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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[...]