Información de la editorial
Public Library of Science |
Documentos disponibles de esta editorial (243)
![](./images/expand_all.gif)
![](./images/collapse_all.gif)
![]()
texto impreso
Villegas, Leonela ; Otero, Larissa ; Sterling, Timothy-R. ; Huaman, Moises-A. ; Van-der-Stuyft, Patrick ; Gotuzzo, Eduardo ; Seas, Carlos | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:48:07ZBACKGROUND: Isoniazid and rifampicin are the two most efficacious first-line agents for tuberculosis (TB) treatment. We assessed the prevalence of isoniazid and rifampicin mono-resistance, associated risk factors, and the association of mono-res[...]![]()
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
Zamudio, Carlos ; Krapp, Fiorella ; Choi, Howard W. ; Shah, Lena ; Ciampi, Antonio ; Gotuzzo, Eduardo ; Heymann, Jody ; Seas, Carlos ; Brewer, Timothy F. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:12ZBACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) transmission may occur with exposure to an infectious contact often in the setting of household environments, but extra-domiciliary transmission also may happen. We evaluated if using buses and/or minibuses as publi[...]![]()
texto impreso
Suarez, Milagros ; Valencia, B. M. ; Jara, Marlene ; Alba, Milena ; Boggild, Andrea K. ; Dujardin, Jean-Claude ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Arevalo, Jorge ; Adaui, Vanessa | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:09ZBACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a skin disease caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania. Few studies have assessed the influence of the sample collection site within the ulcer and the sampling method on the sensitivity of parasito[...]![]()
texto impreso
Cangalaya, Carla ; Bustos, Javier A. ; Calcina, Juan ; Vargas-Calla, Ana ; Mamani, Javier ; Suarez, Diego ; Arroyo, Gianfranco ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Chacaltana, Juan ; Guerra-Giraldez, Cristina ; Mahanty, Siddhartha ; Nash, Theodore E. ; Garcia, Hector H. | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T16:03:19ZBACKGROUND: The onset of anthelmintic treatment of neurocysticercosis (NCC) provokes an acute immune response of the host, which in human cases is associated with exacerbation of neurological symptoms. This inflammation can occur at the first da[...]![]()
texto impreso
Mallma, Patricia ; Garcia, Patricia ; Carcamo, Cesar ; Torres-Rueda, Sergio ; Peeling, Rosanna ; Mabey, David ; Terris-Prestholt, Fern | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:45:55ZStudies have addressed cost-effectiveness of syphilis testing of pregnant women in high-prevalence settings. This study compares costs of rapid syphilis testing (RST) with laboratory-based rapid plasma reagin (RPR) tests in low-prevalence setti[...]![]()
texto impreso
Fontoura, Pablo-S. ; Finco, Bruna-F. ; Lima, Nathalia-F. ; de-Carvalho, Jaques-F. Jr ; Vinetz, Joseph-M. ; Castro, Marcia-C. ; Ferreira, Marcelo-U. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:45:13ZBACKGROUND: Malaria burden in Brazil has reached its lowest levels in 35 years and Plasmodium vivax now accounts for 84% of cases countrywide. Targeting residual malaria transmission entrenched in the Amazon is the next major challenge for ongoi[...]![]()
texto impreso
Agampodi, Suneth B. ; Dahanayaka, Niroshan J. ; Bandaranayaka, Anoma K. ; Perera, Manoj ; Priyankara, Sumudu ; Weerawansa, Prasanna ; Matthias, Michael A. ; Vinetz, Joseph M. | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:16ZLeptospirosis is known to be an important cause of weather disaster-related infectious disease epidemics. In 2011, an outbreak of leptospirosis occurred in the relatively dry district of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka where diagnosis was resisted by lo[...]![]()
texto impreso
Malpica, Luis ; White, A. Clinton Jr ; Leguia, Cristina ; Freundt, Natalia ; Barros, Nicolas ; Chian, Cesar ; Antunez, E. Antonio ; Montes, Martin | Public Library of Science | 2019-12-06T20:57:44ZBACKGROUND: Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode unique in its ability to replicate in the human host, allowing ongoing cycles of autoinfection, persisting for decades within the same host. Although usually asymptomatic, overwhelm[...]![]()
texto impreso
Malpica, Luis ; White, A. Clinton Jr ; Leguia, Cristina ; Freundt, Natalia ; Barros, Nicolas ; Chian, Cesar ; Antunez, E. Antonio ; Montes, Martin | Public Library of Science | 2019-07-04T17:00:21ZBACKGROUND: Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode unique in its ability to replicate in the human host, allowing ongoing cycles of autoinfection, persisting for decades within the same host. Although usually asymptomatic, overwhelm[...]![]()
texto impreso
Díaz-Real, Javier ; Serrano, David ; Pérez Tris, Javier ; Fernández González, Sofía ; Bermejo, Ana ; Calleja, Juan A. ; Puente, Javier de la ; Palacio, Diana de ; Martínez, José L. ; Moreno-Opo Díaz-Meco, Rubén ; Ponce, Carlos ; Frías, Óscar ; Tella, José L. ; Møller, Anders P ; Figuerola, Jordi ; Pap, Peter L: ; Kovács, István ; Vágási, Csongor I. ; Meléndez, Leandro ; Blanco, Guillermo ; Aguilera, Eduardo ; Senar, Juan Carlos ; Galván, Ismael ; Atiénzar, Francisco ; Barba, Emilio ; Cantó, José L. ; Cortés, Verónica ; Monrós, Juan S. ; Piculo, Rubén ; Vögeli, Matthias ; Borrás, Antoni ; Navarro, Carlos ; Mestre, Alexandre ; Jovani, Roger | Public Library of Science | 2014-09-12Understanding why host species differ so much in symbiont loads and how this depends on ecological host and symbiont traits is a major issue in the ecology of symbiosis. A first step in this inquiry is to know whether observed differences among [...]![]()
texto impreso
Kocher, Claudine ; Morrison, Amy-C. ; Leguia, Mariana ; Loyola, Steev ; Castillo, Roger-M. ; Galvez, Hugo-A. ; Astete, Helvio ; Flores-Mendoza, Carmen ; Ampuero, Julia-S. ; Bausch, Daniel-G. ; Halsey, Eric-S. ; Cespedes, Manuel ; Zevallos, Karine ; Jiang, Ju ; Richards, Allen-L. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:45:36ZUsing a large, passive, clinic-based surveillance program in Iquitos, Peru, we characterized the prevalence of rickettsial infections among undifferentiated febrile cases and obtained evidence of pathogen transmission in potential domestic reser[...]![]()
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
Park, Hayoung ; Konda, Kelika-A. ; Roberts, Chelsea-P. ; Maguina, Jorge-L. ; Leon, Segundo-R. ; Clark, Jesse-L. ; Coates, Thomas-J. ; Caceres, Carlos-F. ; Klausner, Jeffrey-D. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:45:57ZBACKGROUND: Syphilis is concentrated among high-risk groups, but the epidemiology of syphilis reinfection is poorly understood. We characterized factors associated with syphilis incidence, including reinfection, in a high-risk cohort in Peru. ME[...]![]()
texto impreso
Lambert, Allison A. ; Lam, Jennifer O. ; Paik, Julie J. ; Ugarte-Gil, Cesar ; Drummond, M. Bradley ; Crowell, Trevor A. | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:10ZBACKGROUND: Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most frequently prescribed medications. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of morbidity, mortality and healthcare spending. Some studies suggest an increased risk of CAP a[...]![]()
texto impreso
Ramírez, J.D. ; Sordillo, E.M. ; Gotuzzo, E. ; Zavaleta, C. ; Caplivski, D. ; Navarro, J.C. ; Crainey, J.L. ; Luz, S.L.B. ; Delgado Noguera, L.A. ; Schaub, R. ; Rousseau, C. ; Herrera, G. ; Oliveira-Miranda, M.A. ; Quispe-Vargas, M.T. ; Hotez, P.J. ; Mondolfi, A.P. | Public Library of Science | 2020-12-14T16:10:06ZAs the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic contin-ues to expand, healthcare resources globally have been spread thin. Now, the disease is rapidly spreading across South America, with deadly consequences in areas[...]![]()
texto impreso
Zafra-Tanaka, Jessica Hanae ; Hurtado-Villanueva, Marcia Esther ; Saenz-Naranjo, María Del Pilar ; Taype-Rondan, Álvaro | Public Library of Science | 2018-11-30T22:50:37ZOBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of recently graduated physicians who perceived themselves as adequately competent to perform Papanicolaou (PAP), Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA), and Visual Inspection with Lugol´s Iodine (VILI); and [...]![]()
texto impreso
Berry, A.S.F. ; Salazar-Sánchez, R. ; Castillo-Neyra, R. ; Borrini-Mayorí, K. ; Chipana-Ramos, C. ; Vargas-Maquera, M. ; Ancca-Juarez, J. ; Náquira-Velarde, C. ; Levy, M.Z. ; Brisson, D. ; Chagas Disease Working Group in Arequipa | Public Library of Science | 2019-12-06T21:04:41ZBackground Sexual reproduction provides an evolutionary advantageous mechanism that combines favorable mutations that have arisen in separate lineages into the same individual. This advantage is especially pronounced in microparasites as allelic[...]![]()
texto impreso
Berry, Alexander S. F. ; Salazar-Sanchez, Renzo ; Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo ; Borrini-Mayori, Katty ; Chipana-Ramos, Claudia ; Vargas-Maquera, Melina ; Ancca-Juarez, Jenny ; Naquira-Velarde, Cesar ; Levy, Michael Z. ; Brisson, Dustin | Public Library of Science | 2019-07-04T17:00:24ZBACKGROUND: Sexual reproduction provides an evolutionary advantageous mechanism that combines favorable mutations that have arisen in separate lineages into the same individual. This advantage is especially pronounced in microparasites as allel[...]![]()
texto impreso
Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:20ZBACKGROUND: We aimed to describe the patterns of nutritional status and sleep duration in children from Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam; to assess the association between short sleep duration and overweight and obesity, and if this was simila[...]![]()
texto impreso
Aya Pastrana, Nathaly ; Lazo-Porras, Maria ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Beran, David ; Suggs, L. Suzanne | Public Library of Science | 2020-07-14T00:00:55ZBACKGROUND: Social marketing is an approach to behavior change that contributes to disease prevention and control. This study aimed to understand how social marketing interventions have addressed neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). It examined t[...]![]()
texto impreso
Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo ; Toledo, Amparo M. ; Arevalo-Nieto, Claudia ; MacDonald, Hannelore ; De la Puente-Leon, Micaela ; Naquira-Velarde, Cesar ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. ; Buttenheim, Alison M. ; Levy, Michael Z. | Public Library of Science | 2019-12-06T21:04:42ZTo control and prevent rabies in Latin America, mass dog vaccination campaigns (MDVC) are implemented mainly through fixed-location vaccination points: owners have to bring their dogs to the vaccination points where they receive the vaccination [...]![]()
texto impreso
Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo ; Toledo, Amparo M. ; Arevalo-Nieto, Claudia ; MacDonald, Hannelore ; De la Puente-Leon, Micaela ; Naquira-Velarde, Cesar ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. ; Buttenheim, Alison M. ; Levy, Michael Z. | Public Library of Science | 2019-08-08T15:23:47ZTo control and prevent rabies in Latin America, mass dog vaccination campaigns (MDVC) are implemented mainly through fixed-location vaccination points: owners have to bring their dogs to the vaccination points where they receive the vaccination [...]![]()
texto impreso
Quinto-Sanchez, Mirsha ; Cintas, Celia ; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio Cesar ; Ramallo, Virginia ; Acuna-Alonzo, Victor ; Adhikari, Kaustubh ; Castillo, Lucia ; Gomez-Valdes, Jorge ; Everardo, Paola ; de Avila, Francisco ; Hunemeier, Tabita ; Jaramillo, Claudia ; Arias, Williams ; Fuentes, Macarena ; Gallo, Carla ; Poletti, Giovani ; Schuler-Faccini, Lavinia ; Bortolini, Maria Catira ; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel ; Rothhammer, Francisco ; Bedoya, Gabriel ; Rosique, Javier ; Ruiz-Linares, Andrés ; González-José, Rolando | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T16:03:20ZThe expression of facial asymmetries has been recurrently related with poverty and/or disadvantaged socioeconomic status. Departing from the developmental instability theory, previous approaches attempted to test the statistical relationship bet[...]![]()
texto impreso
Pray, Ian W. ; Ayvar, Viterbo ; Gamboa, Ricardo ; Muro, Claudio ; Moyano, Luz M. ; Benavides, Victor ; Flecker, Robert H. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; O'Neal, Seth E. | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T16:03:20ZBACKGROUND: Taenia solium, a parasite that affects humans and pigs, is the leading cause of preventable epilepsy in the developing world. Geographic hotspots of pigs testing positive for serologic markers of T. solium exposure have been observed[...]