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Errea, Renato A. ; Vasquez-Rios, George ; Calderon, Maria L. ; Siu, Diego ; Duque, Kevin R. ; Juarez, Luciana H. ; Gallegos, Rodrigo ; Uriol, Celene ; Rondon, Claudia R. ; Baca, Katia P. ; Fabian, Rosario J. ; Canales, Marco ; Terashima, Angélica ; Marcos, Luis A. ; Samalvides, Frine | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-08-08T15:23:44ZChildren in the Peruvian Amazon Basin are at risk of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infections. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of STH infection in children from a rural Amazonian community of Peru and to elucidate epidemiological[...]texto impreso
de la Puente-León, M. ; Levy, M.Z. ; Toledo, A.M. ; Recuenco, S. ; Shinnick, J. ; Castillo-Neyra, R. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2020-12-14T16:06:19ZSince its reintroduction in 2015, rabies has been established as an enzootic disease among the dog population of Arequipa, Peru. Given the unknown rate of dog bites, the risk of human rabies transmission is concerning. Our objective was to estim[...]texto impreso
Del Brutto, Oscar H. ; O'Neal, Seth E. ; Dorny, Pierre ; Garcia, Hector H. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2018-11-30T22:50:37ZTaenia solium cysticercosis is difficult to eliminate without interventions or societal development. Atahualpa is a rural Ecuadorian village with documented low migration rate, where domestic pig raising is common and human cysticercosis is ende[...]texto impreso
Barletta, Francesca ; Vandelannoote, Koen ; Collantes, Jimena ; Evans, Carlton A. ; Arevalo, Jorge ; Rigouts, Leen | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2020-06-10T18:11:35ZReal-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was optimized for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum. Sputum was collected from patients (N = 112) with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis, tested by smear microscopy, decontaminated, and spli[...]texto impreso
Lescano, A.G. ; Cohen, C.R. ; Raj, T. ; Rispel, L. ; Garcia, P.J. ; Zunt, J.R. ; Hamer, D.H. ; Heimburger, D.C. ; Chi, B.H. ; Ko, A.I. ; Bukusi, E.A. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-12-06T21:02:54ZMentoring 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[...]texto impreso
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[...]texto impreso
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[...]texto impreso
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[...]texto impreso
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[...]texto impreso
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,[...]texto impreso
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[...]texto impreso
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[...]texto impreso
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[...]texto impreso
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[...]texto impreso
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[...]