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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
Rodelo-Haad, Cristian ; Agüera, María Luisa ; Carmona, Andrés ; Navarro, María Dolores ; Carracedo, Julia ; Rodríguez-Benot, Alberto ; Aljama, Pedro | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-22Pancreatic autoantibodies (AAb) has been associated with a worse pancreas graft survival after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK). However, due to the variable time for AAb to become positive and the lack of early biomarkers sugg[...]texto impreso
Llopis, Silvia ; Hernández Haro, Carolina ; Monteoliva Díaz, Lucía ; Querol, Amparo ; Molina, María ; Fernández Espinar, María T. | Public Library of Science | 2014-05-30Saccharomyces cerevisiae plays a beneficial role in health because of its intrinsic nutritional value and bio-functional properties, which is why it is also used as a dietary supplement. However, the perception that S. cerevisiae is harmless has[...]texto impreso
Lackey, Brian ; Seas, Carlos ; Van der Stuyft, Patrick ; Otero, Larissa | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:10ZBACKGROUND: Although tuberculosis (TB) is usually curable with antibiotics, poor adherence to medication can lead to increased transmission, drug resistance, and death. Prior research has shown several factors to be associated with poor adhere[...]texto impreso
Prochazka, Mateo ; Otero, Larissa ; Konda, Kelika A. ; González-Lagos, Elsa ; Echevarria, Juan ; Gotuzzo, Eduardo | Public Library of Science | 2018-06-18T15:26:48ZPatient-nominated supporters can potentially improve the continuum of HIV care. We retrospectively determined factors associated with having a patient-nominated supporter among people living with HIV (PLWH), and its association with retention in[...]texto impreso
Erber, Astrid C. ; Arana, Byron ; Ben Salah, Afif ; Bennis, Issam ; Boukthir, Aicha ; Castro Noriega, Maria Del Mar ; Cissé, Mamoudou ; Cota, Gláucia Fernandes ; Handjani, Farhad ; López-Carvajal, Liliana ; Marsh, Kevin ; Medina, Dalila Martínez ; Plugge, Emma ; Lang, Trudie ; Olliaro, Piero | Public Library of Science | 2020-07-14T00:01:09ZBACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a disease that often affects exposed skin areas and may heal leaving lifelong scars. Patients' expectations from treatment are rarely considered in drug development for CL. An initiative aiming to addr[...]texto impreso
Pascual Ezama, David ; Dunfield, Derek ; Gil-Gómez de Liaño, Beatriz ; Prelec, Drazen | Public Library of Science | 2015-04-08Recent empirical evidence shows that working in an unsupervised, isolated situation under competition, can increase dishonest behavior to achieve prestige. However, could working in a common space, in the presence of colleagues affect cheating? [...]texto impreso
BACKGROUND: Behavior change theories can identify people's main motivations to engage in recommended health practices and thus provide better tools to design interventions, particularly human centered design interventions. OBJECTIVES: This study[...]texto impreso
Vidal, E. Jair ; Alvarez, Daily ; Martinez-Velarde, Dalia ; Vidal-Damas, Lorena ; Yuncar-Rojas, Kelly A. ; Julca-Malca, Alesia ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio | Public Library of Science | 2018-11-30T22:50:35ZOBJECTIVES: Different studies have reported the association between perceived stress and unhealthy diet choices. We aimed to determine whether there is a relationship between perceived stress and fat intake among undergraduate medical students. [...]texto impreso
Albino, Sandra ; Tabb, Karen M. ; Requena, David ; Egoavil, Miguel ; Pineros-Leano, Maria F. ; Zunt, Joseph R. ; García, Patricia J. | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:17ZBACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is global health concern and a leading infectious cause of mortality. Reversing TB incidence and disease-related mortality is a major global health priority. Infectious disease mortality is directly linked to failu[...]texto impreso
Cangalaya, Carla ; Bustos, Javier-A. ; Calcina, Juan ; Vargas-Calla, Ana ; Suarez, Diego ; Gonzalez, Armando-E. ; Chacaltana, Juan ; Guerra-Giraldez, Cristina ; Mahanty, Siddhartha ; Nash, Theodore-E. ; Garcia, Hector-H. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:45:11ZBACKGROUND: Disease manifestations in neurocysticercosis (NCC) are frequently due to inflammation of degenerating Taenia solium brain cysts. Exacerbated inflammation post anthelmintic treatment is associated with leakage of the blood brain barr[...]texto impreso
Koepfli, Cristian ; Rodrigues, Priscila T. ; Antao, Tiago ; Orjuela-Sanchez, Pamela ; Van den Eede, Peter ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; van Hong, Nguyen ; Bendezu, Jorge ; Erhart, Annette ; Barnadas, Celine ; Ratsimbasoa, Arsene ; Menard, Didier ; Severini, Carlo ; Menegon, Michela ; Nour, Bakri Y. M. ; Karunaweera, Nadira ; Mueller, Ivo ; Ferreira, Marcelo U. ; Felger, Ingrid | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:10ZPlasmodium vivax is the geographically most widespread human malaria parasite. To analyze patterns of microsatellite diversity and population structure across countries of different transmission intensity, genotyping data from 11 microsatellite [...]texto impreso
Pham, Thanh Vinh ; Nguyen, Hong Van ; Aguirre, Angel Rosas ; Nguyen, Van Van ; A Cleves, Mario ; Nguyen, Xa Xuan ; Nguyen, Thao Thanh ; Tran, Duong Thanh ; Le, Hung Xuan ; Hens, Niel ; Rosanas-Urgell, Anna ; D'Alessandro, Umberto ; Speybroeck, Niko ; Erhart, Annette | Public Library of Science | 2019-07-04T17:00:20ZBACKGROUND: In Vietnam, the importance of vivax malaria relative to falciparum during the past decade has steadily increased to 50%. This, together with the spread of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, is a major challenge for malaria el[...]texto impreso
Pham, T.V. ; Van Nguyen, H. ; Aguirre, A.R. ; Van Nguyen, V. ; Cleves, M.A. ; Nguyen, X.X. ; Nguyen, T.T. ; Tran, D.T. ; Le, H.X. ; Hens, N. ; Rosanas-Urgell, A. ; D’alessandro, U. ; Speybroeck, N. ; Erhart, A. | Public Library of Science | 2019-12-06T21:02:52ZBackground In Vietnam, the importance of vivax malaria relative to falciparum during the past decade has steadily increased to 50%. This, together with the spread of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, is a major challenge for malaria eli[...]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
Castano, A. G. ; de Nanclares, G. P. ; Madariaga, L. ; Aguirre, M. ; Madrid, A. ; Chocron, S. ; Nadal, I. ; Navarro, M. ; Lucas, E. ; Fijo, J. ; Espino, M. ; Espitaletta, Z. ; Nieto, V. G. ; de Frutos, D. B. ; Loza, R. ; Pintos, G. ; Castaño, L. ; Ariceta, G. ; RenalTube Group | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T16:36:29ZIntroduction Type III Bartter syndrome (BS) is an autosomal recessive renal tubule disorder caused by loss-of-function mutations in the CLCNKB gene, which encodes the chloride channel protein ClC-Kb. In this study, we carried out a complete clin[...]texto impreso
Delgado-Ratto, Christopher ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Soto-Calle, Veronica-E. ; Van-den-Eede, Peter ; Torres, Eliana ; Sanchez-Martinez, Luis ; Contreras-Mancilla, Juan ; Rosanas-Urgell, Anna ; Rodriguez-Ferrucci, Hugo ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Erhart, Annette ; Van-Geertruyden, Jean-Pierre ; D'Alessandro, Umberto | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:45:12ZBACKGROUND: Characterizing the parasite dynamics and population structure provides useful information to understand the dynamic of transmission and to better target control interventions. Despite considerable efforts for its control, vivax malar[...]texto impreso
Sikora, Martin ; Carpenter, Meredith L. ; Moreno-Estrada, Andres ; Henn, Brenna M. ; Underhill, Peter A. ; Sanchez-Quinto, Federico ; Zara, Ilenia ; Pitzalis, Maristella ; Sidore, Carlo ; Busonero, Fabio ; Maschio, Andrea ; Angius, Andrea ; Jones, Chris ; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier ; Nekhrizov, Georgi ; Dimitrova, Diana ; Theodossiev, Nikola ; Harkins, Timothy T. ; Keller, Andreas ; Maixner, Frank ; Zink, Albert ; Abecasis, Goncalo ; Sanna, Serena ; Cucca, Francesco ; Bustamante, Carlos D. | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:16ZGenome sequencing of the 5,300-year-old mummy of the Tyrolean Iceman, found in 1991 on a glacier near the border of Italy and Austria, has yielded new insights into his origin and relationship to modern European populations. A key finding of th[...]texto impreso
Khatchikian, Camilo E. ; Foley, Erica A. ; Barbu, Corentin M. ; Hwang, Josephine ; Ancca-Juarez, Jenny ; Borrini-Mayori, Katty ; Quispe-Machaca, Victor R. ; Náquira, César ; Brisson, Dustin ; Levy, Michael Z. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:10ZChagas disease is a vector-borne disease endemic in Latin America. Triatoma infestans, a common vector of this disease, has recently expanded its range into rapidly developing cities of Latin America. We aim to identify the environmental featu[...]texto impreso
Mahanty, Siddhartha ; Orrego, Miguel Angel ; Mayta, Holger ; Marzal, Miguel ; Cangalaya, Carla ; Paredes, Adriana ; Gonzales-Gustavson, Eloy ; Arroyo, Gianfranco ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Guerra-Giraldez, Cristina ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Nash, Theodore E. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:10ZCysticidal treatment of neurocysticercosis, an infection of humans and pig brains with Taenia solium, results in an early inflammatory response directed to cysts causing seizures and focal neurological manifestations. Treatment-induced pericysti[...]texto impreso
Marco López, Eva María ; Rapino, Cinzia ; Caprioli, Antonio ; Borsini, Franco ; Laviola, Giovanni ; Maccarrone, Mauro | Public Library of Science | 2015-09-11Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric diseases with high personal costs and a remarkable socio-economic burden. However, current treatment of anxiety is far from satisfactory. Novel pharmacological targets have emerged in th[...]texto impreso
Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. ; Morrison, Amy C. ; Sopheab, Heng ; Schwarz, Julia ; Bauer, Karin M. ; Mckenney, Jennie L. ; Chhea, Chhorvann ; Saphonn, Vonthanak ; Khuon, Dyna ; Hontz, Robert D. ; Gorbach, Pamina M. | Public Library of Science | 2019-12-06T21:02:53ZIn 2012, the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency Joint Science and Technology Office initiated a program to develop novel point-of-need diagnostic devices for surveillance of emerging infectious diseases including dengue, malaria, plague, and [...]texto impreso
Supo-Escalante, R.R. ; Médico, A. ; Gushiken, E. ; Olivos-Ramírez, G.E. ; Quispe, Y. ; Torres, F. ; Zamudio, M. ; Antiparra, R. ; Mario Amzel, L. ; Gilman, R.H. ; Sheen, P. ; Zimic, M. | Public Library of Science | 2020-12-14T16:10:16ZBackground: Pyrazinamide is an important drug against the latent stage of tuberculosis and is used in both first- and second-line treatment regimens. Pyrazinamide-susceptibility test usually takes a week to have a diagnosis to guide initial ther[...]texto impreso
Rovira-Vallbona, Eduard ; Contreras-Mancilla, Juan José ; Ramirez, Roberson ; Guzmán-Guzmán, Mitchel ; Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Vinetz, Joseph M. ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Rosanas-Urgell, Anna | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T15:28:08ZMalaria transmission requires that Anopheles mosquitoes ingest Plasmodium gametocyte stages circulating in the human bloodstream. In the context of malaria elimination, understanding the epidemiology of gametocytes relative to all Plasmodium inf[...]texto impreso
Alroy, K.A. ; Huang, C. ; Gilman, R.H. ; Quispe-Machaca, V.R. ; Marks, M.A. ; Ancca-Juarez, J. ; Hillyard, M. ; Verastegui, M. ; Sanchez, G. ; Cabrera, L. ; Vidal, E. ; Billig, E.M.W. ; Cama, V.A. ; Naquira, C. ; Bern, C. ; Levy, M.Z. ; Working Group on Chagas Disease in Peru | Public Library of Science | 2019-04-24T18:23:55ZVector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi is seen exclusively in the Americas where an estimated 8 million people are infected with the parasite. Significant research in southern Peru has been conducted to understand T. cruzi infection and [...]