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Lescano, Andres G. ; Cohen, Craig R. ; Raj, Tony ; Rispel, Laetitia ; García, Patricia J. ; Zunt, Joseph R. ; Hamer, Davidson H. ; Heimburger, Douglas C. ; Chi, Benjamin H. ; Ko, Albert I. ; Bukusi, Elizabeth A. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-07-04T17:01:20ZMentoring is a proven path to scientific progress, but it is not a common practice in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Existing mentoring approaches and guidelines are geared toward high-income country settings, without considering in d[...]![]()
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Yee, Brittany ; Chi, Nai-Wen ; Hansen, Lawrence A. ; Lee, Roland R. ; U, Hoi-Sang ; Savides, Thomas J. ; Vinetz, Joseph M. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-02-06T14:57:38ZA 50-year-old male immigrant from Ethiopia presented for consultation after 3 years of hematochezia/melena requiring > 25 units of blood transfusions. Physical examination revealed severe proximal muscle wasting and weakness, central obesity, p[...]![]()
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Morales, Maria Luisa ; López, Martha ; Ly, Priscilla ; Anjum, Seher ; Fernandez-Baca, Martha Vanessa ; Valdivia-Rodriguez, Angela Maria ; Mamani-Licona, Frecia Maribel ; Baca-Turpo, Benicia ; Farfan-Gonzales, Nedhy ; Chaman-Illanes, Yeshica ; Cabada, Miguel Mauricio | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-12-06T20:57:48ZStrongyloides stercoralis affects 30-100 million people worldwide. The burden is underestimated because of the paucity of studies, limited geographical areas surveyed, and poor quality of diagnostic tests. This study aimed at determining the ep[...]![]()
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Morales, Maria Luisa ; López, Martha ; Ly, Priscilla ; Anjum, Seher ; Fernandez-Baca, Martha Vanessa ; Valdivia-Rodriguez, Angela Maria ; Mamani-Licona, Frecia Maribel ; Baca-Turpo, Benicia ; Farfan-Gonzales, Nedhy ; Chaman-Illanes, Yeshica ; Cabada, Miguel Mauricio | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-08-08T15:23:44ZStrongyloides stercoralis affects 30-100 million people worldwide. The burden is underestimated because of the paucity of studies, limited geographical areas surveyed, and poor quality of diagnostic tests. This study aimed at determining the ep[...]![]()
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Zambruni, Mara ; Ochoa, Theresa J. ; Somasunderam, Anoma ; Cabada, Miguel M. ; Morales, Maria L. ; Mitreva, Makedonka ; Rosa, Bruce A. ; Acosta, Gonzalo J. ; Vigo, Natalia I. ; Riveros, Maribel ; Arango, Sara ; Durand, David ; Berends, Maitreyee N. ; Melby, Peter ; Utay, Netanya S. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-12-06T21:04:40ZStunting, defined as height-for-age Z score equal to or lower than -2, is associated with increased childhood mortality, cognitive impairment, and chronic diseases. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between linear growth,[...]![]()
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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[...]![]()
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Del Brutto, Oscar H. ; Issa, Naoum P. ; Salgado, Perla ; Del Brutto, Victor J. ; Zambrano, Mauricio ; Lama, Julio ; Garcia, Hector H. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-01-25T16:03:21ZNeurocysticercosis (NCC) has been associated with hippocampal atrophy, but the prevalence and pathogenic mechanisms implicated in this relationship are unknown. Using a population-based, case-control study design, residents in a rural village (A[...]![]()
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Noormahomed, Emilia ; Williams, Pamela ; Lescano, Andres G. ; Raj, Tony ; Bukusi, Elizabeth A. ; Schooley, Robert T. ; Cohen, Craig R. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2018-11-30T23:41:29ZFollowing the Fogarty International Center-supported "Mentoring the Mentors" workshops in South America, Africa, and Asia, approaches and guidelines for mentorship at institutions within these low- and middle-income country (LMIC) contexts, appr[...]![]()
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Noormahomed, E. ; Williams, P. ; Lescano, A.G. ; Raj, T. ; Bukusi, E.A. ; Schooley, R.T. ; Cohen, C.R. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-12-06T21:04:40ZFollowing the Fogarty International Center-supported “Mentoring the Mentors” workshops in South America, Africa, and Asia, approaches and guidelines for mentorship at institutions within these low- and middle-income country (LMIC) contexts, appr[...]![]()
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Alvarez-Risco, Aldo ; Mejia, Christian R. ; Delgado-Zegarra, Jaime ; Del Aguila Arcentales, Shyla ; Arce Esquivel, Arturo A. ; Valladares Garrido, Mario J. ; Rosas del Portal, Mauricio ; Villegas, León F. ; Curioso, Walter H. ; Sekar, M. Chandra ; Yáñez, Jaime A. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2020-07-14T00:00:54ZThe COVID-19 epidemic has spawned an "infodemic," with excessive and unfounded information that hinders an appropriate public health response. This perspective describes a selection of COVID-19 fake news that originated in Peru and the governmen[...]![]()
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Datta, Sumona ; Gonzales-Huerta, Luis E. ; Evans, Carlton A. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2018-12-03T17:02:45Z![]()
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Beam, Michelle ; Spencer, Angela G. ; Atto, Ruth ; Camizan, Roberto ; Vilchez, Percy ; Muro, Claudio ; Gamboa, Ricardo ; Pray, Ian ; Garvey, Brian ; Fernandez, Lauralee ; Garcia, Hector H. ; O'Neal, Seth E. ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-07-04T17:01:22ZCysticercosis, caused by Taenia solium, is a neglected disease that causes preventable epilepsy. We conducted an experiential learning workshop in northern Peru to educate community members on T. solium transmission and motivate participation in[...]![]()
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Beam, Michelle ; Spencer, Angela G. ; Atto, Ruth ; Camizan, Roberto ; Vilchez, Percy ; Muro, Claudio ; Gamboa, Ricardo ; Pray, Ian ; Garvey, Brian ; Fernandez, Lauralee ; Garcia, Hector H. ; O'Neal, Seth E. ; Peru, For The Cysticercosis Working Group In | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-12-06T20:57:48ZCysticercosis, caused by Taenia solium, is a neglected disease that causes preventable epilepsy. We conducted an experiential learning workshop in northern Peru to educate community members on T. solium transmission and motivate participation i[...]![]()
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Nicoletti, Alessandra ; Gomez-Puerta, Luis A. ; Arroyo, Gianfranco ; Bustos, Javier ; Gonzalez, Armando E. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2020-07-14T00:02:36ZHuman exposure to Toxocara spp. is very frequent, and its larvae can cross the blood-brain barrier and invade the central nervous system (CNS), causing neurotoxocariasis. We aimed to establish a neurotoxocariasis animal model in pigs confirmed b[...]![]()
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Peterson, Jennifer K. ; Salazar, Renzo ; Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo ; Borrini-Mayori, Katty ; Condori, Carlos ; Bartow-McKenney, Casey ; Tracy, Dylan ; Náquira, César ; Levy, Michael Z. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2018-11-30T23:41:30ZAlthough not presently implicated as a vector of human pathogens, the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, has been suspected of carrying human pathogens because of its close association with humans and its obligate hematophagy. Recently, we chara[...]![]()
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Herrick, Jesica A. ; Bustos, Javier A. ; Clapham, Philip ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Loeb, Jeffrey A. ; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2020-07-14T00:01:16ZThe parasitic helminth infection neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common cause of adult-acquired epilepsy in the world. Despite the serious consequences of epilepsy due to this infection, an in-depth review of the distinct characteristics of[...]![]()
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Sanchez, Juan F. ; Carnero, Andres M. ; Rivera, Esteban ; Rosales, Luis A. ; Baldeviano, G. Christian ; Asencios, Jorge L. ; Edgel, Kimberly A. ; Vinetz, Joseph M. ; Lescano, Andres G. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-01-25T16:20:55ZThe reemergence of malaria in the last decade in Madre de Dios, southern Peruvian Amazon basin, was accompanied by ecological, political, and socioeconomic changes related to the proliferation of illegal gold mining. We conducted a secondary ana[...]![]()
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Lehmann, Jason S. ; Corey, Victoria C. ; Ricaldi, Jessica N. ; Vinetz, Joseph M. ; Winzeler, Elizabeth A. ; Matthias, Michael A. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-02-06T14:53:42ZLeptospirosis is the most common zoonotic disease worldwide with an estimated 500,000 severe cases reported annually, and case fatality rates of 12-25%, due primarily to acute kidney and lung injuries. Despite its prevalence, the molecular mecha[...]