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Autor Gilman, Robert H. |
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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[...]texto impreso
Montalvo, Raúl ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Kirwan, Daniela E. ; Gilman, Robert H. | African Traditional Herbal Medicine Supporters Initiative | 2018-11-30T02:09:30ZBackground: The changes in body composition markers (weight, fat mass, lean mass, and BMI) over time can be associated with TB treatment outcome among HIV-infected patients. The aim of this study was to investigate whether changes in fat mass an[...]texto impreso
Carmen-Orozco, Rogger P. ; Dávila-Villacorta, Danitza G. ; Cauna, Yudith ; Bernal-Teran, Edson G. ; Bitterfeld, Leandra ; Sutherland, Graham L. ; Chile, Nancy ; Céliz, Rensson H. ; Ferrufino-Schmidt, Maria C. ; Gavidia, Cesar M. ; Sterling, Charles R. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Verástegui, Manuela Renee | Wiley | 2018-11-30T02:09:30ZNeurocysticercosis (NCC) is a helminth infection affecting the central nervous system caused by the larval stage (cysticercus) of Taenia solium. Since vascular alteration and blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption contribute to NCC pathology, it i[...]texto impreso
Miranda, J. Jaime ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Diez-Canseco, Francisco ; Malaga, German ; Cárdenas, María K. ; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Pesantes, M. Amalia ; Araya, Ricardo ; Boggio, Oscar ; Checkley, William ; García, Patricia J. ; Leon-Velarde, Fabiola ; Lescano, Andres G. ; Montori, Victor ; Pan, William ; Rivera-Chira, Maria ; Sacksteder, Katherine ; Smeeth, Liam ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gilman, Robert H. | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:59:06ZThe CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, based at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, was created in 2009 with support from the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The vision of CRONICAS is to build a globally[...]texto impreso
Francis, Elizabeth R. ; Kuo, Chin-Chi ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Nessel, Lisa ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Feldman, Harold I. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:15ZBACKGROUND: The silent progression of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and its association with other chronic diseases, and high treatment costs make it a great public health concern worldwide. The population burden of CKD in Peru has yet to be fu[...]texto impreso
McAtee, Casey L. ; Webman, Rachel ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Mejia, Carolina ; Bern, Caryn ; Apaza, Sonia ; Espetia, Susan ; Pajuelo, Monica ; Saito, Mayuko ; Challappa, Roxanna ; Soria, Richard ; Ribera, Jose P. ; Lozano, Daniel ; Torrico, Faustino | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-02-06T14:57:36ZThe effectiveness of rotavirus vaccine in the field may set the stage for a changing landscape of diarrheal illness affecting children worldwide. Norovirus and rotavirus are the two major viral enteropathogens of childhood. This study describes [...]texto impreso
Pham, Luu V. ; Miele, Catherine H. ; Schwartz, Noah G. ; Arias, Rafael S. ; Rattner, Adi ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Polotsky, Vsevolod Y. ; Checkley, William ; Schwartz, Alan R. | European Respiratory Society | 2019-01-25T15:02:19ZAssociations between sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and cardiometabolic outcomes have not been examined in highlanders.We performed nocturnal polygraphy in Peruvian highlanders (3825 m). Multivariable linear regression models examined associat[...]texto impreso
Alroy, Karen A. ; Arroyo, Gianfranco ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Gonzales-Gustavson, Eloy ; Gallegos, Linda ; Gavidia, Cesar M. ; Verastegui, Manuela ; Rodriguez, Silvia ; López, Teresa ; Gomez-Puerta, Luis A. ; Alroy, Joseph ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2018-11-30T02:09:30ZNeurocysticercosis (NCC), the infection of the human central nervous system (CNS) with larval cysts of Taenia solium causes widespread neurological morbidity. Animal models are crucial for studying the pathophysiology and treatment of NCC. Some [...]texto impreso
Jennings, Mary Carol ; Tilley, Drake H. ; Ballard, Sarah-Blythe ; Villanueva, Miguel ; Costa, Fernando Maldonado ; López, Martha ; Steinberg, Hannah E. ; Luna, C. Giannina ; Meza, Rina ; Silva, Maria E. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Simons, Mark P. ; Maves, Ryan C. ; Cabada, Miguel M. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-01-25T15:02:19ZIn Cusco, Peru, and South America in general, there is a dearth of travelers' diarrhea (TD) data concerning the clinical features associated with enteropathogen-specific infections and destination-specific risk behaviors. Understanding these fac[...]texto impreso
Bui, David P. ; Oren, Eyal ; Roe, Denise J. ; Brown, Heidi E. ; Harris, Robin B. ; Knight, Gwenan M. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Grandjean, Louis | Oxford University Press | 2018-11-30T02:09:28ZBackground: The majority of tuberculosis transmission occurs in community settings. The primary aim of this study was to assess the association between exposure to community venues and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) disease. The secon[...]texto impreso
Zavala-Loayza, J. Alfredo ; Pastorius-Benziger, Catherine ; Cardenas, Maria Kathia ; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:48:08ZBACKGROUND: Over one-quarter of the world's adult population has hypertension, yet achieving adequate treatment or control targets remains a challenge. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to identify, longitudinally, characteristics associated with ant[...]texto impreso
León-Janampa, Nancy ; Liendo, Ruddy ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Padilla, Carlos ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gonzales, Armando ; Sheen, Patricia ; Pajuelo, Monica J. ; Zimic, Mirko ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | Elsevier | 2019-07-04T16:59:24ZPorcine cysticercosis is an endemic parasitic disease caused by infection with Taenia solium that is found predominantly in developing countries. In order to aid in the development of simple diagnostic approaches, identification and characteriza[...]texto impreso
Burel, Julie G. ; Pomaznoy, Mikhail ; Lindestam Arlehamn, Cecilia S. ; Weiskopf, Daniela ; da Silva Antunes, Ricardo ; Jung, Yunmin ; Babor, Mariana ; Schulten, Veronique ; Seumois, Gregory ; Greenbaum, Jason A. ; Premawansa, Sunil ; Premawansa, Gayani ; Wijewickrama, Ananda ; Vidanagama, Dhammika ; Gunasena, Bandu ; Tippalagama, Rashmi ; deSilva, Aruna D. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Saito, Mayuko ; Taplitz, Randy ; Ley, Klaus ; Vijayanand, Pandurangan ; Sette, Alessandro ; Peters, Bjoern | eLife Sciences Publications | 2019-07-04T16:59:24ZOur results highlight for the first time that a significant proportion of cell doublets in flow cytometry, previously believed to be the result of technical artifacts and thus ignored in data acquisition and analysis, are the result of biologica[...]texto impreso
Burel, Julie G. ; Pomaznoy, Mikhail ; Lindestam Arlehamn, Cecilia S. ; Weiskopf, Daniela ; da Silva Antunes, Ricardo ; Jung, Yunmin ; Babor, Mariana ; Schulten, Veronique ; Seumois, Gregory ; Greenbaum, Jason A. ; Premawansa, Sunil ; Premawansa, Gayani ; Wijewickrama, Ananda ; Vidanagama, Dhammika ; Gunasena, Bandu ; Tippalagama, Rashmi ; deSilva, Aruna D. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Saito, Mayuko ; Taplitz, Randy ; Ley, Klaus ; Vijayanand, Pandurangan ; Sette, Alessandro ; Peters, Bjoern | eLife Sciences Publications | 2019-12-06T20:57:41ZOur results highlight for the first time that a significant proportion of cell doublets in flow cytometry, previously believed to be the result of technical artifacts and thus ignored in data acquisition and analysis, are the result of biologica[...]texto impreso
Datta, Sumona ; Sherman, Jonathan M. ; Bravard, Marjory A. ; Valencia, Teresa ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | Oxford University Press | 2019-02-06T14:52:17ZBACKGROUND: It is difficult to determine whether early tuberculosis treatment is effective in reducing the infectiousness of patients' sputum, because culture takes weeks and conventional acid-fast sputum microscopy and molecular tests cannot d[...]texto impreso
Lescano, Andres G. ; Pray, Ian W. ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Tsang, Victor C. W. ; Gamboa, Ricardo ; Guezala, M. Claudia ; Aybar, Viterbo ; Rodriguez, Silvia ; Moulton, Lawrence H. ; Leontsini, Elli ; Gonzalvez, Guillermo ; O'Neal, Seth E. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-07-04T16:59:24ZThe pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, is among the leading causes of preventable epilepsy in the world and is common in rural areas of developing countries where sanitation is limited and pigs have access to human feces. Prior studies in rural vill[...]texto impreso
Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Ruiz-Alejos, Andrea ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Oxford University Press | 2019-01-25T16:59:36Ztexto impreso
Alnasser, Yossef ; Ferradas, Cusi ; Clark, Taryn ; Calderón, Maritza ; Gurbillon, Alejandro ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; McKakpo, Uri S. ; Quakyi, Isabella A. ; Bosompem, Kwabena M. ; Sullivan, David J. ; Vinetz, Joseph M. ; Gilman, Robert H. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:45:09ZPlasmodium vivax is the most prevalent cause of human malaria in the world and can lead to severe disease with high potential for relapse. Its genetic and geographic diversities make it challenging to control. P. vivax is understudied and to ach[...]texto impreso
Tuero, Iskra ; Palma, Sandra ; Cabeza, Franco ; Saleemi, Sarah ; Rodriguez, Silvia ; Gonzales, Isidro ; Mayta, Holger ; Mahanty, Siddhartha ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gilman, Robert H. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:09ZBACKGROUND: The ability of Taenia solium to modulate the immune system likely contributes to their longevity in the human host. We tested the hypothesis that the nature of the immune response is related to the location of parasite and clinical m[...]texto impreso
Datta, Sumona ; Shah, Lena ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | Elsevier | 2019-01-25T15:02:20ZBACKGROUND: The performance of laboratory tests to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis is dependent on the quality of the sputum sample tested. The relative merits of sputum collection methods to improve tuberculosis diagnosis are poorly characteris[...]texto impreso
Kagning Tsinda, Emmanuel ; Malasao, Rungnapa ; Furuse, Yuki ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Liu, Xiaofang ; Apaza, Sonia ; Espetia, Susan ; Cama, Vitaliano ; Oshitani, Hitoshi ; Saito, Mayuko | American Society of Microbiology | 2019-01-25T15:02:21ZWe report here two complete coding genome sequences of novel genotype GII.8 sapovirus strains identified in diarrhea samples collected from two Peruvian children. The complete coding genome sequences of both GII.8 variants were determined using [...]texto impreso
Tohma, Kentaro ; Saito, Mayuko ; Mayta, Holger ; Zimic, Mirko ; Lepore, Cara J. ; Ford-Siltz, Lauren A. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Parra, Gabriel I. | American Society of Microbiology | 2018-11-30T02:09:31ZNorovirus, a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in humans, is a highly diverse virus. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of a nontypeable genogroup II (GII) norovirus that was detected in a symptomatic Peruvian child in 2008. This [...]texto impreso
Proaño, Alvaro ; Xu, Ziyue ; Caligiuri, Philip ; Mollura, Daniel J. ; Gilman, Robert H. | AME Publishing Company | 2019-01-25T16:59:37Ztexto impreso
Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Smeeth, Liam ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group | BMJ Publishing Group | 2019-02-06T14:52:39ZBACKGROUND: It is important to understand the local burden of non-communicable diseases including within-country heterogeneity. The aim of this study was to characterise hypertension and type-2 diabetes profiles across different Peruvian geogra[...]texto impreso
Oberhelman, Richard A. ; Soto-Castellares, Giselle ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Castillo, Maria E. ; Kolevic, Lenka ; Delpino, Trinidad ; Saito, Mayuko ; Salazar-Lindo, Eduardo ; Negron, Eduardo ; Montenegro, Sonia ; Laguna-Torres, V. Alberto ; Maurtua-Neumann, Paola ; Datta, Sumona ; Evans, Carlton A. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:11ZBACKGROUND: Diagnosing tuberculosis in children is challenging because specimens are difficult to obtain and contain low tuberculosis concentrations, especially with HIV-coinfection. Few studies included well-controls so test specificities are [...]texto impreso
Grandjean, Louis ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Iwamoto, Tomatada ; Koser, Claudio U. ; Coronel, Jorge ; Zimic, Mirko ; Torok, M. Estee ; Ayabina, Diepreye ; Kendall, Michelle ; Fraser, Christophe ; Harris, Simon ; Parkhill, Julian ; Peacock, Sharon J. ; Moore, David A. J. ; Colijn, Caroline | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T15:02:21ZBACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis poses a major threat to the success of tuberculosis control programs worldwide. Understanding how drug-resistant tuberculosis evolves can inform the development of new therapeutic and preventive strat[...]texto impreso
Mirelman, Andrew J. ; Ballard, Sarah Blythe ; Saito, Mayuko ; Kosek, Margaret N. ; Gilman, Robert H. | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:57:43ZBACKGROUND: With candidate norovirus (NV) vaccines in a rapid phase of development, assessment of the potential economic value of vaccine implementation will be necessary to aid health officials in vaccine implementation decisions. To date, no e[...]texto impreso
Lee, Gwenyth O. ; Comina, Germán ; Hernández-Córdova, Gustavo ; Naik, Nehal ; Gayoso, Oscar ; Ticona, Eduardo ; Coronel, Jorge ; Evans, Carlton A. ; Zimic, Mirko ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Oberhelman, Richard | Public Library of Science | 2020-07-14T00:02:31ZCough is a characteristic symptom of tuberculosis, is the main cause of transmission, and is used to assess treatment response. We aimed to identify the best measure of cough severity and characterize changes during initial tuberculosis therapy.[...]texto impreso
Proaño, Alvaro ; Bui, David P. ; López, José W. ; Vu, Nancy M. ; Bravard, Marjory A. ; Lee, Gwenyth O. ; Tracey, Brian H. ; Xu, Ziyue ; Comina, Germán ; Ticona, Eduardo ; Mollura, Daniel J. ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Moore, David A. J. ; Evans, Carlton A. ; Caligiuri, Philip ; Gilman, Robert H. | Elsevier | 2018-11-30T03:10:43ZBACKGROUND: Cough frequency, and its duration, is a biomarker that can be used in low-resource settings without the need of laboratory culture and has been associated with transmission and treatment response. Radiologic characteristics associate[...]texto impreso
Pham, Luu V. ; Meinzen, Christopher ; Arias, Rafael S. ; Schwartz, Noah G. ; Rattner, Adi ; Miele, Catherine H. ; Smith, Philip L. ; Schneider, Hartmut ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Polotsky, Vsevolod Y. ; Checkley, William ; Schwartz, Alan R. | Mary Ann Liebert | 2019-01-25T15:02:22ZPham, Luu V., Christopher Meinzen, Rafael S. Arias, Noah G. Schwartz, Adi Rattner, Catherine H. Miele, Philip L. Smith, Hartmut Schneider, J. Jaime Miranda, Robert H. Gilman, Vsevolod Y. Polotsky, William Checkley, and Alan R. Schwartz. Cross-se[...]texto impreso
Garcia, Hector H. ; Lescano, Andres G. ; Gonzales, Isidro ; Bustos, Javier A. ; Pretell, E. Javier ; Horton, John ; Saavedra, Herbert ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Gilman, Robert H. | Oxford University Press | 2019-02-06T14:45:34ZBACKGROUND: The efficacy of current antiparasitic treatment for cerebral Taenia solium cysticercosis with either albendazole (ABZ) or praziquantel (PZQ) is suboptimal. A recent study demonstrated that combining these 2 antiparasitic drugs improv[...]texto impreso
Healy, Katherine ; Labrique, Alain B. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Danz, David ; Davila-Roman, Victor G. ; Huicho, Luis ; Leon-Velarde, Fabiola ; Checkley, William | Mary Ann Liebert | 2019-02-06T14:45:35ZHealy, Katherine, Alain B. Labrique, J. Jaime Miranda, Robert H. Gilman, David Danz, Victor G. Davila-Roman, Luis Huicho, Fabiola Leon-Velarde, and William Checkley. Dark adaptation at high altitude: an unexpected pupillary response to chronic h[...]texto impreso
Pajuelo, Monica J. ; Anticona Huaynate, Cynthia ; Correa, Malena ; Mayta Malpartida, Holger ; Ramal Asayag, Cesar ; Seminario, Juan R. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Murphy, Laura ; Oberhelman, Richard A. ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. | BMC | 2018-11-30T03:10:43ZBACKGROUND: Delays in receiving adequate care for children suffering from pneumonia can be life threatening and have been described associated with parents' limited education and their difficulties in recognizing the severity of the illness. The[...]texto impreso
Ruiz-Grosso, Paulo ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Diez-Canseco, Francisco ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Bennett, Ian M. ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Springer | 2019-02-06T14:52:39ZIn low- and middle-income countries, migration to urban settings has reshaped the sprawl and socio demographic profiles of major cities. Depressive episodes make up a large portion of the burden of disease worldwide and are related to socio-demo[...]texto impreso
Wingfield, Tom ; Boccia, Delia ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Huff, Doug ; Montoya, Rosario ; Lewis, James J. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:15ZBackground. Cash transfers are key interventions in the World Health Organisation’s post-2015 global TB policy. However, evidence guiding TB-specific cash transfer implementation is limited. We designed, implemented and refined a novel TB-specif[...]texto impreso
Dudley, Matthew Z. ; Sheen, Patricia ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Ticona, Eduardo ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Kirwan, Daniela E. ; Caviedes, Luz ; Rodriguez, Richard ; Cabrera, Lilia Z. ; Coronel, Jorge ; Grandjean, Louis ; Moore, David A. J. ; Evans, Carlton A. ; Huaroto, Luz ; Chavez-Perez, Victor ; Zimic, Mirko | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-02-06T14:45:12ZHospital infection control measures are crucial to tuberculosis (TB) control strategies within settings caring for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients, as these patients are at heightened risk of developing TB. Pyrazinamide (PZA[...]