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Saunders, Matthew J. ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Collier, Dami ; Baldwin, Matthew R. ; Montoya, Rosario ; Valencia, Teresa R. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | Elsevier | 2019-07-04T16:59:18ZBACKGROUND: Active case-finding among contacts of patients with tuberculosis is a global health priority, but the effects of active versus passive case-finding are poorly characterised. We assessed the contribution of active versus passive case-[...]texto impreso
Ruiz-Alejos, Andrea ; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Anderson, Cheryl A. M. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio | Nature Research | 2018-11-30T02:09:29ZThe aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of T2DM in three population groups: rural, rural-to-urban migrants and urban dwellers. Data from the PERU MIGRANT Study was analysed. The baseline assessment was conducted in 2007-2008 using a [...]texto impreso
Bazo-Alvarez, Juan Carlos ; Quispe, Renato ; Peralta, Frank ; Poterico, Julio A. ; Valle, Giancarlo A. ; Burroughs, Melissa ; Pillay, Timesh ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Malaga, German ; Smeeth, Liam ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins | 2019-02-06T14:52:18ZIt is unclear how well currently available risk scores predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in low-income and middle-income countries. We aim to compare the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Pooled Cohort r[...]texto impreso
Arroyo, Gianfranco ; Bustos, Javier A. ; Lescano, Andres G. ; Gonzales, Isidro ; Saavedra, Herbert ; Rodriguez, Silvia ; Pretell, E. Javier ; Bonato, Pierina S. ; Lanchote, Vera L. ; Takayanagui, Osvaldo M. ; Horton, John ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Garcia, Hector H. | Oxford University Press | 2019-07-04T16:59:18ZBackground: Albendazole is the drug of choice for the treatment of parenchymal neurocysticercosis, although its efficacy is suboptimal. Plasma levels of albendazole sulfoxide (ASOX), the active metabolite of albendazole, are highly variable amon[...]texto impreso
Arroyo, Gianfranco ; Bustos, Javier A. ; Lescano, Andres G. ; Gonzales, Isidro ; Saavedra, Herbert ; Rodriguez, Silvia ; Pretell, E. Javier ; Bonato, Pierina S. ; Lanchote, Vera L. ; Takayanagui, Osvaldo M. ; Horton, John ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Garcia, Hector H. | Oxford University Press | 2019-12-06T21:02:55ZBACKGROUND: The efficacy of albendazole therapy in patients with parenchymal neurocysticercosis (NCC) is suboptimal. Plasma levels of albendazole sulfoxide (ASOX), the active metabolite of albendazole, are highly variable among patients. We hypo[...]texto impreso
Bayer, Angela M. ; Danysh, Heather E. ; Garvich, Mijail ; Gonzalvez, Guillermo ; Checkley, William ; Alvarez, Maria ; Gilman, Robert H. | Wiley | 2020-06-10T18:11:35ZDuring the 1997-98 El Nino, Tumbes, Peru received 16 times the annual average rainfall. This study explores how Tumbes residents perceived the impact of the El Nino event on basic necessities, transport, health care, jobs and migration. Forty-fi[...]texto impreso
Arroyo, Gianfranco ; Rodriguez, Silvia ; Lescano, Andres G. ; Alroy, Karen A. ; Bustos, Javier A. ; Santivañez, Saul ; Gonzales, Isidro ; Saavedra, Herbert ; Pretell, E. Javier ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Tsang, Victor C. W. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | Oxford University Press | 2018-11-30T02:09:29ZBackground: The enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay is the reference serological test for neurocysticercosis (NCC). A positive result on EITB does not always correlate with the presence of active infections in the central nervo[...]texto impreso
Saavedra-Garcia, Lorena ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Diez-Canseco, Francisco ; Cardenas, Maria Kathia ; Sacksteder, Katherine A. ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:10ZBACKGROUND: In resourced-constrained settings, daily cooking practices are still the norm. Replacing sodium in regular salt to produce potassium-enriched salts are potential alternative routes to reduce sodium intake, paired with the benefit as[...]texto impreso
Garcia, Hector H. ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; O'Neal, Seth E. ; Gilman, Robert H. | Instituto Nacional de Salud | 2018-11-30T22:50:34ZNeurocysticercosis is the infection of the nervous system by the larvae (cysticerci) of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. Neurocysticercosis is the major cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide and as such, it represents a global health problem. On [...]texto impreso
George, Christine Marie ; Sima, Laura ; Arias, M. Helena Jahuira ; Mihalic, Jana ; Cabrera, Lilia Z. ; Danz, David ; Checkley, William ; Gilman, Robert H. | World Health Organization | 2020-06-10T18:11:35ZOBJECTIVE: To assess the extent of arsenic contamination of groundwater and surface water in Peru and, to evaluate the accuracy of the Arsenic Econo-Quick() (EQ) kit for measuring water arsenic concentrations in the field. METHODS: Water sampl[...]texto impreso
Manrique, Paulo ; Hoshi, Mari ; Fasabi, Manuel ; Nolasco, Oscar ; Yori, Pablo ; Calderon, Martiza ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Kosek, Margaret N. ; Vinetz, Joseph M. ; Gamboa, Dionicia | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:53:06ZBACKGROUND: Several platforms have been used to generate the primary data for microsatellite analysis of malaria parasite genotypes. Each has relative advantages but share a limitation of being time- and cost-intensive. A commercially available [...]texto impreso
Taype-Rondan, Álvaro ; Abbs, Elizabeth Sarah ; Lazo-Porras, Maria ; Checkley, William ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio | Springer Verlag | 2019-01-25T15:02:18ZPURPOSE: To evaluate the role of urbanization as an effect modifier for the association between specific chronic conditions and number of conditions with health-related quality of life (QOL). METHODS: We analyzed cross-sectional data from the CR[...]texto impreso
Correa, Malena ; Zimic, Mirko ; Barrientos, Franklin ; Barrientos, Ronald ; Roman-Gonzalez, Avid ; Pajuelo, Monica J. ; Anticona, Cynthia ; Mayta, Holger ; Alva, Alicia ; Solis-Vasquez, Leonardo ; Figueroa, Dante Anibal ; Chavez, Miguel A. ; Lavarello, Roberto ; Castañeda, Benjamin ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. ; Checkley, William ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Oberhelman, Richard | Public Library of Science | 2019-03-05T15:23:30ZPneumonia is one of the major causes of child mortality, yet with a timely diagnosis, it is usually curable with antibiotic therapy. In many developing regions, diagnosing pneumonia remains a challenge, due to shortages of medical resources. Lun[...]texto impreso
Mejia Maza, Alan J. ; Carmen-Orozco, Rogger P. ; Carter, Emma ; Dávila, Danitza G. ; Castillo, Gino ; Morales, Jemina D. ; Mamani, Javier ; Gavidia, Cesar ; Alroy, Joseph ; Sterling, Charles R. ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Woltjer, Randy L. ; Verastegui, Manuela R. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | Wiley | 2018-11-30T02:09:30ZNeurocysticercosis is a parasitic brain disease caused by the larval form (Cysticercus cellulosae) of the Taenia solium and is the leading cause of preventable epilepsy world-wide. However, the pathophysiology and relation to the wide range of c[...]texto impreso
Sterling, Robie ; Checkley, William ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Cabrera, Lilia ; Sterling, Charles R. ; Bern, Caryn ; Miranda, J. Jaime | PeerJ | 2020-06-10T18:12:21ZBackground. Longitudinal investigations into the origins of adult essential hypertension have found elevated blood pressure in children to accurately track into adulthood, however the direct causes of essential hypertension in adolescence and ad[...]
