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Benavides, J.A. ; Velasco-Villa, A. ; Godino, L.C. ; Satheshkumar, P.S. ; Ruby, N. ; Rojas-Paniagua, E. ; Shiva, C. ; Falcón, N. ; Streicker, D.G. | Public Library of Science | 2020-12-14T16:06:07ZRabies virus infections normally cause universally lethal encephalitis across mammals. However, ‘abortive infections’ which are resolved prior to the onset of lethal disease have been described in bats and a variety of non-reservoir species. Her[...]![]()
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Fernandez-Arias, Marta ; Acuna-Villaorduna, Ana ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Diez-Canseco, Francisco ; Malaga, German | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:20ZOBJECTIVE: To characterize adherence to pharmacological medication and beliefs towards medication in a group of patients with hypertension in a large national hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Cross-sectional survey among patients with hypertensi[...]![]()
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Ruiz-Linares, Andrés ; Adhikari, Kaustubh ; Acuna-Alonzo, Victor ; Quinto-Sanchez, Mirsha ; Jaramillo, Claudia ; Arias, William ; Fuentes, Macarena ; Pizarro, Maria ; Everardo, Paola ; de Avila, Francisco ; Gomez-Valdes, Jorge ; Leon-Mimila, Paola ; Hunemeier, Tabita ; Ramallo, Virginia ; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C. ; Burley, Mari-Wyn ; Konca, Esra ; de Oliveira, Marcelo Zagonel ; Veronez, Mauricio Roberto ; Rubio-Codina, Marta ; Attanasio, Orazio ; Gibbon, Sahra ; Ray, Nicolas ; Gallo, Carla ; Poletti, Giovanni ; Rosique, Javier ; Schuler-Faccini, Lavinia ; Salzano, Francisco M. ; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira ; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel ; Rothhammer, Francisco ; Bedoya, Gabriel ; Balding, David ; González-José, Rolando | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:16ZThe current genetic makeup of Latin America has been shaped by a history of extensive admixture between Africans, Europeans and Native Americans, a process taking place within the context of extensive geographic and social stratification. We est[...]![]()
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Accinelli, Roberto Alfonso ; Leon-Abarca, Juan Alonso | Public Library of Science | 2020-07-14T00:00:52ZBACKGROUND: A Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES, for Encuesta Demografica y de Salud Familiar in Spanish) is carried out annually in Peru. Based on it, the anemia prevalence was 43.6% in 2016 and 43.8% in 2017 using the WHO cutoff valu[...]![]()
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Ramos-Sono, D. ; Laureano, R. ; Rueda, D. ; Gilman, R.H. ; Rosa, A.L. ; Ruiz, J. ; León, R. ; Sheen, P. ; Zimic, M. | Public Library of Science | 2020-12-14T16:10:06ZTuberculosis (TB) is a major global public health problem with high mortality and morbidity. In low-middle income countries (LMIC) a large number of respiratory symptomatic cases that require TB screening per year demands more accurate, fast and[...]![]()
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Saldarriaga, Omar-A. ; Castellanos-Gonzalez, Alejandro ; Porrozzi, Renato ; Baldeviano, Gerald-C. ; Lescano, Andres-G. ; de-Los-Santos, Maxy-B. ; Fernandez, Olga-L. ; Saravia, Nancy-G. ; Costa, Erika ; Melby, Peter-C. ; Travi, Bruno-L. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:45:58ZCutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis is widely distributed in Central and South America. Leishmania of the Viannia subgenus are the most frequent species infecting humans. L. (V.) braziliensis, L. (V.) panamensis are also responsible for metastat[...]![]()
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Sanchez Clemente, Nuria ; Ugarte-Gil, Cesar ; Solorzano, Nelson ; Maguina, Ciro ; Moore, David | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-22T14:55:02ZBackground Bartonellosis affects small Andean communities in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. Research in this area has been limited. Methods Retrospective review of 191 cases of bartonellosis managed in Caraz District Hospital, Peru, during the last[...]![]()
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Schwarz, Alexandra ; Medrano-Mercado, Nora ; Schaub, Gunter A. ; Struchiner, Claudio J. ; Bargues, M. Dolores ; Levy, Michael Z. ; Ribeiro, Jose M. C. | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:17ZBACKGROUND: Triatoma infestans is the main vector of Chagas disease in South America. As in all hematophagous arthropods, its saliva contains a complex cocktail that assists blood feeding by preventing platelet aggregation and blood clotting an[...]![]()
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Oliveira, Larissa Rosa de ; Gehara, Marcelo C. M. ; Fraga, Lúcia D. ; Lopes, Fernando ; Túnez, Juan Ignacio ; Cassini, Marcelo H. ; Majluf, Patricia ; Cardenas-Alayza, Susana ; Pavés, Héctor J. ; Crespo, Enrique Alberto ; García, Nestor ; Loizaga de Castro, Rocío ; Hoelzel, A. Rus ; Sepúlveda, Maritza ; Olavarría, Carlos ; Valiati, Victor Hugo ; Quiñones, Renato ; Pérez-Alvarez, Maria Jose ; Ott, Paulo Henrique ; Bonatto, Sandro L. | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T15:02:17ZThe South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) is widely distributed along the southern Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America with a history of significant commercial exploitation. We aimed to evaluate the population genetic structure an[...]![]()
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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[...]![]()
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Flecker, Robert H. ; Pray, Ian W. ; Santivanez, Saul J. ; Ayvar, Viterbo ; Gamboa, Ricardo ; Muro, Claudio ; Moyano, Luz Maria ; Benavides, Victor ; Garcia, Hector H. ; O'Neal, Seth E. | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T15:02:18ZBACKGROUND: Taenia solium inflicts substantial neurologic disease and economic losses on rural communities in many developing nations. "Ring-strategy" is a control intervention that targets treatment of humans and pigs among clusters of househol[...]![]()
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Ruiz-Grosso, P. ; Cachay, R. ; de la Flor, A. ; Schwalb, A. ; Ugarte-Gil, C. | Public Library of Science | 2020-12-14T16:10:09ZBackground Depression is a common comorbidity of tuberculosis (TB) and is associated with poor adherence to treatment of multiple disorders. We conducted a systematic review to synthesize the existing evidence on the relationship between depress[...]![]()
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Barrios, Y.V. ; Gelaye, B. ; Zhong, Q. ; Nicolaidis, C. ; Rondon, M.B. ; Garcia, P.J. ; Mascaro Sanchez, P.A. ; Sánchez, S.E. ; Williams, M.A. | Public Library of Science | 2019-04-24T18:23:55ZObjective: We examined associations of childhood physical and sexual abuse with risk of intimate partner violence (IPV). We also evaluated the extent to which childhood abuse was associated with self-reported general health status and symptoms o[...]![]()
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Machicado, Claudia ; Machicado, Jorge-D. ; Maco, Vicente ; Terashima, Angélica ; Marcos, Luis-A. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:45:37ZBACKGROUND: Fascioliasis has been sporadically associated with chronic liver disease on previous studies. In order to describe the current evidence, we carried out a systematic review to assess the association between fascioliasis with liver fib[...]![]()
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Folayan, Morenike-Oluwatoyin ; Harrison, Abigail ; Brown, Brandon ; Odetoyinbo, Morolake ; Stockman, Jamila-K. ; Ajuwon, Ademola-J. ; Caceres, Carlos-F. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:45:13ZOBJECTIVES: Some individuals experience their first sexual intercourse through physically forced sex, which affects the way they experience and cope with stress. We examined differences in sexual risk behavior, experience of stressors, and use o[...]![]()
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De Lucia Rolfe, Emanuella ; de França, Giovanny Vinícius Araújo ; Vianna, Carolina Avila ; Gigante, Denise P. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Yudkin, John S. ; Horta, Bernardo Lessa ; Ong, Ken K. | Public Library of Science | 2018-11-30T02:09:30ZEarly life stunting may have long-term effects on body composition, resulting in obesity-related comorbidities. We tested the hypothesis that individuals stunted in early childhood may be at higher cardiometabolic risk later in adulthood. 1753 m[...]![]()
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López de la Lama, Rocío ; de la Puente, Santiago ; Riveros, Juan Carlos | Public Library of Science | 2018-11-30T02:09:30ZMisconceptions, lack of knowledge, and negative attitudes towards sharks act as barriers preventing actions required to tackle threats to shark populations, limiting the success of global shark conservation initiatives. Peru, a major player for [...]![]()
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de Ferrari, Aldo ; Gentille, Cesar ; Davalos, Long ; Huayanay, Leandro ; Malaga, German | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:19ZBACKGROUND: The interaction between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry influences physicians' attitudes and prescribing behavior. Although largely studied in the US, this topic has not been well studied in resource-poor settings, where a[...]![]()
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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[...]![]()
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Gracia Pacheco, Pablo de ; Gallego Collado, Beatriz Isabel ; Rojas López, María Blanca ; Ramírez Sebastián, Ana Isabel ; Hoz Montañana, María Rosa de ; Salazar Corral, Juan José ; Triviño Casado, Alberto ; Ramirez Sebastian, Jose Manuel | Public Library of Science | 2015-11-18Proliferation of microglial cells has been considered a sign of glial activation and a hallmark of ongoing neurodegenerative diseases. Microglia activation is analyzed in animal models of different eye diseases. Numerous retinal samples are requ[...]![]()
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Lopez-Garnier, Santiago ; Sheen, Patricia ; Zimic, Mirko | Public Library of Science | 2019-07-04T16:59:21ZTuberculosis is an infectious disease that causes ill health and death in millions of people each year worldwide. Timely diagnosis and treatment is key to full patient recovery. The Microscopic Observed Drug Susceptibility (MODS) is a test to d[...]![]()
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Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that causes ill health and death in millions of people each year worldwide. Timely diagnosis and treatment is key to full patient recovery. The Microscopic Observed Drug Susceptibility (MODS) is a test to di[...]![]()
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Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo ; Brown, Joanna ; Borrini, Katty ; Arevalo, Claudia ; Levy, Michael Z. ; Buttenheim, Alison ; Hunter, Gabrielle C. ; Becerra, Victor ; Behrman, Jere ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T15:02:19ZBACKGROUND: Canine rabies was reintroduced to the city of Arequipa, Peru in March 2015. The Ministry of Health has conducted a series of mass dog vaccination campaigns to contain the outbreak, but canine rabies virus transmission continues in Ar[...]![]()
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Ammar, N. ; Aly, N.M. ; Folayan, M.O. ; Khader, Y. ; Virtanen, J.I. ; Al-Batayneh, O.B. ; Mohebbi, S.Z. ; Attia, S. ; Howaldt, H.-P. ; Boettger, S. ; Maharani, D.A. ; Rahardjo, A. ; Khan, I. ; Madi, M. ; Rashwan, M. ; Pavlic, V. ; Cicmil, S. ; Choi, Y.-H. ; Joury, E. ; Castillo, J.L. ; Noritake, K. ; Shamala, A. ; Galluccio, G. ; Polimeni, A. ; Phantumvanit, P. ; Mancino, D. ; Kim, J.-B. ; Abdelsalam, M.M. ; Arheiam, A. ; Dama, M.A. ; Nyan, M. ; Hussein, I. ; Alkeshan, M.M. ; Vukovic, A.P. ; Iandolo, A. ; Kemoli, A.M. ; El Tantawi, M. | Public Library of Science | 2020-12-14T16:06:01ZObjective COVID-19 pandemic led to major life changes. We assessed the psychological impact of COVID-19 on dental academics globally and on changes in their behaviors. Methods We invited dental academics to complete a cross-sectional, online sur[...]![]()
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Castillo-Neyraid, R. ; Buttenheim, A.M. ; Brown, J. ; Ferraraid, J.F. ; Arevalo-Nietoid, C. ; Borrini-Mayorí, K. ; Levy, M.Z. ; Becerra, V. ; Paz-Soldan, V.A. | Public Library of Science | 2020-12-14T16:06:15ZA canine rabies epidemic started in early 2015 in Arequipa, Peru and the rabies virus continues to circulate in the dog population. Some city residents who suffer dog bites do not seek care or do not complete indicated post-exposure prophylaxis [...]