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Autor Gilman, Robert H. |
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Morgan, Brooks W. ; Leifheit, Kathryn M. ; Romero, Karina M. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Feldman, Harold I. ; Lima, John J. ; Checkley, William ; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group | E.U.E.P. European Publishing | 2019-01-25T15:28:05ZBACKGROUND: A recent study found lower self-reported prevalence of tobacco smoking in a peri-urban area of Lima, Peru than previously reported in urban samples. These regions encompass substantial proportions of Peru's population - ones at great[...]texto impreso
Klasen, Elizabeth M. ; Wills, Beatriz ; Naithani, Neha ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Tielsch, James M. ; Chiang, Marilú ; Khatry, Subarna ; Breysse, Patrick N. ; Menya, Diana ; Apaka, Cosmas ; Carter, E. Jane ; Sherman, Charles B. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Checkley, William | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:52:19ZHousehold air pollution from the burning of biomass fuels is recognized as the third greatest contributor to the global burden of disease. Incomplete combustion of biomass fuels releases a complex mixture of carbon monoxide (CO), particulate ma[...]texto impreso
Lazo-Porras, Maria ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Malaga, German ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Acuna-Villaorduna, Ana ; Cárdenas-Montero, Deborah ; Smeeth, Liam ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:52:14ZIntroduction. Whilst the relationship between lipids and cardiovascular mortality has been well studied and appears to be controversial, very little has been explored in the context of rural-to-urban migration in low-resource settings. Objective[...]texto impreso
Benziger, Catherine P. ; Zavala-Loayza, José Alfredo ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Smeeth, Liam ; Malaga, German ; Miranda, Juan Jaime ; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group | BMJ Publishing Group | 2018-11-30T17:17:15ZBACKGROUND: The prevalence of and factors associated with ideal cardiovascular health (ICH) by sociodemographic characteristics in Peru is not well known. METHODS: The American Heart Association's ICH score comprised 3 ideal health factors (bloo[...]texto impreso
Garcia, Hector H. ; Castillo, Yesenia ; Gonzales, Isidro ; Bustos, Javier A. ; Saavedra, Herbert ; Jacob, Louis ; Del Brutto, Oscar H. ; Wilkins, Patricia P. ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | Wiley | 2018-11-30T17:17:15ZOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of two commercially available ELISA kits, Novalisa® and Ridascreen® , for the detection of antibodies to Taenia solium, compared to serological diagnosis of neurocysticercosis (NCC) by LLGP-EITB [...]texto impreso
Alva, Alicia ; Cangalaya, Carla ; Quiliano, Miguel ; Krebs, Casey ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Sheen, Patricia ; Zimic, Mirko | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T15:28:05ZParasitic infections are generally diagnosed by professionals trained to recognize the morphological characteristics of the eggs in microscopic images of fecal smears. However, this laboratory diagnosis requires medical specialists which are lac[...]texto impreso
Benziger, Catherine P. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Smeeth, Liam ; Malaga, German ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:10ZOBJECTIVE: We aimed to characterize metabolic status by body mass index (BMI) status. METHODS: The CRONICAS longitudinal study was performed in an age-and-sex stratified random sample of participants aged 35 years or older in four Peruvian set[...]texto impreso
Kirwan, Daniela E. ; Ugarte-Gil, Cesar ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Caviedes, Luz ; Rizvi, Hasan ; Ticona, Eduardo ; Chavez, Gonzalo ; Cabrera, Jose Luis ; Matos, Eduardo D. ; Evans, Carlton A. ; Moore, David A. J. ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Lymph Node TB Working Group | American Society for Microbiology | 2019-02-06T14:52:38ZIn this study, 132 patients with lymphadenopathy were investigated. Fifty-two (39.4%) were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). The microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) assay provided rapid (13 days), accurate diagnosis (sensitivity, [...]texto impreso
Burroughs Pena, Melissa S. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Sanchez, Juan F. ; Quispe, Renato ; Pillay, Timesh D. ; Malaga, German ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Miranda, J. Jaime | BMJ Publishing Group | 2019-02-06T14:52:39ZOBJECTIVE: To compare all-cause and cause-specific mortality among 3 distinct groups: within-country, rural-to-urban migrants, and rural and urban dwellers in a longitudinal cohort in Peru. METHODS: The PERU MIGRANT Study, a longitudinal cohort[...]texto impreso
Pisanic, Nora ; Ballard, Sarah-Blythe ; Colquechagua, Fabiola D. ; Francois, Ruthly ; Exum, Natalie ; Yori, Pablo Penataro ; Schwab, Kellogg J. ; Granger, Douglas A. ; Detrick, Barbara ; Olortegui, Maribel Paredes ; Mayta, Holger ; Sánchez, Gerardo J. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Heaney, Christopher D. ; Vinjé, Jan ; Kosek, Margaret N. | Oxford University Press | 2019-03-05T15:23:28ZBackground: Norovirus is a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide. Routine norovirus diagnosis requires stool collection. The goal of this study was to develop and validate a noninvasive method to diagnose norovirus to complement stoo[...]texto impreso
Grajeda, Laura M. ; Ivanescu, Andrada ; Saito, Mayuko ; Crainiceanu, Ciprian ; Jaganath, Devan ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Crabtree, Jean E. ; Kelleher, Dermott ; Cabrera, Lilia ; Cama, Vitaliano ; Checkley, William | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:45:34ZBACKGROUND: Childhood growth is a cornerstone of pediatric research. Statistical models need to consider individual trajectories to adequately describe growth outcomes. Specifically, well-defined longitudinal models are essential to characteriz[...]texto impreso
Alcántara, Roberto ; Fuentes, Patricia ; Antiparra, Ricardo ; Santos, Marco ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Kirwan, Daniela E. ; Zimic, Mirko ; Sheen, Patricia | American Society for Microbiology | 2018-11-30T17:17:15ZAlthough pyrazinamide (PZA) is a key component of first and second line tuberculosis treatment regimens, there is no gold standard to determine PZA resistance. Approximately 50% of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and over 90% of extens[...]texto impreso
Geiger, Joseph ; Morton, Bridget A. ; Vasconcelos, Elton Jose Rosas ; Tngrian, Maryam ; Kachani, Malika ; Barrón, Eduardo A. ; Gavidia, Cesar M. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Angulo, Noelia P. ; Lerner, Richard ; Scott, Tamerin ; Mirrashed, N. Hannah ; Oakley, Brian ; Diniz, Pedro Paulo V. P. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2018-11-30T17:17:15ZEhrlichia spp. are emerging infectious pathogens, especially in the Americas. Although Ehrlichia canis is primarily a parasite of dogs, polymerase chain reaction-confirmed human infections have been reported from Mexico, Venezuela, and Costa Ric[...]texto impreso
Sheen, Patricia ; Requena, David ; Gushiken, Eduardo ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Antiparra, Ricardo ; Lucero, Bryan ; Lizárraga, Pilar ; Cieza, Basilio ; Roncal, Elisa ; Grandjean, Louis ; Pain, Arnab ; McNerney, Ruth ; Clark, Taane G. ; Moore, David ; Zimic, Mirko | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:02:14ZBACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health problem and drug resistance compromises the efforts to control this disease. Pyrazinamide (PZA) is an important drug used in both first and second line treatment regimes. However, its comple[...]texto impreso
Saito, Mayuko ; Goel-Apaza, Sonia ; Espetia, Susan ; Velasquez, Daniel ; Cabrera, Lilia ; Loli, Sebastian ; Crabtree, Jean E. ; Black, Robert E. ; Kosek, Margaret ; Checkley, William ; Zimic, Mirko ; Bern, Caryn ; Cama, Vitaliano ; Gilman, Robert H. | Oxford University Press | 2020-06-10T18:11:32ZBACKGROUND: Human noroviruses are among the most common enteropathogens globally, and are a leading cause of infant diarrhea in developing countries. However, data measuring the impact of norovirus at the community level are sparse. METHODS: We [...]texto impreso
Castro-Sesquen, Yagahira E. ; Kim, Chloe ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Sullivan, David J. ; Searson, Peter C. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-02-06T14:45:11ZA nanoparticle-based assay for detection and quantification of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (HRP2) in urine and serum is reported. The assay uses magnetic beads conjugated with anti-HRP2 antibody for protein capture and concen[...]texto impreso
Garvey, Brian T. ; Moyano, Luz M. ; Ayvar, Viterbo ; Rodriguez, Silvia ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; O'Neal, Seth E. ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2018-11-30T22:50:33ZNeurocysticercosis causes substantial neurologic morbidity in endemic regions around the world. In this cross-sectional study, we describe the frequency of neurocysticercosis among a presumed high-risk group of people in an endemic community in [...]texto impreso
Moyano, Luz M. ; Saito, Mayuko ; Montano, Silvia M. ; Gonzalvez, Guillermo ; Olaya, Sandra ; Ayvar, Viterbo ; Gonzalez, Isidro ; Larrauri, Luis ; Tsang, Victor C. W. ; Llanos, Fernando ; Rodriguez, Silvia ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Garcia, Hector H. | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:16ZBACKGROUND: The prevalence of epilepsy added to inadequate treatment results in chronic morbidity and considerable mortality in poor populations. Neurocysticercosis (NCC), a helminthic disease of the central nervous system, is a leading cause o[...]texto impreso
Ong, Catherine W. M. ; Elkington, Paul T. ; Brilha, Sara ; Ugarte-Gil, Cesar ; Tome-Esteban, Maite T. ; Tezera, Liku B. ; Pabisiak, Przemyslaw J. ; Moores, Rachel C. ; Sathyamoorthy, Tarangini ; Patel, Vimal ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Porter, Joanna C. ; Friedland, Jon S. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:12ZPulmonary cavities, the hallmark of tuberculosis (TB), are characterized by high mycobacterial load and perpetuate the spread of M. tuberculosis. The mechanism of matrix destruction resulting in cavitation is not well defined. Neutrophils are e[...]texto impreso
Arriola, Carmen S. ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Gomez-Puerta, Luis A. ; Lopez-Urbina, Maria T. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gilman, Robert H. | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:17ZTaenia solium infection causes severe neurological disease in humans. Even though infection and exposure to swine cysticercosis is scattered throughout endemic villages, location of the tapeworm only explains some of the nearby infections and is[...]texto impreso
Vyas, Kaetan J. ; Danz, David ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Wise, Robert A. ; Leon-Velarde, Fabiola ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Checkley, William | Mary Ann Liebert | 2019-02-06T14:52:35ZVyas, Kaetan J., David Danz, Robert H. Gilman, Robert A. Wise, Fabiola Leon-Velarde, J. Jaime Miranda, and William Checkley. Noninvasive assessment of excessive erythrocytosis as a screening method for chronic mountain sickness at high altitude.[...]texto impreso
Ponce, Reynaldo ; León-Janampa, Nancy ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Liendo, Ruddy ; Roncal, Elisa ; Luis, Sueline ; Quiñones-García, Stefany ; Silverstein, Zach ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gonzales, Armando ; Sheen, Patricia ; Zimic, Mirko ; Pajuelo, Monica J. ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | Elsevier | 2018-11-30T02:09:28ZCysticercosis is a worldwide parasitic disease of humans and pigs principally caused by infection with the larvae of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. Through the use of the recently-made-available T. solium genome, we identified a gene within a [...]texto impreso
Rueda, Daniel ; Furukawa, Roberto ; Fuentes, Patricia ; Comina, Germán ; Rey De Castro, Nicolás G. ; Requena, David ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Sheen, Patricia ; Zimic, Mirko | Medknow Publications | 2018-11-30T02:09:28ZIntroduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The patient compliance with the long treatment regimens is essential for successful eradication. Pyrazinamide (PZA) shortens these regimens from 9 to 6 [...]texto impreso
Verastegui, Manuela R. ; Mejia, Alan ; Clark, Taryn ; Gavidia, Cesar M. ; Mamani, Javier ; Ccopa, Fredy ; Angulo, Noelia ; Chile, Nancy ; Carmen, Rogger ; Medina, Roxana ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Rodriguez, Silvia ; Ortega, Ynes ; Gilman, Robert H. | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:53:41ZNeurocysticercosis is caused by Taenia solium infecting the central nervous system and is the leading cause of acquired epilepsy and convulsive conditions worldwide. Research into the pathophysiology of the disease and appropriate treatment is h[...]texto impreso
Datta, Sumona ; Alvarado, Keren ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Valencia, Teresa ; Aparicio, Christian ; Ramos, Eric S. ; Montoya, Rosario ; Evans, Carlton A. | Public Library of Science | 2019-07-04T17:00:20ZBACKGROUND: Assessing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) viability by fluorescein diacetate (FDA) microscopy can predict TB culture results, treatment response and infectiousness. However, diverse methods have been published. We aimed to optimise F[...]texto impreso
Gouveia, Mateus H. ; Borda, Victor ; Leal, Thiago P. ; Moreira, Rennan G. ; Bergen, Andrew W. ; Kehdy, Fernanda S. G. ; Alvim, Isabela ; Aquino, Marla M. ; Araujo, Gilderlanio S. ; Araujo, Nathalia M. ; Furlan, Vinicius ; Liboredo, Raquel ; Machado, Moara ; Magalhaes, Wagner C. S. ; Michelin, Lucas A. ; Rodrigues, Maíra R. ; Rodrigues-Soares, Fernanda ; Sant Anna, Hanaisa P. ; Santolalla, Meddly L. ; Scliar, Marília O. ; Soares-Souza, Giordano ; Zamudio, Roxana ; Zolini, Camila ; Bortolini, Maria Catira ; Dean, Michael ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Guio, Heinner ; Rocha, Jorge ; Pereira, Alexandre C. ; Barreto, Mauricio L. ; Horta, Bernardo L. ; Lima-Costa, Maria F. ; Mbulaiteye, Sam M. ; Chanock, Stephen J. ; Tishkoff, Sarah A. ; Yeager, Meredith ; Tarazona-Santos, Eduardo | Wiley | 2020-07-14T00:01:12ZThe Transatlantic Slave Trade transported more than 9 million Africans to the Americas between the early 16th and the mid-19th centuries. We performed a genome-wide analysis using 6,267 individuals from 25 populations to infer how different Afri[...]texto impreso
Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Codd, Ellen E. ; Horton, John ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gilman, Robert H. | Taylor & Francis | 2019-03-05T15:25:03ZINTRODUCTION: Oxfendazole (methyl [5-(phenylsulphinyl)-1H benzimidazole-2-yl] carbamate) has a particularly long metabolic half-life in ruminants, and its metabolite fenbendazole also has anthelminthic action. A very limited number of drugs are [...]texto impreso
Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Sal Y Rosas, Víctor G. ; Sacksteder, Katherine A. ; Diez-Canseco, Francisco ; Cárdenas, María K. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Wiley | 2018-11-30T22:50:34ZOBJECTIVES: High body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) are major contributors to the high burden of non-communicable diseases in adulthood. Individual high-risk and population approaches for prevention require newer strategies to target [...]texto impreso
Miranda, J. Jaime ; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Avilez, Jose L. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Checkley, William ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio | Human Kinetics | 2019-02-06T14:45:56ZBACKGROUND: Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviors have been linked with impaired health outcomes. Establishing the physical inactivity profiles of a given population is needed to establish program targets and to contribute to international[...]texto impreso
Trompeter, Grace ; Grigsby, Matthew R. ; Miele, Catherine H. ; Wise, Robert A. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Checkley, William ; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group | Springer Verlarg | 2018-11-30T22:50:35ZPURPOSE: Body composition is known to influence the development and progression of chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs). We sought to characterize the unique anthropometric phenotypes that present with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseas[...]texto impreso
Bustos, Javier A. ; Ninaquispe, Berenice E. ; Rodriguez, Silvia ; Castillo, Yesenia ; Yang, Susan Y. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Dorny, Pierre ; Gabriel, Sarah ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-07-04T17:00:20ZThe pig is the natural intermediate host of Taenia solium, a parasite causing significant burden of disease in both humans and pigs. Porcine cysticercosis is traditionally detected via tongue palpation and slaughterhouse meat inspection, both wi[...]texto impreso
An, Guohua ; Murry, Daryl J. ; Gajurel, Kiran ; Bach, Thanh ; Deye, Greg ; Stebounova, Larissa V. ; Codd, Ellen E. ; Horton, John ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Ince, Dilek ; Hodgson-Zingman, Denice ; Nomicos, Effie Y. H. ; Conrad, Thomas ; Kennedy, Jessie ; Jones, Walt ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Winokur, Patricia | American Society for Microbiology | 2019-07-04T17:00:20ZCysticercosis is a parasitic disease that frequently involves the human central nervous system (CNS), and current treatment options are limited. Oxfendazole, a veterinary medicine belonging to the benzimidazole family of anthelmintic drugs, has[...]texto impreso
Fox, Katharine A. ; Kirwan, Daniela E. ; Whittington, Ashley M. ; Krishnan, Nitya ; Robertson, Brian D. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; López, José W. ; Singh, Shivani ; Porter, Joanna C. ; Friedland, Jon S. | American Thoracic Society | 2018-11-30T22:50:35ZRATIONALE: Platelets may interact with the immune system in tuberculosis (TB) to regulate human inflammatory responses that lead to morbidity and spread of infection. OBJECTIVES: To identify a functional role of platelets in the innate inflammat[...]texto impreso
Málaga-Machaca, Edith S. ; Romero-Ramirez, Alessandra ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Astupiña-Figueroa, Sofía ; Angulo, Noelia ; Florentini, Alejandro ; Lovon-Luque, Cinthya J. ; Gonza, Remo A. ; Del Carpio-Sanz, Ada ; Cabello, Ines ; Camargo, Rosina ; Recuenco, Fernando ; Barrueta-Soria, Liliam A. ; Verastegui, Manuela R. ; Calderón, Maritza ; Mayta, Holger | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T15:28:07ZBACKGROUND: Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi antigens in clinical samples is considered an important diagnostic tool for Chagas disease. The production and use of polyclonal antibodies may contribute to an increase in the sensitivity of immunodiag[...]texto impreso
Zamudio, Roxana ; Pereira, Latife ; Rocha, Carolina D. ; Berg, Douglas E. ; Muniz-Queiroz, Thais ; Sant Anna, Hanaisa P. ; Cabrera, Lilia ; Combe, Juan M. ; Herrera, Phabiola ; Jahuira, Martha H. ; Leao, Felipe B. ; Lyon, Fernanda ; Prado, William A. ; Rodrigues, Maíra R. ; Rodrigues-Soares, Fernanda ; Santolalla, Meddly L. ; Zolini, Camila ; Silva, Aristobolo M. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Tarazona-Santos, Eduardo ; Kehdy, Fernanda S. G. | Springer | 2019-02-06T14:52:19ZBackground. Gastric adenocarcinoma is associated with chronic infection by Helicobacter pylori and with the host inflammatory response triggered by it, with substantial inter-person variation in the immune response profile due to host genetic fa[...]texto impreso
Muro, Claudio ; Gomez-Puerta, Luis A. ; Flecker, Robert H. ; Gamboa, Ricardo ; Barreto, Percy Vilchez ; Dorny, Pierre ; Tsang, Victor C. W. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; O'Neal, Seth E. ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-01-25T15:28:08ZThe lentil lectin glycoprotein enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (LLGP EITB, reported sensitivity 99% and specificity 100%) is used as a serologic marker of exposure to Taenia solium in pigs. However, only a limited number of parasites ha[...]texto impreso
Codd, Ellen E. ; Ng, Hanna H. ; McFarlane, Claire ; Riccio, Edward S. ; Doppalapudi, Rupa ; Mirsalis, Jon C. ; Horton, R. John ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Garcia, H. Hugo ; Gilman, Robert H. | Sage publications | 2019-02-06T14:52:38ZA 2-week study in rats identified target organs of oxfendazole toxicity to be bone marrow, epididymis, liver, spleen, testis, and thymus. Female rats had greater oxfendazole exposure and exhibited toxicities at lower doses than did males. Decrea[...]texto impreso
de Ferrari, Aldo ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Davila-Roman, Victor G. ; Leon-Velarde, Fabiola ; Rivera-Ch, Maria ; Huicho, Luis ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Wise, Robert A. ; Checkley, William | Elsevier | 2020-06-10T18:11:32ZBACKGROUND: Excessive erythrocytosis (EE) is a prevalent condition in populations living at high altitudes (> 2,500 m above sea level). Few large population-based studies have explored the association between EE and multiple subject-specific t[...]texto impreso
Yager, Jessica E. ; Lozano Beltran, Daniel F. ; Torrico, Faustino ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Bern, Caryn | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:52:34ZBACKGROUND: Though the incidence of new Trypanosoma cruzi infections has decreased significantly in endemic regions in the Americas, medical professionals continue to encounter a high burden of resulting Chagas disease among infected adults. The[...]texto impreso
Jaganath, Devan ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Wise, Robert A. ; Diette, Gregory B. ; Miele, Catherine H. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Checkley, William | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:53:35ZBACKGROUND: It is unclear how geographic and social diversity affects the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We sought to characterize the prevalence of COPD and identify risk factors across four settings in Peru with va[...]texto impreso
Patra, Kailash P. ; Saito, Mayuko ; Atluri, Vidya L. ; Rolan, Hortensia G. ; Young, Briana ; Kerrinnes, Tobias ; Smits, Henk ; Ricaldi, Jessica N. ; Gotuzzo, Eduardo ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Tsolis, Renee M. ; Vinetz, Joseph M. | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:16ZHuman brucellosis is most commonly diagnosed by serology based on agglutination of fixed Brucella abortus as antigen. Nucleic acid amplification techniques have not proven capable of reproducibly and sensitively demonstrating the presence of B[...]texto impreso
Proaño, Alvaro ; Bravard, Marjory A. ; Tracey, Brian H. ; López, José W. ; Comina, Germán ; Zimic, Mirko ; Coronel, Jorge ; Lee, Gwenyth O'Neil ; Caviedes, Luz ; Cabrera, Jose Luis ; Salas, Antonio ; Ticona, Eduardo ; Kirwan, Daniela E. ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Evans, Carlton A. ; Moore, David A. ; Gilman, Robert H. | BMJ Publishing Group | 2019-02-06T14:51:43ZINTRODUCTION: Cough is a key symptom of tuberculosis (TB) as well as the main cause of transmission. However, a recent literature review found that cough frequency (number of coughs per hour) in patients with TB has only been studied once, in 19[...]texto impreso
Halperin, Anthony ; Pajuelo, Monica ; Tornheim, Jeffrey A. ; Vu, Nancy ; Carnero, Andres M. ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Ferrufino, Lisbeth ; Camacho, Marilyn ; Justiniano, Juan ; Colanzi, Rony ; Bowman, Natalie M. ; Morris, Tiffany ; MacDougall, Hamish ; Bern, Caryn ; Moore, Steven T. ; Gilman, Robert H. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-02-06T14:45:34ZAutonomic dysfunction is common in Chagas disease and diabetes. Patients with either condition complicated by cardiac autonomic dysfunction face increased mortality, but no clinical predictors of autonomic dysfunction exist. Pupillary light refl[...]texto impreso
Datta, Sumona ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Montoya, Rosario ; Quevedo Cruz, Luz ; Valencia, Teresa ; Huff, Doug ; Saunders, Matthew J. ; Evans, Carlton A. | European Respiratory Society | 2020-07-14T00:01:06ZBACKGROUND: Global tuberculosis policy increasingly emphasises broad tuberculosis impacts and highlights the lack of evidence concerning tuberculosis-related quality of life (QOL). METHODS: Participants were recruited in 32 Peruvian communities [...]texto impreso
Meinzen, Christopher ; Proaño, Alvaro ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Caviedes, Luz ; Coronel, Jorge ; Zimic, Mirko ; Sheen, Patricia | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:45:55ZBACKGROUND: Pyrazinamide (PZA) is the most important drug against the latent stage of tuberculosis (TB) and is used in both first and second line treatment regimens. The continued increase in multi-drug resistant TB and the prevalence of PZA res[...]texto impreso
Wingfield, Tom ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Huff, Doug ; Boccia, Delia ; Montoya, Rosario ; Ramos, Eric ; Datta, Sumona ; Saunders, Matthew J. ; Lewis, James J. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | World Health Organization | 2019-01-25T15:02:14ZOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of socioeconomic support on tuberculosis preventive therapy initiation in household contacts of tuberculosis patients and on treatment success in patients. METHODS: A non-blinded, household-randomized, controlle[...]texto impreso
Martin, Laura J. ; Roper, Martha H. ; Grandjean, Louis ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Coronel, Jorge ; Caviedes, Luz ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Moore, David A. J. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:45:55ZBACKGROUND: Early identification of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) increases the likelihood of treatment success and interrupts transmission. Resource-constrained settings use risk profiling to ration the use of drug suscepti[...]texto impreso
Martin, Diana L. ; Marks, Morgan ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Goodhew, Brook ; Ferrufino, Lisbeth ; Halperin, Anthony ; Sanchez, Gerardo ; Verastegui, Manuela ; Escalante, Patricia ; Náquira, César ; Levy, Michael Z. ; Bern, Caryn | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2020-06-10T18:11:31ZChagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Central and South America. Geographic variations in the sensitivity of serologic diagnostic assays to T. cruzi may reflect differe[...]texto impreso
Lazo-Porras, Maria ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Ruiz-Alejos, Andrea ; Smeeth, Liam ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Malaga, German ; Jaime Miranda, J. | Elsevier | 2019-12-06T21:04:48ZAIMS: This study aimed (1) to estimate the prevalence of prediabetes according to different definitions, (2) to evaluate regression to normal glucose levels and progression towards T2DM, and (3) to determine factors associated with regression an[...]texto impreso
Lazo-Porras, Maria ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Ruiz-Alejos, Andrea ; Smeeth, Liam ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Malaga, German ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Elsevier | 2020-07-14T00:02:30ZAIMS: This study aimed to (1) estimate the prevalence of prediabetes according to different definitions, (2) evaluate regression to normal glucose levels and progression towards T2DM, and (3) determine factors associated with regression and prog[...]texto impreso
Burroughs Pena, Melissa ; Romero, Karina M. ; Velazquez, Eric J. ; Davila-Roman, Victor G. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Wise, Robert A. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Checkley, William | American Heart Association | 2019-02-06T14:52:36ZHousehold air pollution from biomass fuel use affects 3 billion people worldwide; however, few studies have examined the relationship between biomass fuel use and blood pressure. We sought to determine if daily biomass fuel use was associated w[...]texto impreso
O'Neal, Seth E. ; Moyano, Luz M. ; Ayvar, Viterbo ; Rodriguez, Silvia ; Gavidia, Cesar ; Wilkins, Patricia P. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gonzalez, Armando E. | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:17ZBACKGROUND: Taenia solium is a major cause of preventable epilepsy in developing nations. Screening and treatment of human intestinal stage infection (taeniasis) within high-risk foci may reduce transmission and prevent epilepsy by limiting hu[...]texto impreso
Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Medina-Lezama, Josefina ; Chirinos-Pacheco, Julio A. ; Muñoz-Retamozo, Paola V. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Checkley, William ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group | BMC | 2019-01-25T16:03:19ZBACKGROUND: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) represents a great burden for the patient and the health system, particularly if diagnosed at late stages. Consequently, tools to identify patients at high risk of having CKD are needed, particularly in l[...]texto impreso
Hilmers, Angela ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Gilman, Robert H. ; McDermott, Ann Y. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Springer | 2019-02-06T14:45:35ZTo investigate whether socioeconomic status (SES) and acculturation predict overweight/obesity risk as well as the mediating effect of physical activity (PA) in the context of internal migration. Cross-sectional study of 587 rural-to-urban migra[...]texto impreso
Saunders, Matthew J. ; Wingfield, Tom ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Baldwin, Matthew R. ; Datta, Sumona ; Zevallos, Karine ; Montoya, Rosario ; Valencia, Teresa R. ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Moulton, Larry H. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | Elsevier | 2019-01-25T15:02:14ZBACKGROUND: Contacts of tuberculosis index cases are at increased risk of developing tuberculosis. Screening, preventive therapy, and surveillance for tuberculosis are underused interventions in contacts, particularly adults. We developed a scor[...]texto impreso
Bui, Anthony L. ; Moscoso, Miguel G. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Checkley, William ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Miranda, J. Jaime | BMC | 2019-07-04T16:59:17ZBackground: Individuals' self-perceptions of weight often differ from objective measurements of body fat. This study aimed to 1) measure agreement between self-perceptions of weight and objective measurement of body fat by bioelectric impedance [...]texto impreso
Ruiz-Alejos, Andrea ; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio | Cambridge University Press | 2019-07-04T17:00:24ZOBJECTIVE: To determine the association between excess body fat, assessed by skinfold thickness, and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension (HT). DESIGN: Data from the ongoing PERU MIGRANT Study were analysed. The outc[...]texto impreso
Schwartz, Noah G. ; Rattner, Adi ; Schwartz, Alan R. ; Mokhlesi, Babak ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Checkley, William ; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group | Oxford University Press | 2019-02-06T14:53:40ZSTUDY OBJECTIVES: Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is a highly prevalent condition in high-income countries, with major consequences for cardiopulmonary health, public safety, healthcare utilization, and mortality. However, its prevalence and ef[...]texto impreso
Taype-Rondan, Álvaro ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Alvarado, German F. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Miranda, J. Jaime | BMC | 2019-01-25T16:03:20ZBACKGROUND: Previous studies have found mixed results about cigarette and alcohol consumption patterns among rural-to-urban migrants. Moreover, there are limited longitudinal data about consumption patterns in this population. As such, this stud[...]texto impreso
Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Saavedra-Garcia, Lorena ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Sacksteder, Katherine A. ; Diez-Canseco, Francisco ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio | MDPI | 2018-11-30T22:50:37ZDespite the negative effects of high sodium and low potassium consumption on cardiovascular health, their consumption has not been quantified in sites undergoing urbanization. We aimed to determine the sodium and potassium consumption in a semi-[...]texto impreso
Gravitt, Patti E. ; Marks, Morgan ; Kosek, Margaret ; Huang, Christine ; Cabrera, Lilia ; Olortegui, Maribel Paredes ; Medrano, Alberto Mejia ; Trigoso, Dixner R. ; Qureshi, Sarah ; Bardales, Gustavo S. ; Manrique-Hinojosa, Javier ; Cardenas, Albert Z. ; Larraondo, Manuel A. ; Cok, Jaime ; Qeadan, Fares ; Siracusa, Mark ; Gilman, Robert H. | Oxford University Press | 2019-02-06T14:57:40ZBACKGROUND: An ecological correlation between invasive cervical cancer incidence and burden of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) is hypothesized to explain the excess in detectable human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in Latin America, via a glo[...]texto impreso
Ruiz-Grosso, Paulo ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Walker, Blake Byron ; Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel ; Varela-Gaona, Marco ; Diez-Canseco, Francisco ; Huicho, Luis ; Checkley, William ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:52:12ZPURPOSE: To map the geographical distribution and spatial clustering of depressive symptoms cases in an area of Lima, Peru. METHODS: Presence of depressive symptoms suggesting a major depressive episode was assessed using a short version of the [...]texto impreso
Datta, Sumona ; Sherman, Jonathan M. ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Bravard, Marjory A. ; Valencia, Teresa ; Montoya, Rosario ; Quino, Willi ; D'Arcy, Nikki ; Ramos, Eric S. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | Oxford University Press | 2019-01-25T16:03:21ZBackground: Sputum from patients with tuberculosis contains subpopulations of metabolically active and inactive Mycobacterium tuberculosis with unknown implications for infectiousness. Methods: We assessed sputum microscopy with fluorescein diac[...]texto impreso
Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Bustos, Javier A. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Rodriguez, Silvia ; Zimic, Mirko ; Castillo, Yesenia ; Praet, Nicolas ; Gabriel, Sarah ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Dorny, Pierre | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-02-06T14:57:38ZTaenia solium cysticercosis is a common parasitic infection of humans and pigs. We evaluated the posttreatment evolution of circulating parasite-specific antigen titers in 693 consecutive blood samples from 50 naturally infected cysticercotic p[...]texto impreso
Kaplinski, Michelle ; Jois, Malasa ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Rendell, Victoria R. ; Shah, Vishal ; Do, Rose Q. ; Marcus, Rachel ; Pena, Melissa S. Burroughs ; Abastoflor, Maria Del Carmen ; LaFuente, Carlos ; Bozo, Ricardo ; Valencia, Edward ; Verastegui, Manuela ; Colanzi, Rony ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Bern, Caryn | Oxford University Press | 2019-02-06T14:52:17ZBACKGROUND: We studied women and their infants to evaluate risk factors for congenital transmission and cardiomyopathy in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected women. METHODS: Women provided data and blood for serology and quantitative polymerase chain rea[...]texto impreso
León-Janampa, Nancy ; Zimic, Mirko ; Shinkaruk, Svitlana ; Quispe-Marcatoma, J. ; Gutarra, Abel ; Le Bourdon, Gwénaëlle ; Gayot, Marion ; Changanaqui, Katherina ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Fouquet, Eric ; Sheen, Patricia ; Szlosek, Magali | IOP Publishing | 2020-07-14T00:02:31ZMycobacterium tuberculosis is the cause of one of the diseases with the highest mortality and morbidity rate in the Americas and in the world. In developing countries, the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is based on baciloscopy and bacteriologica[...]texto impreso
Garcia, Hector H. ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Gilman, Robert H. | American Society for Microbiology | 2020-07-14T00:01:11ZTaenia solium neurocysticercosis (NCC) is endemic in most of the world and contributes significantly to the burden of epilepsy and other neurological morbidity. Also present in developed countries because of immigration and travel, NCC is one of[...]texto impreso
Watts, Nathaniel S. ; Pajuelo, Monica ; Clark, Taryn ; Loader, Maria-Cristina I. ; Verastegui, Manuela R. ; Sterling, Charles ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gilman, Robert H. | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:20ZBACKGROUND: Neurocysticercosis is a leading cause of seizures and epilepsy in most of the world, and it occurs when Taenia solium larval cysts infect the central nervous system. T. solium tapeworm infection is endemic in much of Peru, but there[...]texto impreso
Iyengar, Meera F. ; Soto, Luis F. ; Requena, David ; Ruiz-Alejos, Andrea O. ; Huaylinos, Yvonne ; Velasquez, Ricardo ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Gilman, Robert H. | Elsevier | 2020-07-14T00:02:29ZAims: Explore potential of 31 tear biomarkers involved in screening for diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). Assess the utility of aesthesiometry for measuring corneal damage in DPN and determine optimal cutoff point for detecting DPN. Methods:[...]texto impreso
Grandjean, Louis ; Iwamoto, Tomotada ; Lithgow, Anna ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Arikawa, Kentaro ; Nakanishi, Noriko ; Martin, Laura ; Castillo, Edith ; Alarcon, Valentina ; Coronel, Jorge ; Solano, Walter ; Aminian, Minoo ; Guezala, Claudia ; Rastogi, Nalin ; Couvin, David ; Sheen, Patricia ; Zimic, Mirko ; Moore, David A. J. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:10ZBACKGROUND: The comparison of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterial genotypes with phenotypic, demographic, geospatial and clinical data improves our understanding of how strain lineage influences the development of drug-resistance and the sprea[...]texto impreso
Cardenas, Maria Kathia ; Mirelman, Andrew J. ; Galvin, Cooper J. ; Lazo-Porras, Maria ; Pinto, Miguel ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Gilman, Robert H. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:14ZBACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus is a public health challenge worldwide, and roughly 25% of patients with diabetes in developing countries will develop at least one foot ulcer during their lifetime. The gravest outcome of an ulcerated foot is amput[...]texto impreso
Rothstein, Jessica D. ; Caulfield, Laura E. ; Broaddus-Shea, Elena T. ; Muschelli, John ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Winch, Peter J. | Elsevier | 2019-07-04T16:59:16ZNO DISPONIBLEtexto impreso
Wingfield, Tom ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Huff, Doug ; Boccia, Delia ; Montoya, Rosario ; Ramos, Eric ; Lewis, James J. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | European Respiratory Society | 2019-02-06T14:48:08ZThe End TB Strategy mandates that no tuberculosis (TB)-affected households face catastrophic costs due to TB. However, evidence is limited to evaluate socioeconomic support to achieve this change in policy and practice. The objective of the pres[...]texto impreso
Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo ; Chou Chu, Lily ; Quispe-Machaca, Victor ; Ancca-Juarez, Jenny ; Malaga Chavez, Fernando S. ; Bastos Mazuelos, Milagros ; Náquira, César ; Bern, Caryn ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Levy, Michael Z. | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:53:12ZBACKGROUND: Chagas disease, a vector-borne disease transmitted by triatomine bugs and caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects millions of people in the Americas. In Arequipa, Peru, indoor residual insecticide spraying campaigns are rou[...]texto impreso
Quispe, Renato ; Benziger, Catherine P. ; Bazo-Alvarez, Juan Carlos ; Howe, Laura D. ; Checkley, William ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:45:58ZBACKGROUND: Variations in the distribution of cardiovascular disease and risk factors by socioeconomic status (SES) have been described in affluent societies, yet a better understanding of these patterns is needed for most low- and middle-incom[...]texto impreso
Knight, Gwenan M. ; Zimic, Mirko ; Funk, Sebastian ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Grandjean, Louis | The Royal Society | 2018-11-30T23:41:30ZThe relative fitness of drug-resistant versus susceptible bacteria in an environment dictates resistance prevalence. Estimates for the relative fitness of resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains are highly heterogeneous and mostly der[...]texto impreso
Wingfield, Tom ; Schumacher, Samuel G. ; Sandhu, Gurjinder ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Zevallos, Karine ; Baldwin, Matthew R. ; Montoya, Rosario ; Ramos, Eric S. ; Jongkaewwattana, Chulanee ; Lewis, James J. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Evans, Carlton A. | Oxford University Press | 2020-06-10T18:12:15ZBACKGROUND: Unlike other respiratory infections, tuberculosis diagnoses increase in summer. We performed an ecological analysis of this paradoxical seasonality in a Peruvian shantytown over 4 years. METHODS: Tuberculosis symptom-onset and diagn[...]texto impreso
Steinberg, Hannah E. ; Russo, Paul ; Angulo, Noelia ; Ynocente, Raúl ; Montoya, Cristina ; Diestra, Andrea ; Ferradas, Cusi ; Schiaffino, Francesca ; Florentini, Edgar ; Jimenez, Juan ; Calderón, Maritza ; Carruthers, Vern B. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Liotta, Lance ; Luchini, Alessandra | Elsevier | 2018-11-30T23:41:30ZDiagnosis of clinical toxoplasmosis remains a challenge, thus limiting the availability of human clinical samples. Though murine models are an approximation of human response, their definitive infection status and tissue availability make them c[...]texto impreso
Messenger, Louisa A. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Verastegui, Manuela ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Sanchez, Gerardo ; Valencia, Edward ; Sanchez, Leny ; Malaga, Edith ; Rendell, Victoria R. ; Jois, Malasa ; Shah, Vishal ; Santos, Nicole ; Abastoflor, Maria Del Carmen ; LaFuente, Carlos ; Colanzi, Rony ; Bozo, Ricardo ; Bern, Caryn | Oxford University Press | 2019-01-25T16:03:22ZBackground: Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi transmission is now estimated to account for 22% of new infections, representing a significant public health problem across Latin America and internationally. Treatment during infancy is highly efficaciou[...]texto impreso
Miranda, J. Jaime ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Diez-Canseco, Francisco ; Malaga, German ; Cárdenas, María K. ; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Lazo-Porras, Maria ; Moscoso-Porras, Miguel ; Pesantes, M. Amalia ; Ponce, Vilarmina ; Araya, Ricardo ; Beran, David ; Busse, Peter ; Boggio, Oscar ; Checkley, William ; García, Patricia J. ; Huicho, Luis ; Leon-Velarde, Fabiola ; Lescano, Andres G. ; Mohr, David-C. ; Pan, William ; Peiris, David ; Perel, Pablo ; Rabadan-Diehl, Cristina ; Rivera-Chira, Maria ; Sacksteder, Katherine ; Smeeth, Liam ; Trujillo, Antonio J. ; Wells, Jonathan C. K. ; Yan, Lijing-L. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gilman, Robert H. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:51:22ZHuman capital requires opportunities to develop and capacity to overcome challenges, together with an enabling environment that fosters critical and disruptive innovation. Exploring such features is necessary to establish the foundation of solid[...]texto impreso
Bloomfield, Gerald S. ; Xavier, Denis ; Belis, Deshiree ; Alam, Dewan ; Davis, Patricia ; Dorairaj, Prabhakaran ; Ghannem, Hassen ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Kamath, Deepak ; Kimaiyo, Sylvester ; Levitt, Naomi ; Martinez, Homero ; Mejicano, Gabriela ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Koehlmoos, Tracey Perez ; Rabadan-Diehl, Cristina ; Ramirez-Zea, Manuel ; Rubinstein, Adolfo ; Sacksteder, Katherine A. ; Steyn, Krisela ; Tandon, Nikhil ; Vedanthan, Rajesh ; Wolbach, Tracy ; Wu, Yangfeng ; Yan, Lijing L. | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:51:17ZStemming the tide of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide requires a multipronged approach. Although much attention has been paid to disease control measures, there is relatively little consideration of the importance of training the next [...]texto impreso
Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Smeeth, Liam ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group | BMJ Publishing Group | 2018-11-30T23:41:30ZBACKGROUND: Studies have reported the incidence/risk of becoming obese, but few have described the trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) over time, especially in low/middle-income countries. We assessed the trajector[...]texto impreso
Grandjean, Louis ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Martin, Laura ; Soto, Esther ; Castro, Beatriz ; Lopez, Sonia ; Coronel, Jorge ; Castillo, Edith ; Alarcon, Valentina ; Lopez, Virginia ; San Miguel, Angela ; Quispe, Neyda ; Asencios, Luis ; Dye, Christopher ; Moore, David A. J. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:08ZBACKGROUND: The "fitness" of an infectious pathogen is defined as the ability of the pathogen to survive, reproduce, be transmitted, and cause disease. The fitness of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) relative to drug-susceptible tuberc[...]texto impreso
Ballard, Sarah-Blythe ; Saito, Mayuko ; Mirelman, Andrew J. ; Bern, Caryn ; Gilman, Robert H. | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins | 2019-02-06T14:52:18ZPURPOSE OF REVIEW: We highlight recent advances relevant to understanding norovirus infections in the tropics, both in populations living in developing settings and travelers to these regions. RECENT FINDINGS: Because of the decrease in diarrhea[...]texto impreso
Rendell, Victoria R. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Valencia, Edward ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Verastegui, Manuela ; Sanchez, Leny ; Acosta, Janet ; Sanchez, Gerardo ; Ferrufino, Lisbeth ; LaFuente, Carlos ; Abastoflor, Maria Del Carmen ; Colanzi, Rony ; Bern, Caryn | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:12ZBACKGROUND: Congenital transmission is a major source of new Trypanosoma cruzi infections, and as vector and blood bank control continue to improve, the proportion due to congenital infection will grow. A major unanswered question is why report[...]texto impreso
Noazin, Sassan ; Lee, Jessica A. ; Malaga, Edith S. ; Ayala, Edward Valencia ; Condori, Beth J. ; Roca, Cristian ; Lescano, Andres G. ; Bern, Caryn ; Castillo, Walter ; Mayta, Holger ; Menduiña, Maria Carmen ; Verastegui, Manuela R. ; Tinajeros, Freddy ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Chagas Working Group in Bolivia and Peru | Oxford University Press | 2018-12-03T17:02:50ZBackground: Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi accounts for an estimated 22% of new cases in Latin America. However, neonatal diagnosis is challenging, as 9-month follow-up for IgG testing is poor, qPCR is not routinely performed, and micromethod miss[...]texto impreso
Nadimpalli, Maya L. ; Marks, Sara J. ; Montealegre, Maria Camila ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Pajuelo, Monica J. ; Saito, Mayuko ; Tsukayama, Pablo ; Njenga, Sammy M. ; Kiiru, John ; Swarthout, Jenna ; Islam, Mohammad Aminul ; Julian, Timothy R. ; Pickering, Amy J. | Nature Research | 2020-07-14T00:02:35ZAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health challenge that is expected to disproportionately burden lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the coming decades. Although the contributions of human and veterinary antibiotic mis[...]texto impreso
Gaviola, Chelsea ; Miele, Catherine H. ; Wise, Robert A. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Jaganath, Devan ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Hansel, Nadia N. ; Checkley, William | BMJ Publishing Group | 2019-02-06T14:57:42ZBACKGROUND: Urbanisation is an important contributor to the prevalence of asthma worldwide, and the burden of this effect in low-income and middle-income countries undergoing rapid industrialisation appears to be growing. We sought to characte[...]texto impreso
Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Narvaez-Guerra, Offdan ; Herrera-Enriquez, Karela ; Medina-Lezama, Josefina ; Smeeth, Liam ; Checkley, William ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio | Mary Ann Liebert | 2019-12-06T20:57:49ZBackground: Kidney health needs to be studied in low- and middle-income countries with populations living at high altitude and undergoing urbanization. We studied whether greater level of urbanization was associated with worse kidney function a[...]texto impreso
Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Narvaez-Guerra, Offdan ; Herrera-Enriquez, Karela ; Medina-Lezama, Josefina ; Smeeth, Liam ; Checkley, William ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio | Mary Ann Liebert | 2019-07-04T17:01:22ZCarrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M., J. Jaime Miranda, Robert H. Gilman, Offdan Narvaez-Guerra, Karela Herrera-Enriquez, Josefina Medina-Lezama, Liam Smeeth, William Checkley, and Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz; on behalf of the CRONICAS Cohort Study Group. Urban[...]texto impreso
Miele, Catherine H. ; Jaganath, Devan ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Johnson, Caroline M. ; Diette, Gregory B. ; Wise, Robert A. ; Checkley, William | Taylor & Francis | 2019-02-06T14:52:17ZOBJECTIVE: Risk factors beyond tobacco smoking associated with chronic bronchitis are not well understood. We sought to describe the prevalence and risk factors of chronic bronchitis across four distinct settings in Peru with overall low prevale[...]texto impreso
Lazo-Porras, Maria ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Quispe, Renato ; Malaga, German ; Smeeth, Liam ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group | Elsevier | 2019-01-25T16:20:55ZBACKGROUND: Geographical and environmental features such as urbanization and altitude may influence individual's lipid profiles because of the diversity of human-environment interactions including lifestyles. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the assoc[...]texto impreso
Paris, Luisa ; Magni, Ruben ; Zaidi, Fatima ; Araujo, Robyn ; Saini, Neal ; Harpole, Michael ; Coronel, Jorge ; Kirwan, Daniela E. ; Steinberg, Hannah ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Petricoin, Emanuel F. ; Nisini, Roberto ; Luchini, Alessandra ; Liotta, Lance | American Association for the Advancement of Sience | 2019-01-25T16:20:55ZAn accurate urine test for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), affecting 9.6 million patients worldwide, is critically needed for surveillance and treatment management. Past attempts failed to reliably detect the mycobacterial glycan antigen lipoarabin[...]texto impreso
Castro-Sesquen, Yagahira E. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Mejia, Carolina ; Clark, Daniel E. ; Choi, Jeong ; Reimer-McAtee, Melissa J. ; Castro, Rosario ; Valencia-Ayala, Edward ; Flores, Jorge ; Bowman, Natalie ; Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo ; Torrico, Faustino ; Liotta, Lance ; Bern, Caryn ; Luchini, Alessandra | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:45:11ZBACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of reactivated Chagas disease in HIV patients could be lifesaving. In Latin America, the diagnosis is made by microscopical detection of the T. cruzi parasite in the blood; a diagnostic test that lacks sensitivity. T[...]texto impreso
Castro-Sesquen, Yagahira E. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Ferrufino, Lisbeth ; Sanchez, Gerardo ; Valencia Ayala, Edward ; Liotta, Lance ; Bern, Caryn ; Luchini, Alessandra | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:17ZBACKGROUND: Detection of congenital T. cruzi transmission is considered one of the pillars of control programs of Chagas disease. Congenital transmission accounts for 25% of new infections with an estimated 15,000 infected infants per year. Cur[...]