de inclusiones filamentosas en los núcleos de las
neuronas” (Schizophrenia. Presence of Filamentous Inclusions in the Nuclei of
Neurons), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XX, No. 1, Jan.-
March 1979, pp. 21-6.
15. “Estudio de las partículas semejantes a virus observadas en la esquizofrenia” (Study
of Virus-Like Particles Observed in Schizophrenia), Revista del Hospital
Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XX, No. 4, Oct.-Dec. 1979, pp. 725-36.
16. “Hallazgos de inclusiones intranucleares en parótida, páncreas y médula en un caso
de esclerosis lateral amiotrófica” (Findings of Intranuclear Inclusions in the Parotid,
Pancreas and Medulla in a Case of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), Revista CENIC,
Vol. 11, No. 1, 1980, pp. 57-66.
17. “Estudio ultraestructural del lóbulo temporal en la esquizofrenia” (Ultrastructural
Study of the Temporal Lobe in Schizophrenia). Presented at the 1st Conference of
the Cuban Medical Contingent in Ethiopia, Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa, Feb.
1980.
18. “Alteraciones de la envoltura nuclear en esquizofrénicos (I)” (Alterations in the
Nuclear Envelope in Schizophrenics [I]). Presented at the 2nd Conference of the
Cuban Medical Contingent in Ethiopia, Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa, Feb. 1981.
19. “Efectos de las ondas electromagnéticas de ultra-alta frecuencia en el sistema
nervioso central (III). Estudio experimental ultraestructural del hipocampo (I).
Intensidad 1000 y 50 microwatts por cm²” (Effects of Ultrahigh Frequency
Electromagnetic Waves on the Central Nervous System [III]. Experimental
Ultrastructural Study of the Hippocampus [I]. Intensity: 1000 and 50 Microwatts Per
Square Centimeter), in collaboration, Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología,
Vol. 20, No. 1, Jan.-March 1982, pp. 121-33.
20. “Alteraciones de la envoltura nuclear en el sistema límbico (núcleo amigdalino) y la
corteza auditiva primaria de tres pacientes esquizofrénicos” (Alterations in the
Nuclear Envelope in the Limbic System [Amygdaline Nucleus] and Primary Auditory
Cortex of Three Schizophrenic Patients), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La
Habana, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, April-June 1982, pp. 181-7.
21. “Efectos de las ondas electromagnéticas de ultra-alta frecuencia en el sistema
nervioso central (IV); Estudio experimental ultraestructural del hipocampo (II);
Intensidad 1000 y 50 microwatts por cm²” (Effects of Ultrahigh Frequency
Electromagnetic Waves on the Central Nervous System [IV]; Experimental
Ultrastructural Study of the Hippocampus [II]; Intensity: 1000 and 50 Microwatts Per
Square Centimeter), in collaboration, Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología,
Vol. 20, No. 2, April-June 1982, Havana, pp. 198-211.
22. “Enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob, síndrome de Gerstmann-Sträussler asociado a
psicosis. Estudio clínico y ultraestructural de un caso” (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease,
Gerstmann-Sträussler Syndrome Associated with Psychosis. Clinical and
Ultrastructural Case Study), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol.
XXIV, No. 3, July-Sept. 1983, pp. 359-69. Presented at the 14th Latin-American
Pathology Congress and 5th Cuban Pathological Anatomy Congress, Havana, Nov. 21-
25, 1983.
23. “Alterations in the Nulear Envelope in Schizophrenics (II).” Presented at the World
Psychiatry Congress of Austria and published in the Abstracts of the 7th World
Psychiatry Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 11-16, 1983, p. 596.
24. “Avances de la Terapia Anticonvulsiva” (Advances in Anticonvulsive Therapy).
Round-table discussion in the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, Oct. 20, 1983.
25. “Esquizofrenia, estudio ultraestructural del lóbulo temporal” (Schizophrenia, an
Ultrastructural Study of the Temporal Lobe) and “Enfermedad de C-J y esquizofrenia.
Alteraciones de la envoltura nuclear”(C-J Disease and Schizophrenia. Alterations in
the Nuclear Envelope). Presented at the 14th Latin-American Pathology Congress
and 5th Cuban Pathological Anatomy Congress, Havana, Nov. 21-25, 1983.
26. “Estudio de un caso de psicosis asociado a epilepsia” (Case Study of Psychosis
Associated with Epilepsy), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol.
XXV, No. 2, April-June 1984.
27. Participation in the symposium on hypophyseal tumors, Havana, June 25 and 26,
1984.
28. “Esquizofrenia: Datos adicionales en el estudio ultraestructural del lóbulo temporal”
(Schizophrenia: Additional Data in the Ultrastructural Study of the Temporal Lobe),
Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXV, No. 3, July-Sept. 1984,
pp. 309-17.
29. “Enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob y esquizofrenia. Alteraciones de la envoltura
nuclear. Estudio ultraestructural” (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Schizophrenia.
Alterations in the Nuclear Envelope. An Ultrastructural Study), Revista del Hospital
Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXV, No. 4, Oct.-Dec. 1984, pp. 477-84.
30. “Schizophrenia. Herpes Virus-Like Particles in the Amygdaline Nucleus.
Ultrastructural Study,” Proceedings of the First World Conference on Virus
Diseases and Mental Health, Montreal, Canada, Nov. 4-7, 1984.
31. “Esquizofrenia. Estudio ultraestructural del lóbulo temporal. Hallazgos en el núcleo
amigdalino y en la corteza auditiva” (Schizophrenia. Ultrastructural Study of the
Temporal Lobe. Findings in the Amygdaline Nucleus and the Auditory Cortex),
Chapter III in La clínica del paciente mental (Havana: Editorial Científico-Técnico,
1984), pp. 170-92.
32. “Nuevos elementos en favor de la causa orgánica y del origen viral lento en la
esquizofrenia. Observaciones al microscopio electrónico” (New Elements Favoring
the Organic Cause and Slow Viral Origin of Schizophrenia. Electromicroscopic
Observations), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXVI, No. 1,
Jan.-March 1985, pp. 47-53.
33. “Identificación inmuno-electromicroscópica de las partículas semejantes a virus
observadas en la esquizofrenia” (Immunoelectromicroscopic Identification of Virus-
Like Particles Observed in Schizophrenia), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La
Habana, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, April-June 1985, pp. 1-8, and presented at the 7th
Scientific Seminar of the National Scientific Research Center, Havana, Oct. 1985.
34. “Electron Microscope Studies of Brain Tissue in Psychosis,”Proceedings of the IV
World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Sept. 8-
13, 1985. Also published in Biological Psychiatry, 1985 (New York: Elsevier,
1986), pp. 1092-4.
35. “Estudio inmuno-electromicroscópico de peroxidasa conjugada al anti-suero anti-
herpes simplex hominis tipo I en la esquizofrenia. Primeros resultados”
(Immunoelectromicroscopic Study of Peroxidase Associated with Anti-Herpes
Simplex Hominis Type I Antiserum in Schizophrenia. Initial Results), Revista
Biotecnología e Interferón, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1985, pp. 221-4.
36. “Esquizofrenia. Estudio inmuno-electromicroscópico (II). Hipótesis sobre el origen
de las partículas virales” (Schizophrenia. Immunoelectromicroscopic Study [II].
Hypothesis on the Origin of Viral Particles), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de
La Habana, Vol. XXVII, No. 1, Jan.-March 1986, pp. 17-24.
37. “Interferón y esclerosis lateral amiotrófica” (Interferon and Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis), in collaboration. Presented at the 2nd Cuban Seminar on Interferon and
the 1st Cuban Seminar on Biotechnology, Havana, Feb. 21, 1986.
38. “Interferón y enfermedad de Alzheimer” (Interferon and Alzheimer’s Disease), in
collaboration. Presented at the 2nd Cuban Seminar on Interferon and the 1st Cuban
Seminar on Biotechnology, Havana, Feb. 21, 1986, and at the 4th National Congress
of Internal Medicine and the 2nd National Meeting on Geriatrics, Havana, Nov. 27-
30, 1987, and published in Revista Biotecnología e Interferón, Vol. 3, No. 2, May-
Aug. 1986.
39. “Estudio de las concentraciones de interferón en la sangre y el líquido céfalo-
raquídeo de pacientes esquizofrénicos” (Study of Interferon Levels in the Serum and
Cerebrospinal Fluid of Schizophrenic Patients). Presented at the 2nd Cuban Seminar
on Interferon and the 1st Cuban Seminar on Biotechnology, Havana, Feb. 21, 1986;
published in Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXVII, No. 3,
July-Sept. 1986, pp. 329-36; and included as a chapter in a book published by the
Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in 1987.
40. “Las demencias preseniles y los virus lentos” (Presenile Dementias and the Slow
Viruses), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, April-
June 1986, pp. 191-7.
41. “Teoría virótica de la esquizofrenia” (Viral Theory of Schizophrenia). Presented at
the 1st Brazilian Congress of Biological Psychiatry and the 1st International
Symposium on Biological Markers, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Nov. 9-13, 1986.
42. Estudio ultraestructural del lóbulo temporal en la esquizofrenia (Ultrastructural
Study of the Temporal Lobe in Schizophrenia) (Havana: Editorial Ciencia y Salud,
1986).
43. “Enfermedades neurológicas más frecuentes en el Hospital Psiquiátrico de La
Habana” (Most Frequent Neurological Diseases in the Psychiatric Hospital of
Havana), tutor for thesis, 1986.
44. “Estado actual de las investigaciones sobre la hipótesis viral de la esquizofrenia”
(Present State of Research on the Viral Hypothesis of Schizophrenia), Revista del
Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1, Jan.-March 1987, pp. 53-9.
45. “Estudio inmuno-electromicroscópico en muestras de cerebro de dos casos de
esquizofrenia, de una demencia y de un feto procedente de una madre esquizofrénica”
(Immunoelectromicroscopic Study of Brain Samples from Two Cases of
Schizophrenia, One of Dementia and a Fetus from a Schizophrenic Mother), Revista
del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXVIII, 1987, pp. 259-68.
46. Draft for studying the brains of deceased schizophrenic patients, National Scientific
Research Center of Cuba, May 1987.
47. “Esquizofrenia y enfermedades virales lentas del sistema nervioso” (Schizophrenia
and Slow Viral Diseases of the Nervous System), Memorias, 2nd National Congress
of Health Psychology, Vol. III, 1987, pp. 75-81.
48. “Estudio inmuno-electromicroscópico en pacientes psicóticos y su descendencia.
Investigaciones en neurociencias” (Immunoelectromicroscopic Study of Psychotic
Patients and their Offspring. Research in Neurosciences). Presented at Psychiatry
’87 and the 4th National Congress of Psychiatry, Havana, Sept. 10-12, 1987.
49. “Semiología neurológica aplicada a la psiquiatría” (Neurological Semiology Applied
to Psychiatry). Lectures given at the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana, Sept. 14-Oct.
16, 1987.
50. “Estudios de microscopía electrónica en la esquizofrenia y en su descendencia”
(Electromicroscopic Studies of Schizophrenics and Their Offspring). Lecture given
at Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Hospital, Cienfuegos, Cuba, Nov. 14, 1987.
51. “Interferón y enfermedad de Alzheimer (II)” (Interferon and Alzheimer’s Disease
[II]), in collaboration. Presented in the scientific session held at the Cienfuegos,
Cuba, branch of the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery on Nov. 28, 1987.
52. “Inoculación de embriones de pollo con líquido céfalo-raquídeo de pacientes
esquizofrénicos” (Inoculation of Chicken Embryos with the Cerebrospinal Fluid of
Schizophrenic Patients), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol.
XXIX, No. 1, Jan.-March 1988, pp. 17-27.
53. “Virus y esquizofrenia” (Virus and Schizophrenia). Lecture given at Cira García
Clinic, Havana, April 16, 1988.
54. “Aplicaciones clínicas del interferón en la esquizofrenia” (Clinical Applications of
Interferon in Schizophrenia). Presented at the National Workshop on Clinical
Applications of Interferon, Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,
Havana, June 11, 1988.
55. “Datos adicionales en el estudio inmuno-electromicroscópico en cerebros de
pacientes psicóticos y en su descendencia” (Additional Data on the
Immunoelectromicroscopic Study of Brains of Psychotic Patients and Their
Offspring). Presented at the 10th Scientific Seminar of the National Scientific
Research Center, Havana, June 29-July 1, 1988. Abstract published in Revista
CENIC, special edition, 1988, p. 91.
56. “Esquizofrenia. Resultados del estudio inmuno-electromicroscópico en animales de
experimentación inoculados con líquido céfalo-raquídeo. Datos adicionales”
(Schizophrenia. Results of the Immunoelectromicroscopic Study of Laboratory
Animals Inoculated with Cerebrospinal Fluid. Additional Data), Revista del Hospital
Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXIX, No. 3, July-Sept. 1988, pp. 385-97.
57. “Immunoelectromicroscopic Study of Four Brain Samples: Two Cases of
Schizophrenia, a Case of Dementia and a Fetus from a Schizophrenic Mother.”
Presented at the Second World Conference on Viruses, Immunity and Mental Health,
Quebec, Canada, Oct. 4-7, 1988, in the symposium on viruses, transmissible agents
and mental disorders.
58. “Inoculation of Chicken Embryos with the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Schizophrenic
Patients. Initial Results of the Immunoelectromicroscopic Study.” Presented at the
Second World Conference on Viruses, Immunity and Mental Health, Quebec, Canada,
Oct. 4-7, 1988, in the symposium on animal models in neurology and psychiatry.
59. “Study of Interferon Levels in the Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Schizophrenic
Patients.” Presented at the Second World Conference on Viruses, Immunity and
Mental Health, Quebec, Canada, Oct. 4-7, 1988, in the symposium on the virus
etiology of schizophrenia.
60. “Data Related to Treatment of Schizophrenic Patients Using Alpha-2 Recombinant
Interferon Intrathecally.” Presented at the Second World Conference on Viruses,
Immunity and Mental Health, Quebec, Canada, Oct. 4-7, 1988, in the symposium on
the virus etiology of schizophrenia.
61. “Estudio del lóbulo temporal en la esquizofrenia” (Study on the Temporal Lobe in
Schizophrenia). Lecture given at Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, Havana, Nov. 1988.
62. “Estudios inmuno-electromicroscópicos en las psicosis” (Immunoelectromicroscopic
Studies on Psychoses). Presented at the 3rd Medical Science Teachers’ Meeting,
Matanzas, Cuba, Dec. 24, 1988.
63. “Estudio ultraestructural en la esquizofrenia” (Ultrastructural Study of
Schizophrenia). Presented at the symposium sponsored by the Institute of Basic
Brain Research of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba, Feb. 24, 1989.
64. “Digital Imaging Immunoelectromicroscopic Studies of Brain Tissues from Psychotic
Patients, Their Offspring and Animals Inoculated Experimentally.” Presented at
Neurosciences ’89, the International Conference on Advanced Methods in the
Neurosciences, National Scientific Research Center, Feb. 28, 1989.
65. “Estudio de la descendencia de ratas inoculadas intracerebralmente con líquido
céfalo-raquídeo de pacientes esquizofrénicos” (Study of the Offspring of Rats
Inoculated Intracerebrally with Cerebrospinal Fluid from Schizophrenic Patients),
Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXX, No. 2, April-June 1989,
pp. 177-84.
66. “Análisis digital de las imágenes obtenidas por inmunoelectromicroscopía en
cerebros de pacientes psicóticos, en su descendencia y en animales
experimentalmente inoculados. Primeros resultados” (Digital Analysis of the Images
Obtained by Immunoelectromicroscopy of the Brains of Psychotic Patients, Their
Offspring and Animals Inoculated Experimentally. Initial Results). Presented at the
2nd Congress of the Ibero-American Federation of Cellular and Molecular Biology,
the 3rd Congress of the Ibero-American Society of Histo- and Cytochemistry and the
8th Congress of the Latin-American Society of Electromicroscopy, Havana, May 2-5,
1989, and published in Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXX,
No. 3, July-Sept. 1989.
67. “Morphological Study of Brains from Psychotic Patients and Their Offspring.
Interferon Intrathecal Treatment,” Microscopía Electrónica y Biología Celular,
magazine of the Regional Scientific and Technological Research Center, Mendoza,
Argentina, 1989.
68. “Algunos aspectos relacionados con el tratamiento con interferón intratecal e
intramuscular en esquisofrénicos” (Some Aspects Related to Treating Schizophrenics
Intrathecally and Intramuscularly with Interferon), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico
de La Habana, Vol. XXX, No. 1, enero-marzo, 1989, pp. 69-76.
69. “Estudio inmuno-electromicroscópico con oro coloidal en muestras de cerebro de
dos gemelos monocigóticos de madre esquizofrénica” (Immunoelectromicroscopic
Study with the Colloidal Gold Technique in Brain Samples from Monozygotic Twins
from a Schizophrenic Mother), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana,
Vol. XXXI, No. 1, Jan.-March 1990, pp. 1-11.
70. “La esquizofrenia y el virus del herpes simplex” (Schizophrenia and the Herpes
Simplex Virus). Lecture given at Julito Díaz Rehabilitation Hospital, Havana, April
28, 1990.
71. “Inmuno-electromicroscopía con anticuerpos marcados con oro coloidal”
(Immunoelectromicroscopy with Antibodies Labelled with Colloidal Gold). Lecture
given at the National Center for Veterinarian Diagnosis, Havana, May 15, 1990.
72. “El herpes simplex y la etiología de la esquizofrenia” (Herpes Simplex Virus and the
Etiology of Schizophrenia). Lecture given at the National Center for Mental Health,
Havana, June 13, 1990.
73. “Enfermedades Virales del Sistema Nervioso Central” (Viral Diseases of the Central
Nervous System). Lecture given at the Anatomo-Pathological Society of Cuba,
Havana, June 29, 1990.
74. “La esquizofrenia: una enfermedad producida por un virus” (Schizophrenia: a Disease
Produced by a Virus), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXXI,
No. 3, July-Sept. 1990.
75. “Sobre una prueba biológica en esquizofrenia” (About a Biological Test in
Schizophrenia). Presented at the 2nd Latin-American Congress on Biotechnology,
Havana, Aug. 7-11, 1990.
76. “Aspectos relacionados con el uso de técnicas inmuno-electromicroscópicas en el
estudio de la descendencia de pacientes esquizofrénicos” (Aspects Related to
Immunoelectromicroscopic Techniques in Studying the Offspring of Schizophrenic
Patients). Presented at the 2nd Latin-American Congress on Biotechnology, Havana,
Aug. 7-11, 1990.
77. “El uso del interferón en el tratamiento de trastornos psiquiátricos” (The Use of
Interferon in Treating Psychiatric Disorders). Lecture given at the Division of
Psychoneuroimmunology, Society of Neuroscience, Health Science Center, Tampa,
Florida, USA, Nov. 14, 1990.
78. “Tratamiento con interferón en pacientes esquizofrénicos” (Interferon Treatment in
Schizophrenic Patients). Presented at Intermozg ’90 and the 1st Congress of the
Neuroscience Society of Cuba, Havana, Nov. 26-30, 1990.
79. “La esquizofrenia y el virus del herpes simplex. Observaciones neuropatológicas.
Primeros resultados de una prueba biológica” (Schizophrenia and the Herpes Simplex
Virus. Neuropathological Observations. Initial Results of a Biological Test).
Presented at Intermozg ’90 and the 1st Congress of the Neuroscience Society of
Cuba, Havana, Nov. 26-30, 1990.
80. “Evidencia del virus herpes en cerebros de pacientes esquizofrénicos” (Evidence of
Herpes Virus in the Brains of Schizophrenic Patients). Lecture given at the
Neuroscience Center, St. Elizabeths Hospital, National Institute of Mental Health,
Washington, D.C., USA, Nov. 28, 1990.
81. “Hallazgos relacionados con estudios ultraestructurales en cerebros de pacientes
psicóticos, en su descendencia y en animales experimentalmente inoculados”
(Findings Related to Ultrastructural Studies on Brains of Psychotic Patients, Their
Offspring and Experimentally Inoculated Animals). Lecture given at the Virologic
Group, Building 9, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Nov. 29,
1990.
82. “Presencia de antígeno del virus del herpes simplex en la esquizofrenia” (Presence of
the Herpes Simplex Virus Antigen in Schizophrenia). Lecture given in the
Laboratories of Central Nervous System Studies, Building 36, National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
Maryland, USA, Nov. 30, 1990.
83. “El virus del herpes simplex y la esquizofrenia” (The Herpes Simplex Virus and
Schizophrenia). Lecture given at the Virologic and Immunologic Group, Building of
Odontologic Studies, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Dec.
14, 1990.
84. “Uso de técnicas de oro coloidal en la investigación de enfermedades del sistema
nervioso central” (Use of Colloidal Gold Techniques in Studying Diseases of the
Central Nervous System). Lecture given at the National Center for Veterinarian
Diagnois, Havana, May 14, 1991.
85. “El herpes virus como posible candidato en la etiología de la esquizofrenia” (The
Herpes Virus as a Possible Candidate in the Etiology of Schizophrenia). Lecture
given at the Naval Hospital, Havana, June 5, 1991.
86. “Investigaciones sobre una causa viral en la esquizofrenia” (Research on a Viral
Etiology in Schizophrenia). Lecture given at Cira García Clinic, Havana, June 29,
1991.
87. “Resultados recientes en la investigación ultraestructural de la esquizofrenia”
(Recent Results in Ultrastructural Research on Schizophrenia). Lecture given at the
Anatomo-Pathological Department, Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, Havana, July 12,
1991.
88. “Método de tinción negativa para el diagnóstico positivo de esquizofrenia” (Negative
Staining Method for the Positive Diagnosis of Schizophrenia). Paper presented at
Psychiatry, Alternatives and Challenges in the 21st Century; the 5th National
Congress of Psychiatry; the Regional Meeting of the Latin-American Psychiatric
Association; and the International Symposium on Human Rights and Psychiatry,
Havana, Oct. 9-11, 1991.
89. “Development of a Biological Test in Schizophrenia.” Lecture given at the round
table on biological psychiatry at Psychiatry, Alternatives and Challenges in the 21st
Century; the 5th National Congress of Psychiatry; the Regional Meeting of the Latin-
American Psychiatric Association; and the International Symposium on Human Rights
and Psychiatry, Havana, Oct. 9-11, 1991.
90. “Studies about a Biological Test in Schizophrenia.” Paper presented in the 3rd
Scientific Meeting of Cira García Clinic, Havana, June 25-27, 1992.
91. “Developmental Fields in Cira García Clinic. Aspects Related to a Biological Test in
Schizophrenia.” Presented in the 3rd Scientific Meeting of Cira García Clinic,
Havana, June 25-27, 1992.
92. “Studies about a Biological Test in Schizophrenia (II),” Revista del Hospital
Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXXV, No. 1, Jan.-March, 1993.
93. “Studies about a Biological Test in Schizophrenia (III).” Presented in Symposium 28:
Modern Auxiliary Diagnostic Techniques in Psychiatry, in the 17th Congress of the
Latin-American Psychiatric Association, Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1992.
94. Schizophrenia and Virus Herpes. Biological Test and Treatment. Video presented
in the 17th Congress of the Latin-American Psychiatric Association, Caracas,
Venezuela, Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1992.
95. “Métodos de evaluación en psiquiatría (III). Trabajo libre. Estudios sobre una prueba
biológica en la esquizofrenia” (Methods of Evaluation in Psychiatry [III]. Free Topic
Paper. Studies about a Biological Test in Schizophrenia). 17th Congress of the
Latin-American Psychiatric Association and 12th Venezuelan Meeting of Psychiatry,
Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1992.
96. “Origen viral de la esquizofrenia” (Viral Origin of Schizophrenia). Lecture given at
Josefina de Figuera Clinic, Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela, Sept. 7, 1992, and published
in Revista Médica de Oriente, Dec. 1992.
97. “Esquizofrenia, herpes virus y tratamiento con interferón” (Schizophrenia, the
Herpes Virus and Treatment with Interferon). TV interview on Telesol, Channel 7,
Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela, Sept. 8, 1992.
98. “Investigación ultraestructural y tratamiento en la esquizofrenia” (Ultrastructural
Study and Treatment of Schizophrenia). Interview in Diario de Caracas, Caracas,
Venezuela, Sept. 13, 1992.
99. “Líneas de desarrollo de la Clínica Cira García. La esquizofrenia y el virus del
herpes simplex. Prueba biológica diagnóstica y tratamiento con interferón” (Lines
for Developing Cira García Clinic. Schizophrenia and the Herpes Simplex Virus.
Diagnostic Biological Test and Treatment with Interferon). Presented at the lst
International Congress of Health Tourism and the International Meeting on
Thermalism, Havana, Oct. 20-23, 1992.
100. “Demencia y virus lentos” (Dementia and the Slow Viruses). Presented in the course
on aging and dementia which was given prior to the Neurology Congress, Borges
Pavilion, Calixto García Hospital, Havana, Dec. 7-8, 1992.
101. “Esquizofrenia: prueba de aglutinación” (Schizophrenia: Agglutination Test), Revista
Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXXVI, 1993.
102. “Sobre una prueba de aglutinación en esquizofrenia” (About an Agglutination Test in
Schizophrenia), Revista Médica de Oriente, Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela, Year 3, Vol.
3, 1993.
103. “Antecedentes e importancia práctica de una prueba de aglutinación macroscópica en
la esquizofrenia” (Antecedents and Practical Importance of a Macroscopic
Agglutination Test in Schizophrenia). Lecture given in the Psychiatric Service,
Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, Havana, Feb. 10, 1993.
104. “Valor de una prueba de aglutinación en la esquizofrenia” (Value of an Agglutination
Test in Schizophrenia). Lecture given in Marín Clinic, Mental Health Center
(CENSAM), Havana, May 7, 1993.
105. “Estudios sobre una prueba biológica en la esquizofrenia” (Studies about a Biological
Test in Schizophrenia), Revista Médica de Oriente, Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela, Year
3, Vol. 3, No. 6, 1993.
106. “Schizophrenia: Agglutination Test (I),” Congress of Hematology, Havana, May 18-21,
1993.
107. “Schizophrenia and Herpes Virus Biological Test and Alpha Interferon Treatment,”
Abstracts, Session 101, New Research, 9th World Congress of Psychiatry, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, June 6-12, 1993, p. 157.
108. “Schizophrenia: Agglutination Test (II),” Abstracts, Session 56, New Research, 9th
World Congress of Psychiatry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 6-12, 1993, p. 77.
109. Las esquizofrenias (Schizophrenias). Video presented in the 9th World Congress of
Psychiatry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 6-12, 1993.
110. “Schizophrenia: Agglutination Test (III).” Poster, 9th World Congress of Psychiatry,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 6-12, 1993.
111. “Cubans Treat Schizophrenia with Drug against the Herpes Virus.” Interview in “O
Mundo/Ciencia e Vida,” Diario O Globo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 9, 1993, p. 14.
112. “Demostración de la prueba biológica” (Demonstration of the Biological Test).
Lecture and interview, Cerebrospinal Fluid Study Reference Center Laboratory,
Caracas, Venezuela, June 16, 1993.
113. “Las Esquizofrenias” (Schizophrenias). TV interview, “A Tiempo,” on TELEVEN,
Channel 10, Caracas, Venezuela, June 18, 1993.
114. “Origen viral de la esquizofrenia y diagnóstico por el laboratorio” (The Viral Origin
of Schizophrenia and Laboratory Diagnosis). Lecture given in the Medicine
Department of Manuel Núñez Tovar University Hospital, Maturín, Monagas,
Venezuela, June 22, 1993. (Demonstration of the biological test.)
115. “La esquizofrenia: producto de un virus” (Schizophrenia: Product of a Virus). TV
interview, “A Puerta Cerrada,” on Radio Caracas Television, Caracas, Venezuela, June
27, 1993.
116. “Investigación actual en el origen y tratamiento de la esquizofrenia” (Current
Research on the Origin and Treatment of Schizophrenia). Lecture given in El Avila
Clinic, Santiago Salcedo Bastardo Medical Association, Caracas, Venezuela, June 28,
1993. (Demonstration of the biological test.)
117. “Una de cada 100 personas sufre esquizofrenia” (One Out of Every 100 People
Suffers from Schizophrenia). Interview in “A Nivel Mundial,” El Nacional, Caracas,
Venezuela, June 30, 1993.
118. Interview in Diario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela, June 1993.
119. “Aspectos relacionados con el origen viral y sobre una prueba biológica en la
esquizofrenia” (Aspects Related to the Viral Origin of and about a Biological Test in
Schizophrenia). Lecture given in the Department of Neuropsychiatry of the Central
University of Venezuela, Clinical-University Hospital, Caracas, Venezuela, July 1,
1993.
120. “Esquizofrenia: prueba de aglutinación (IV)” (Schizophrenia: Agglutination Test [IV]),
Revista Médica de Oriente, Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela, Year 4, Vol. 4, March 1994.
121. “La esquizofrenia: producto de un virus” (Schizophrenia: Product of a Virus).
Rebroadcast of the TV interview, “A Puerta Cerrada,”on Radio Caracas Television,
Caracas, Venezuela, April 19, 1994.
122. “Esquizofrenia: hipótesis viral” (Schizophrenia: Viral Hypothesis). Lecture given to
the Venezuelan Society of Neurology, Caracas, Venezuela, April 30, 1994.
123. “Hipótesis viral de la esquizofrenia. Resultados con microscopía electrónica” (The
Viral Hypothesis of Schizophrenia. Results with Electromicroscopy). Special
seminar. Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela,
June 13, 1994.
124. “Los avances de la hipótesis viral de la esquizofrenia y su tratamiento (I)” (Advances
in the Viral Hypothesis of Schizophrenia and its Treatment [I]). Lecture given at Dr.
Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital, Caracas, Venezuela, June 17, 1994.
125. “Los avances de la hipótesis viral de la esquizofrenia y su tratamiento” (Advances in
the Viral Hypothesis of Schizophrenia and its Treatment). Workshop I. Dr. Carlos
Arvelo Military Hospital, Caracas, Venezuela, June 17, 1994.
126. “Los avances de la hipótesis viral de la esquizofrenia y su tratamiento (II)” (Advances
in the Viral Hypothesis of Schizophrenia and its Treatment [II]). Lecture given at Dr.
Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital, Caracas, Venezuela, June 18, 1994.
127. “Los avances de la hipotisis viral de la esquizofrenia y su tratamiento” (Advances in
the Viral Hypothesis of Schizophrenia and its Treatment). Workshop II. Dr. Carlos
Arvelo Military Hospital, Caracas, Venezuela, June 18, 1994.
128. “Presencia de macrófagos y estructuras semejantes a episomas en la sangre periférica
de pacientes psicóticos” (Presence of Macrophages and Structures Similar to
Episomes in the Peripheral Blood of Psychotic Patients), Revista Médica de
Oriente, Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela, Vol. 4, No. 4, June-July 1994.
129. “Estudio ultraestructural de la etiología viral de la esquizofrenia” (Ultrastructural
Study of the Viral Etiology of Schizophrenia). Lecture given in the 6th Meeting of
Electromicroscopy, Venezuelan Society of Electromicroscopy, Zuliano Chapter,
Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela, July 3-6, 1994.
130. “La esquizofrenia y los virus herpes” (Schizophrenia and the Herpes Viruses).
Lecture given at the Psychiatric Hospital of Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela,
July 4, 1994.
131. “La esquizofrenia y los virus lentos” (Schizophrenia and the Slow Viruses).
Interview on Radio LUZ, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela, July 6, 1994.
132. “La esquizofrenia, aspectos etiológicos y terapéuticos” (Schizophrenia, Etiological
and Therapeutic Aspects). Interview on “Niños Cantores,” television Channel LUZ,
and published in Prensa LUZ, by the Press Office of the University of Zulia,
Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela, July 6, 1994.
133. “Teoría viral de la esquizofrenia” (Viral Theory of Schizophrenia). Lecture given in
the Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology of Dr. Carlos Arvelo Military
Hospital, Caracas, Venezuela, August 19, 1994.
134. “Aspectos relacionados con el 1er Encuentro Internacional de Investigaciones
Neuropsiquiátricas” (Aspects Related to the 1st International Meeting of
Neuropsychiatric Research). Interview on Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Oct. 4, 1994.
135. “Esquizofrenia: test de aglutinación (IV)” (Schizophrenia: Agglutination Test [IV]).
Poster, 1st International Meeting of Neuropsychiatric Research, Psychiatric Hospital
of Havana International Conference, Havana, Oct. 5-7, 1994.
136. “Macrófagos y estructuras semejantes a episomas en la sangre periférica de pacientes
esquizofrénicos (III)” (Macrophages and Structures Similar to Episomes in the
Peripheral Blood of Schizophrenic Patients [III]). Poster, 1st International Meeting
of Neuropsychiatric Research, Psychiatric Hospital of Havana International
Conference, Havana, Oct. 5-7, 1994.
137. “Sobre una prueba biológica en esquizofrenia” (About a Biological Test in
Schizophrenia). Round-table on auxiliary diagnostic means in psychiatric diseases,
imagery and psychiatry, 1st International Meeting of Neuropsychiatric Research,
Psychiatric Hospital of Havana International Conference, Havana, Oct. 5-7, 1994.
138. La esquizofrenia y el virus del herpes simplex (Schizophrenia and the Herpes
Simplex Virus). Video presented in the round-table on biological aspects of
psychosis, 1st International Meeting of Neuropsychiatric Research, Psychiatric
Hospital of Havana International Conference, Havana, Oct. 5-7, 1994.
139. Esquizofrenia y virus (Schizophrenia and Virus). Video presented in the video
session, Psychiatric Hospital of Havana International Conference, Havana, Oct. 5-7,
1994.
140. “Esquizofrenia, etiología viral” (Schizophrenia, Viral Etiology). Lecture given at the
Anatomo-Pathological Institute, School of Medicine, Central University of
Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 8, 1995.
141. “Investigaciones sobre el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la esquizofrenia” (Research on
the Diagnosis and Treatment of Schizophrenia). Lecture given in the Western Central
University, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Feb. 11, 1995.
142. “La esquizofrenia puede ser de origen viral” (Schizophrenia May Be of Viral Origin).
Interview in El Impulso, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Feb. 18, 1995.
143. “La esquizofrenia” (Schizophrenia). Interview for an English-language program on
Radio Havana Cuba, April 16, 1995.
144. “La esquizofrenia, hipótesis viral” (Schizophrenia, Viral Hypothesis). Interview for
the Spanish-language program “Formalmente Informal” on Radio Havana Cuba, April
25, 1995.
145. “Interacción virus-célula” (Virus-Cell Interaction). Lecture given in the graduate
course, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, June 19, 1995.
146. “Encefalopatías virales espongiformes subagudas” (Subacute Spongiform Viral
Encephalopathies). Lecture given in the graduate course, Institute of Psychiatry,
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 20, 1995.
147. “Estudios ultraestructurales e inmunoelectromicroscópicos en adultos
esquizofrénicos fallecidos” (Ultrastructural and Immunoelectromicroscopic Studies
in Deceased Schizophrenic Adults). Lecture given in the graduate course, Institute
of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 21,
1995.
148. “Esquizofrenia: hallazgos en fetos y animales de experimentación de antígeno del
virus herpes simplex hominis tipo I” (Schizophrenia: Findings of the Antigen of the
Herpes Simplex Hominis Type I Virus in Fetuses and Laboratory Animals). Lecture
given in the graduate course, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 22, 1995.
149. “Infecção viral pode provocar esquizofrenia” (Viral Infection May Cause
Schizophrenia). (Results of 18 years of electromicroscopic studies in
schizophrenia.) Interview in Jornal do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 22, 1995.
150. “Etiología viral de la esquizofrenia” (Viral Etiology of Schizophrenia). Lecture
given in the graduate course, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de
Janiero, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 23, 1995.
151. “Pesquisas cubanas apresentam estudos revolucionarios sobre a esquizofrenia”
(Cuban Researchers Present Revolutionary Studies on Schizophrenia). Interview in
Internacional Journal Inverta, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 29, 1995.
152. “Estudios ultraestructurales en la esquizofrenia” (Ultrastructural Studies in
Schizophrenia). Lecture given in the Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 10, 1995.
153. “Estudos sobre uma prova biológica em esquizofrenia: vivência do virus herpes
simplex hominis tipo I nas hemáceas” (Studies on a Biological Test in Schizophrenia:
Presence of the Herpes Simplex Hominis Type I Virus in Erythrocytes). Lecture
given at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 8, 1995.
154. “Esquizofrenia y virus. Estudio sobre una prueba biológica” (Schizophrenia and
Virus. Study on a Biological Test). Lecture given in the 1st Forum of the
Association of Relatives of Mental Patients, Psychiatic Hospital of Rio de Janeiro
Conference, Nova Friburgo, Brazil, Aug. 18-20, 1995.
155. “La esquizofrenia” (Schizophrenia). Radio interview, Revista Informativa, on Radio
Habana Cuba, Dec. 15, 1995.
156. “Hipótesis viral de la esquizofrenia” (Viral Hypothesis of Schizophrenia). Lecture
given at the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana, Dec. 28, 1995.
157. Esquizofrenia/virus (Schizophrenia/Virus) (Rio de Janeiro: Editorial Rio de Janeiro,
1995).
158. “Estudio ultraestructural de la sangre de pacientes con esquizofrenia y psicosis
maníaco depresiva” (Ultrastructural Study of the Blood of Patients with
Schizophrenia and Manic-Depressive Psychosis), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico
de La Habana, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, Jan.-June 1996, pp. 17-20.
159. “Otros métodos imagenológicos aplicados a la psiquiatría” (Other Imaginalogical
Methods Applied to Psychiatry). Lecture given in the Imaginalogy and Psychiatry
Course, Havana, Cuba, March 7, 1996.
160. “Enfermedades virales lentas” (Slow Viral Diseases). Lecture given in the master
course on infectology at the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine, Havana,
Cuba, April 24, 1996.
161. “Tratamiento prolongado con antivirales en pacientes psicóticos. Su efecto sobre una
prueba biológica” (Long-Term Treatment of Psychotic Patients, Using Antiviral
Substances. Its Effect on a Biological Test), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de
La Habana, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 2, 1996.
162. “Estudio ultraestructural de la sangre de pacientes psicóticos” (Ultrastructural Study
of the Blood of Psychotic Patients). Lecture given in the 1st International
Symposium on Biological Aspects of Mental Disorders, held at Hermanos Ameijeiras
Hospital, Havana, Cuba, June 10-14, 1996.
163. “Tratamiento prolongado con antivirales en pacientes psicóticos. Su efecto sobre una
prueba biológica” (Long-Term Treatment of Psychotic Patients, Using Antiviral
Substances. Its Effect on a Biological Test), Revista Neuropsicofarmacología
Clínica (Buenos Aires: Argentine College of Neuropsychopharmacology [CANP],
1996), Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 9-14.
164. “Esquizofrenia y virus” (Schizophrenia and Virus), Revista Avances Médicos de
Cuba, Year III, No. 7, 1996, pp. 32-5.
165. “Esquizofrenia y virus” (Schizophrenia and Virus). Lecture given at the launching of
Revista Avances Médicos de Cuba, Year III, No. 7, at the Psychiatric Hospital of
Havana, July 16, 1996.
166. “Esquizofrenia: prueba de aglutinación” (Schizophrenia: Agglutination Test). Poster,
11th Better Work Forum on Science and Technology, held at the Psychiatric Hospital
of Havana, Sept. 19, 1996.
167. “Esquizophrenia: prueba de aglutinación II” (Schizophrenia: Agglutination Test II).
Lecture given in the 11th Better Work Forum on Science and Technology, held at the
Psychiatric Hospital of Havana, Oct. 8, 1996.
168. “Esquizophrenia: prueba de aglutinación III” (Schizophrenia: Agglutination Test III).
Awarded Diploma of Merit in the 11th Better Work Forum on Science and
Technology, held at the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana, Oct. 27, 1996.
169. “Marcadores biológicos celulares en la esquizofrenia” (Cellular Biological Markers
in Schizophrenia). Lecture given at the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana, Nov. 28,
1996.
170. “Sobre una prueba biológica en la esquizofrenia con valor médico legal” (On a
Biological Test in Schizophrenia of Forensic Medical Value). Poster, 4th Prof.Dr. Sc
Francisco Lancis Sánchez in Memoriam Meeting of Forensic Medicine, March 10-14,
1997.
171. “Encefalopatías virales espongiformes sub-agudas” (Sub-Acute Spongiform Viral
Encephalopathies). Lecture given in the graduate master course at the Pedro Kourí
Institute of Tropical Medicine, March 31, 1997.
172. “Alteraciones ultraestructurales en las plaquetas de pacientes esquizofrénicos”
(Ultrastructural Alterations in the Blood Platelets of Schizophrenic Patients),
Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 2, July-Dec.,
1997, pp. 114-7.
173. “Autismo infantil y esquizofrenia: estudio ultraestructural comparativo de la sangre
periférica” (Infantile Autism and Schizophrenia: Comparative Ultrastructural Study
of the Peripheral Blood), Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana, Vol. XL,
No. 3, Sept-Dic., 1999, pp. 214-219.
174. “Psicosis y antivirales” (Psychosis and Antivirals), Revista Avances Médicos de
Cuba, Year V, No. 13, 1998, pp. 38-41.
175. “Bases etiológicas de la esquizofrenia: nuevas perspectivas” (Etiological Bases of
Schizophrenia: New Perspectives). Lecture given in the Meeting on Schizophenia
Studies, Jarandilla de la Vera, Spain, Feb. 20-21, 1998.
176. “Ultrastructural Study of the Blood of Psychotic Patients and Controls.” Poster,
14th International Congress on Electron Microscopy, Cancún, Mexico, Aug. 31-Sept.
4, 1998.
177. “Ultramicroscopic Biological Test in Schizophrenia and Manic Depressive Psychosis:
Its Value in Diagnosis and Forensic Medicine.” Poster, 14th International Congress
on Electron Microscopy, Cancún, Mexico, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 1998.
178. “Infantile Autism and Schizophrenia: Comparative Ultrastructural Study of the
Peripheral Blood.” Poster, 14th International Congress on Electron Microscopy,
Cancún, Mexico, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 1998.
179. “Schizophrenia and Affective Psychosis. Ultramicroscopic Biological Diagnostic
Test and Antiviral Treatment.” Poster, 14th International Congress on Electron
Microscopy, Cancún, Mexico, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 1998.
180. "Estudios Morfológicos y Técnicas Diagnósticas Modernas en la Esquizofrenia". Lecture. XX Congreso de APAL. Psicohabana´98. 19-23 de Octubre de 1998. La Habana. Cuba.
181. "Sobre una Prueba Biológica en Pacientes Psicóticos". Lecture. XX Congreso de APAL. Psicohabana´98. 19-23 de Octubre de 1998. La Habana. Cuba.
182. "Favorable Clinical and Immunological Responses of Psychiatric Patients Following Long Term Treatment with Antiviral Drugs". Lecture Giving at the Annual Medical Research Conference at Holiday Inn. Sunday 1st November, 1998. Trinidad & Tobago. Proceedings.
183. "Schizophrenia and a Blood Test. Cytopathological Diagnosis Valuation Scale. Its Relation with a Viral Etiology for this Disease". Lecture Given at St. Ann Hospital. Trinidad & Tobago. November 2, 1998.
184. "Schizophrenia: Cytopathological Diagnosis Valuation Scale". Proceedings of the IV Symposium on the Search for the Causes of Schizophrenia. 10-13 November 1998, Guarujá, São Paulo. Brazil.
185. "Esquizofrenia. Las Plaquetas Hablan". Entrevista de Prensa. Periódico "Juventud Rebelde". Suplemento Científico Técnico. 15 de Noviembre de 1998.
186. "Schizophrenia: Cytopathological Diagnosis Valuation Scale". Caribbean Medical Journal, Vol. 60 Nº 3 & 4, 1998.
187. "¿La Esquizofrenia se esconde en la Sangre?". Entrevista de Prensa. Periódico "El Nacional", Caracas, Venezuela, Domingo 11 de Abril de 1999.
188. "Esquizofrenia: Sobre una Escala de Evaluación Citopatológica Diagnóstica". Revista Electrónica de Psiquiatría, Vol. 3 Nº 2. Junio 1999.
189. “Sobre una prueba biologica en la esquizofrenia”. Conferencia. Servicio de Psiquiatria. Hospital Clinico Quirurgico “Joaquin Albarran”.
190. “Esquizofrenia: escala de evaluacion citopatologica diagnostica”. Conferencia. ANIR. Trabajo relevante. Provincia Ciudad Habana. 3 de nov. de 1999.
191. “Escala de Evaluacion Citopatologica Diagnostica”. Conferencia. Clinica “San Juan de Dios”. Diciembre 1, 1999.
192. “Esquizofrenia y virus herpes simplex hominis tipo I”. Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de la Habana XXXIX (3), sep-dic,226-232, 1998.
193. “Proposición de una prueba biológica en la sangre de pacientes esquizofrénicos como prueba pericial”. Conferencia. Instituto de Medicina Legal. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.18/2/2000.
194. “Análisis digital y prueba biológica en la esquizofrenia”. Curso Imagenología, Hospital Psiquiátrico de la Habana, 13/4/2000.
195. “Esquizofrenia y Plaquetas: análisis computarizado a doble ciego de las imágenes obtenidas por microscopía electrónica”. Mesa Redonda M4, Primer Congreso Virtual de Psiquiatría, Feb 1-Marzo 15, 2000.
196. “Sobre un marcador plaquetario en la sangre de pacientes esquizofrénicos”. Panel VIII, Marcadores Neurobiológicos de los Trastornos Mentales. III Symposium Internacional, Aspectos Biológicos y Farmacoterapia de los Trastornos Mentales, Centro de Prensa Internacional, 26-30 de Junio del 2000. Habana, Cuba.
197. “Tratamiento prolongado con antivirales en pacientes psicóticos”. Panel II. Tendencias Actuales de la Neurobiología y Farmacoterapéutica de las Psicosis. III Symposium Internacional, Aspectos Biológicos y Farmacoterapia de los Trastornos Mentales, Centro de Prensa Internacional, 26-30 de Junio del 2000. Habana, Cuba.
198. “Autismo Infantil y Esquizofrenia: Estudio Ultraestructural Comparativo de la Sangre Periférica”. XIII Seminario Científico. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas de Cuba. Habana. Cuba. 27-30 de Junio del 2000.
199. “Esquizofrenia y Plaquetas: Análisis Computarizado a Doble Ciego de las Imágenes obtenidas por Microscopía Electrónica”. XIII Seminario Científico. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas de Cuba. Habana. Cuba. 27-30 de Junio del 2000.
200. “Consideraciones sobre una prueba pericial en pacientes psicóticos”. Revista Electrónica de Psiquiatría, Revista Electrónica de Psiquiatría, Dic. 2000
201. “Autismo infantil y esquizofrenia: estudio ultraestructual comparativo de la sangre periférica, elementos adicionales”. Revista de Neurología. (en prensa)
202. “Características citopatológicas de una reacción de aglutinación observada en pacientes psicóticos”. IV Congreso Virtual de Anatomía Patológica. Publicado el 17/8/2000
203. “Nuevos elementos a favor de la hipótesis viral de la esquizofrenia”. Comuinicación. Mesa Redonda “Psicosis”. 19com2. II Congreso Virtual de Psiquiatría. Feb 1 al 7 de marzo del 2001.
204. “Esquizofrenia y Plaquetas: análisis computarizado a doble ciego de las imágenes obtenidas por microscopía electrónica”. Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de la Habana (en prensa). 2000.
205. “Aspectos jurídicos de una prueba biológica en pacientes psicóticos”. (en prensa) 2000.
206. “Desarrollar una prueba biológica para el diagnóstico de esquizofrenia a partir de una muestra de sangre”. Sección de Salud. Página web de la ANIR. diciembre 2000-enero 2001-
207. “Observaciones al microscopio electrónico de una prueba biológica en esquizofrenia”. 3ra. Jornada de Psiquiatría y Enfermería Clínica. Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico “Joaquín Alabarrán”. Servicio de Psiquiatría “René Yodú”. Ciudad de la Habana, 23 de febrero del 2001.
208. Presentación de los resultados del estudio ultrestructural de la esquizofrenia en sistema nervioso y sangre. Alteraciones en las plaquetas. Conferencia. Dirección de Investigaciones. Fundación Hospital “Carlos Haya”, Málaga, España. Mayo 14 del 2001.
209. Presentación del trabajo “Consideraciones sobre una Prueba Percicial en Pacientes Psicóticos” en las II Jornadas de Derecho Sanitario. Málaga. Colegio Oficial de Médicos. 14 de junio del 2001.
210. “Atribuyen un virus al origen de la esquizofrenia”. Entrevista de prensa, La Opinión de Málaga, 27 de junio del 2001, Málaga, España.
211. “Antecedentes de una prueba en sangre en la esquizofrenia y sus aplicaciones”. Conferencia. Salón de Actos, Hospital Civil, Fundación Hospital “Carlos Haya”, 28 de junio del 2001, Málaga, España.
212. “Esquizofrenia: sobre un estudio transcultural de colaboración entre Cuba y Málaga, España”. II Jornadas Andaluzas de Solidaridad con Cuba. Málaga, 12/10/01.
213. “Tratamiento prolongado con antivirales en pacientes psicóticos. Su efecto sobre una prueba biológica”. Tercer Congreso Virtual de Psiquiatría. Interpsiquis 2002. 1-28 Feb. 2002.
214. “Estudio ultraestructural del lóbulo temporal y de la sangre periférica de pacientes esquizofrénicos”. Rev. Neurol 2001; 33: 619-623
215. Esquizofrenia: sobre un proyecto de investigación cubano en España. Entrevista de prensa. Radio Voz de Málaga. 24 de enero del 2002.
216. Entrevista de radio en el programa Romper Barreras feb 2002, Málaga, España, Radio Voz de Málaga
217. Entrevista en televisión canal Vida feb 2002, Málaga, España
218. “Estudio ultraestructural de la sangre de pacientes esquizofrénicos y con trastornos bipolares”. Trabajo relevante. XIV Forum de Ciencia y Técnica, 2da. Etapa. 4 de julio del 2002.
219. “Esquizofrenia: estudios con microscopía electrónica”. Trabajo presentado en el IV International Symposiun “Biological and Pharmacotherapeutical Aspects of the Mental Disorders” Varadero 2002, 17-21 junio, Cuba.
