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White, Sara E. ; Harvey, Steven A. ; Meza, Graciela ; Llanos, Alejandro ; Guzman, Mitchel ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Vinetz, Joseph M. | BMC | 2018-11-30T02:09:28ZBACKGROUND: A transmission-blocking vaccine (TBV) to prevent malaria-infected humans from infecting mosquitoes has been increasingly considered as a tool for malaria control and elimination. This study tested the hypothesis that a malaria TBV wo[...]texto impreso
Sempou, Emily ; Biasini, Emiliano ; Pinzon-Olejua, Alejandro ; Harris, David-A. ; Malaga-Trillo, Edward | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:45:59ZBACKGROUND: Prions and amyloid-beta (Abeta) oligomers trigger neurodegeneration by hijacking a poorly understood cellular signal mediated by the prion protein (PrP) at the plasma membrane. In early zebrafish embryos, PrP-1-dependent signals cont[...]texto impreso
Accinelli, Roberto A. ; Llanos, Oscar ; Lopez, Lidia M. ; Pino, Maria I. ; Bravo, Yeny A. ; Salinas, Veronica ; Lazo, Maria ; Noda, Julio R. ; Sanchez-Sierra, Marita ; Zarate, Lacey ; da Silva, Joao ; Gianella, Fabiola ; Kheirandish-Gozal, Leila ; Gozal, David | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:11:34ZBACKGROUND: Symptoms of sleep apnea are markedly increased in children exposed to smoke from biomass fuels and are reduced by kitchen stoves that improve indoor biomass pollution. However, the impact of adherence to the use of improved stoves ha[...]texto impreso
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Adolescent pregnancies are a common phenomenon that can have both positive and negative consequences. The rights framework allows us to explore adolescent pregnancies not just as isolated events, but in relat[...]
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Bouton, Tara C. ; Phillips, Patrick P. J. ; Mitnick, Carole D. ; Peloquin, Charles A. ; Eisenach, Kathleen ; Patientia, Ramonde F. ; Lecca, Leonid ; Gotuzzo, Eduardo ; Gandhi, Neel R. ; Butler, Donna ; Diacon, Andreas H. ; Martel, Bruno ; Santillan, Juan ; Hunt, Kathleen Robergeau ; Vargas, Dante ; von Groote-Bidlingmaier, Florian ; Seas, Carlos ; Dianis, Nancy ; Moreno-Martinez, Antonio ; Horsburgh, C. Robert | BMC | 2019-01-25T16:59:36ZBACKGROUND: Current guidelines for treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are largely based on expert opinion and observational data. Fluoroquinolones remain an essential part of MDR-TB treatment, but the optimal dose of fluoroqu[...]texto impreso
Jimenez, Alfons ; Rees-Channer, Roxanne R. ; Perera, Rushini ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Chiodini, Peter L. ; Gonzalez, Iveth J. ; Mayor, Alfredo ; Ding, Xavier C. | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:02:16ZBACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are today the most widely used method for malaria diagnosis and are recommended, alongside microscopy, for the confirmation of suspected cases before the administration of anti-malarial treatment. The di[...]texto impreso
Manrique, Paulo ; Hoshi, Mari ; Fasabi, Manuel ; Nolasco, Oscar ; Yori, Pablo ; Calderon, Martiza ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Kosek, Margaret N. ; Vinetz, Joseph M. ; Gamboa, Dionicia | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:53:06ZBACKGROUND: Several platforms have been used to generate the primary data for microsatellite analysis of malaria parasite genotypes. Each has relative advantages but share a limitation of being time- and cost-intensive. A commercially available [...]texto impreso
Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin ; El Tantawi, Maha ; Aly, Nourhan M. ; Al-Batayneh, Ola B. ; Schroth, Robert J. ; Castillo, Jorge L. ; Virtanen, Jorma I. ; Gaffar, Balgis O. ; Amalia, Rosa ; Kemoli, Arthur ; Vulkovic, Ana ; Feldens, Carlos A. ; ECCAG | BMC | 2020-07-14T00:01:11ZBACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between early childhood caries (ECC) in 3–5-year-old children, seven indicators of poverty and the indicator of monetary poverty in low- and middle-income countries (LICs, MICs). M[...]texto impreso
Fung, J. ; Gelaye, B. ; Zhong, Q.Y. ; Rondon, M.B. ; Sánchez, S.E. ; Barrios, Y.V. ; Hevner, K. ; Qiu, C. ; Williams, M.A. | BMC | 2019-04-24T18:23:51ZBackground: Antepartum depression is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in the prenatal period. There is accumulating evidence for the role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the pathophysiology of depressi[...]texto impreso
Davila Cordova, Jennifer Estefanía ; Tapia Aguirre, Vilma ; Vasquez Apestegui, Vanessa ; Ordoñez Ibarguen, Luis ; Vu, Bryan N. ; Steenland, Kyle ; Gonzales, Gustavo F. | BMC | 2020-07-14T00:01:06ZBACKGROUND: Lima is one of the more polluted cities in Latin America. High levels of PM(2.5) have been shown to increase health center outpatient visits of respiratory diseases. METHODS: Health center outpatient visits for childrentexto impreso
Torres, Katherine ; Bachman, Christine M. ; Delahunt, Charles B. ; Alarcon Baldeon, Jhonatan ; Alava, Freddy ; Gamboa Vilela, Dionicia ; Proux, Stephane ; Mehanian, Courosh ; McGuire, Shawn K. ; Thompson, Clay M. ; Ostbye, Travis ; Hu, Liming ; Jaiswal, Mayoore S. ; Hunt, Victoria M. ; Bell, David | BMC | 2018-11-30T02:09:30ZBACKGROUND: Microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained blood films remains a major form of diagnosis in malaria case management, and is a reference standard for research. However, as with other visualization-based diagnoses, accuracy depends on i[...]texto impreso
Scliar, M.O. ; Gouveia, M.H. ; Benazzo, A. ; Ghirotto, S. ; Fagundes, N.J. ; Leal, T.P. ; Magalhães, W.C. ; Pereira, L. ; Rodrigues, M.R. ; Soares-Souza, G.B. ; Cabrera, L. ; Berg, D.E. ; Gilman, R.H. ; Bertorelle, G. ; Tarazona-Santos, E. | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:11:37ZBackground: Archaeology reports millenary cultural contacts between Peruvian Coast-Andes and the Amazon Yunga, a rainforest transitional region between Andes and Lower Amazonia. To clarify the relationships between cultural and biological evolut[...]texto impreso
Buttenheim, Alison M. ; Levy, Michael Z. ; Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo ; McGuire, Molly ; Toledo Vizcarra, Amparo M. ; Mollesaca Riveros, Lina M. ; Meza, Julio ; Borrini-Mayori, Katty ; Náquira, César ; Behrman, Jere ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. | BMC | 2019-12-06T21:04:43ZBACKGROUND: Individual behavior change is a critical ingredient in efforts to improve global health. Central to the focus on behavior has been a growing understanding of how the human brain makes decisions, from motivations and mindsets to uncon[...]texto impreso
Peiris, David ; Thompson, Simon R. ; Beratarrechea, Andrea ; Cardenas, Maria Kathia ; Diez-Canseco, Francisco ; Goudge, Jane ; Gyamfi, Joyce ; Kamano, Jemima Hoine ; Irazola, Vilma ; Johnson, Claire ; Kengne, Andre P. ; Keat, Ng Kien ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Mohan, Sailesh ; Mukasa, Barbara ; Ng, Eleanor ; Nieuwlaat, Robby ; Ogedegbe, Olugbenga ; Ovbiagele, Bruce ; Plange-Rhule, Jacob ; Praveen, Devarsetty ; Salam, Abdul ; Thorogood, Margaret ; Thrift, Amanda G. ; Vedanthan, Rajesh ; Waddy, Salina P. ; Webster, Jacqui ; Webster, Ruth ; Yeates, Karen ; Yusoff, Khalid | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:36ZBACKGROUND: The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases comprises the majority of the world's public research funding agencies. It is focussed on implementation research to tackle the burden of chronic diseases in low- and middle-income countries a[...]texto impreso
Hernández-Vásquez, A. ; Alarcon-Ruiz, C.A. ; Bendezu-Quispe, G. ; Comandé, D. ; Rosselli, D. | BMC | 2018-11-30T23:41:31ZBackground: Biosimilars could be a promising option to help decrease healthcare costs and expand access to treatment. There is no previous evidence of a global bibliometric analysis on biosimilars. Therefore, we aimed to assess the quantity and [...]texto impreso
Francis, Elizabeth R. ; Kuo, Chin-Chi ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Nessel, Lisa ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Feldman, Harold I. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:15ZBACKGROUND: The silent progression of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and its association with other chronic diseases, and high treatment costs make it a great public health concern worldwide. The population burden of CKD in Peru has yet to be fu[...]texto impreso
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Incubators are organizations that support the growth of new and typically technology-based enterprises, by providing business support services that bring together human and financial capital. Although the tra[...]
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Infections with Bartonella bacilliformis result in Carrion's disease in humans. In the first phase of infection, the pathogen causes a hemolytic fever ("Oroya fever") with case-fatality rates as high as ~90% in untreated patients, followed by a [...]texto impreso
Garcia-Quintanilla, Meritxell ; Dichter, Alexander A. ; Guerra, Humberto ; Kempf, Volkhard A. J. | BMC | 2019-07-04T16:59:23ZInfections with Bartonella bacilliformis result in Carrion's disease in humans. In the first phase of infection, the pathogen causes a hemolytic fever ("Oroya fever") with case-fatality rates as high as ~90% in untreated patients, followed by a[...]texto impreso
Menezes, S.M. ; Decanine, D. ; Brassat, D. ; Khouri, R. ; Schnitman, S.V. ; Kruschewsky, R. ; López, G. ; Álvarez, C. ; Talledo, M. ; Gotuzzo, E. ; Vandamme, A.-M. ; Galvão-Castro, B. ; Liblau, R. ; Weyenbergh, J.V. | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:12:16ZBackground: Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1) is the causative agent of the incapacitating, neuroinflammatory disease HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Currently, there are no disease-modifying therapies[...]texto impreso
Zafra-Tanaka, J.H. ; Goicochea-Lugo, S. ; Villarreal-Zegarra, D. ; Taype-Rondan, A. | BMC | 2019-12-06T20:57:46ZBackground: Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) should follow an adequate methodology using an evidence-based approach in order to provide reliable recommendations. However, little is known regarding the quality of CPGs for Depression, which pre[...]texto impreso
Zafra-Tanaka, Jessica Hanae ; Goicochea-Lugo, Sergio ; Villarreal-Zegarra, David ; Taype-Rondan, Álvaro | BMC | 2019-07-04T16:59:24ZBACKGROUND: Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) should follow an adequate methodology using an evidence-based approach in order to provide reliable recommendations. However, little is known regarding the quality of CPGs for Depression, which pre[...]texto impreso
De Vries, Y.A. ; Al-Hamzawi, A. ; Alonso, J. ; Borges, G. ; Bruffaerts, R. ; Bunting, B. ; Caldas-De-Almeida, J.M. ; Cia, A.H. ; de Girolamo, G. ; Dinolova, R.V. ; Esan, O. ; Florescu, S. ; Gureje, O. ; Haro, J.M. ; Hu, C. ; Karam, E.G. ; Karam, A. ; Kawakami, N. ; Kiejna, A. ; Kovess-Masfety, V. ; Lee, S. ; Mneimneh, Z. ; Navarro-Mateu, F. ; Piazza, M. ; Scott, K. ; ten Have, M. ; Torres, Y. ; Viana, M.C. ; Kessler, R.C. ; de Jonge, P. ; Aguilar-Gaxiola, S. ; Al-Kaisy, M.S. ; Andrade, L.H. ; Benjet, C. ; Bromet, E.J. ; De Almeida, J.M.C. ; Cardoso, G. ; Chatterji, S. ; Degenhardt, L. ; Demyttenaere, K. ; Hinkov, H. ; Hu, C.-Y. ; Karam, A.N. ; Lépine, J.-P. ; Levinson, D. ; McGrath, J. ; Medina-Mora, M.E. ; Moskalewicz, J. ; Pennell, B.-E. ; Posada-Villa, J. ; Scott, K.M. ; Slade, T. ; Stagnaro, J.C. ; Stein, D.J. ; Whiteford, H. ; Williams, D.R. ; Wojtyniak, B. | BMC | 2019-07-04T16:59:24ZBackground: Specific phobia (SP) is a relatively common disorder associated with high levels of psychiatric comorbidity. Because of its early onset, SP may be a useful early marker of internalizing psychopathology, especially if generalized to m[...]texto impreso
Reis-Cunha, J.L. ; Rodrigues-Luiz, G.F. ; Valdivia, H.O. ; Baptista, R.P. ; Mendes, T.A.O. ; Loss de Morais, G. ; Guedes, R. ; Macedo, A.M. ; Bern, C. ; Gilman, R.H. ; Talavera Lopez, C. ; Andersson, B. ; Vasconcelos, A.T. ; Bartholomeu, D.C. | BMC | 2019-04-24T18:23:51ZBackground: Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, is currently divided into six discrete typing units (DTUs), named TcI-TcVI. CL Brener, the reference strain of the T. cruzi genome project, is a hybrid with a genome assembled[...]texto impreso
Lazo-Porras, Maria ; Ortiz-Soriano, Victor ; Moscoso-Porras, Miguel ; Runzer-Colmenares, Fernando M. ; Malaga, German ; Jaime Miranda, J. | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:02:20ZBACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that hypertension is a risk factor for cognitive impairment, but whether this association is also present in extremely poor populations in Low Middle Income Countries settings remains to be studied. Unders[...]texto impreso
Salmón-Mulanovich, Gabriela ; Powell, Amy-R. ; Hartinger-Pena, Stella-M. ; Schwarz, Lara ; Bausch, Daniel-G. ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie-A. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:45:58ZBACKGROUND: Madre de Dios is located in the southeastern Amazonian region of Peru. Rodents have been estimated to be the reservoirs for up to 50 % of emerging zoonotic pathogens, including a host of viruses, bacteria, and parasites. As part of a[...]texto impreso
Comparative genomic analysis of Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana and Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
Valdivia, Hugo O. ; Reis-Cunha, Joao L. ; Rodrigues-Luiz, Gabriela F. ; Baptista, Rodrigo P. ; Baldeviano, G. Christian ; Gerbasi, Robert V. ; Dobson, Deborah E. ; Pratlong, Francine ; Bastien, Patrick ; Lescano, Andres G. ; Beverley, Stephen M. ; Bartholomeu, Daniella C. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:14ZBACKGROUND: The Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis complex is responsible for most cases of New World tegumentary leishmaniasis. This complex includes two closely related species but with different geographic distribution and disease phenotypes, [...]texto impreso
Singh, Neha-S. ; Huicho, Luis ; Afnan-Holmes, Hoviyeh ; John, Theopista ; Moran, Allisyn-C. ; Colbourn, Tim ; Grundy, Chris ; Matthews, Zoe ; Maliqi, Blerta ; Mathai, Matthews ; Daelmans, Bernadette ; Requejo, Jennifer ; Lawn, Joy-E. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:45:59ZBACKGROUND: Evaluating health systems and policy (HSP) change and implementation is critical in understanding reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) progress within and across countries. Whilst data for health outcomes, covera[...]texto impreso
Mann, Carlyn ; Ng, Courtney ; Akseer, Nadia ; Bhutta, Zulfiqar-A. ; Borghi, Josephine ; Colbourn, Tim ; Hernandez-Pena, Patricia ; Huicho, Luis ; Malik, Muhammad-Ashar ; Martinez-Alvarez, Melisa ; Munthali, Spy ; Salehi, Ahmad-Shah ; Tadesse, Mekonnen ; Yassin, Mohammed ; Berman, Peter | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:45:55ZBACKGROUND: Countdown to 2015 (Countdown) supported countries to produce case studies that examine how and why progress was made toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. Analysing how health-financing data explains improvements in[...]texto impreso
Pollard, S.L. ; Williams, D.L. ; Breysse, P.N. ; Baron, P.A. ; Grajeda, L.M. ; Gilman, R.H. ; Jaime Miranda, J. ; Checkley, W. | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:11:31ZBackground: Burning biomass fuels indoors for cooking is associated with high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) and carbon monoxide (CO). More efficient biomass-burning stoves and chimneys for ventilation have been proposed as solutions [...]texto impreso
Caffrey, D. ; Jaime Miranda, J. ; Gilman, R.H. ; Dávila-Roman, V.G. ; Cabrera, L. ; Dowling, R. ; Stewart, T. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, A. ; Wise, R. ; León-Velarde, F. ; Checkley, W. | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:11:38ZBackground: We sought to determine if adult residents living at high altitude have developed sufficient adaptation to a hypoxic environment to match the functional capacity of a similar population at sea level. To test this hypothesis, we compar[...]texto impreso
Lee, Sky W. ; Deiss, Robert G. ; Segura, Eddy R. ; Clark, Jesse L. ; Lake, Jordan E. ; Konda, Kelika A. ; Coates, Thomas J. ; Caceres, Carlos F. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:16ZBACKGROUND: Increased HIV testing frequency among high-risk populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM) and male-to-female transgender women (TW) can lead to earlier treatment and potentially reduce HIV transmission. METHODS: We analyzed[...]texto impreso
Kojima, N. ; Siebert, J. C. ; Maecker, H. ; Rosenberg-Hasson, Y. ; Leon, S. R. ; Vargas, S. K. ; Konda, K. A. ; Caceres, C. F. ; Klausner, J. D. | BMC | 2019-12-06T20:57:50ZBACKGROUND: Current syphilis tests cannot distinguish between active and past syphilis among patients with serofast rapid plasma reagin (RPR) titers. We investigated whether cytokine profiles might provide insight in the differentiation of activ[...]texto impreso
Kojima, N. ; Siebert, J. C. ; Maecker, H. ; Rosenberg-Hasson, Y. ; Leon, S. R. ; Vargas, S. K. ; Konda, K. A. ; Caceres, C. F. ; Klausner, J. D. | BMC | 2019-07-04T16:59:27ZBackground. Current syphilis tests cannot distinguish between active and past syphilis among patients with serofast rapid plasma reagin (RPR) titers. We investigated whether cytokine profiles might provide insight in the differentiation of activ[...]texto impreso
Pajuelo, Monica J. ; Anticona Huaynate, Cynthia ; Correa, Malena ; Mayta Malpartida, Holger ; Ramal Asayag, Cesar ; Seminario, Juan R. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Murphy, Laura ; Oberhelman, Richard A. ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. | BMC | 2018-11-30T03:10:43ZBACKGROUND: Delays in receiving adequate care for children suffering from pneumonia can be life threatening and have been described associated with parents' limited education and their difficulties in recognizing the severity of the illness. The[...]texto impreso
Wingfield, Tom ; Boccia, Delia ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Huff, Doug ; Montoya, Rosario ; Lewis, James J. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:15ZBackground. Cash transfers are key interventions in the World Health Organisation’s post-2015 global TB policy. However, evidence guiding TB-specific cash transfer implementation is limited. We designed, implemented and refined a novel TB-specif[...]texto impreso
Riddell, Michaela A. ; Edwards, Nancy ; Thompson, Simon R. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Praveen, Devarsetty ; Johnson, Claire ; Kengne, Andre P. ; Liu, Peter ; McCready, Tara ; Ng, Eleanor ; Nieuwlaat, Robby ; Ovbiagele, Bruce ; Owolabi, Mayowa ; Peiris, David ; Thrift, Amanda G. ; Tobe, Sheldon ; Yusoff, Khalid | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:18:33ZBACKGROUND: The imperative to improve global health has prompted transnational research partnerships to investigate common health issues on a larger scale. The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) is an alliance of national research fundi[...]texto impreso
Morales Ruiz, Sandra ; Bendezu, Jorge ; Choque Guevara, Ricardo ; Montesinos, Ricardo ; Requena, David ; Choque Moreau, Luz ; Montalvan Avalos, Angela ; Fernandez-Diaz, Manolo | BMC | 2019-03-05T15:23:25ZBackground: Infectious coryza (IC) is an acute respiratory disease of growing chickens and layers caused by Avibacterium paragallinarum. The development of tools that allow rapid pathogen detection is necessary in order to avoid disease dissemin[...]texto impreso
Altez-Fernandez, Carlos ; Ortiz, Victor ; Mirzazadeh, Majid ; Zegarra, Luis ; Seas, Carlos ; Ugarte-Gil, Cesar | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:18:33ZBACKGROUND: Genitourinary tuberculosis is the third most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Diagnosis is difficult because of unspecific clinical manifestations and low accuracy of conventional tests. Unfortunately, the delayed diagnosi[...]texto impreso
Anticona Huaynate, Cynthia Fiorella ; Pajuelo Travezaño, Mónica Jehnny ; Correa, Malena ; Mayta Malpartida, Holger ; Oberhelman, Richard ; Murphy, Laura L. ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:14ZBACKGROUND: Worldwide, rural communities face barriers when accessing health services. In response, numerous initiatives have focused on fostering technological innovations, new management approaches and health policies. Research suggests that t[...]texto impreso
McCloskey, Morgan L. ; Tarazona-Meza, Carla E. ; Jones-Smith, Jessica C. ; Miele, Catherine H. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Checkley, William | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:18:33ZBACKGROUND: Diet and activity are thought to worsen with urbanization, thereby increasing risk of obesity and chronic diseases. A better understanding of dietary and activity patterns across the urbanization divide may help identify pathways, an[...]texto impreso
Nguyen, H. Bryant ; Jaehne, Anja-Kathrin ; Jayaprakash, Namita ; Semler, Matthew-W. ; Hegab, Sara ; Yataco, Angel-Coz ; Tatem, Geneva ; Salem, Dhafer ; Moore, Steven ; Boka, Kamran ; Gill, Jasreen-Kaur ; Gardner-Gray, Jayna ; Pflaum, Jacqueline ; Domecq, Juan-Pablo ; Hurst, Gina ; Belsky, Justin-B. ; Fowkes, Raymond ; Elkin, Ronald-B. ; Simpson, Steven-Q. ; Falk, Jay-L. ; Singer, Daniel-J. ; Rivers, Emanuel-P. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:51:42ZPrior to 2001 there was no standard for early management of severe sepsis and septic shock in the emergency department. In the presence of standard or usual care, the prevailing mortality was over 40-50 %. In response, a systems-based approach, [...]texto impreso
Moreno-Gutierrez, Diamantina ; Rosas-Aguirre, Angel ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Bilcke, Joke ; Barboza, José Luis ; Hayette, Marie-Pierre ; Contreras-Mancilla, Juan ; Aguirre, Kristhian ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Rodriguez, Hugo ; Speybroeck, Niko ; Beutels, Philippe | BMC | 2020-07-14T00:02:35ZBackground: Case management is one of the principal strategies for malaria control. This study aimed to estimate the economic costs of uncomplicated malaria case management and explore the influence of health-seeking behaviours on those costs. M[...]texto impreso
Siddharthan, Trishul ; Pollard, Suzanne L. ; Quaderi, Shumonta A. ; Mirelman, Andrew J. ; Cardenas, Maria Kathia ; Kirenga, Bruce ; Rykiel, Natalie A. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Shrestha, Laxman ; Chandyo, Ram K. ; Cattamanchi, Adithya ; Michie, Susan ; Barber, Julie ; Checkley, William ; Hurst, John R. | BMC | 2018-11-30T03:10:45ZBACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the end result of a susceptible individual being exposed to sufficiently deleterious environmental stimuli. More than 90% of COPD-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countrie[...]texto impreso
Zafra-Tanaka, Jessica Hanae ; Pacheco-Barrios, Kevin ; Tellez, Walter Andree ; Taype-Rondan, Álvaro | BMC | 2019-07-04T16:59:31ZBACKGROUND: Dog-assisted therapy (DAT) is a non-pharmacological intervention based on the interaction between patients and dogs, which has been proposed to help adults with dementia. However, evidence to support it is lacking. Thus, we aim to ev[...]texto impreso
Zafra-Tanaka, J.H. ; Pacheco-Barrios, K. ; Tellez, W.A. ; Taype-Rondan, A. | BMC | 2019-12-06T20:57:50ZBackground: Dog-assisted therapy (DAT) is a non-pharmacological intervention based on the interaction between patients and dogs, which has been proposed to help adults with dementia. However, evidence to support it is lacking. Thus, we aim to ev[...]texto impreso
Fandiño-Del-Rio, Magdalena ; Goodman, Dina ; Kephart, Josiah L. ; Miele, Catherine H. ; Williams, Kendra N. ; Moazzami, Mitra ; Fung, Elizabeth C. ; Koehler, Kirsten ; Davila-Roman, Victor G. ; Lee, Kathryn A. ; Nangia, Saachi ; Harvey, Steven A. ; Steenland, Kyle ; Gonzales, Gustavo F. ; Checkley, William ; Cardiopulmonary outcomes and Household Air Pollution | BMC | 2019-01-25T16:59:37ZBACKGROUND: Biomass fuel smoke is a leading risk factor for the burden of disease worldwide. International campaigns are promoting the widespread adoption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in resource-limited settings. However, it is unclear if t[...]texto impreso
Moransard, M. ; Bednar, M. ; Frei, K. ; Gassmann, M. ; Ogunshola, O. O. | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:18:34ZBACKGROUND: Treatment with erythropoietin (Epo) in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the rodent model of multiple sclerosis (MS), has consistently been shown to ameliorate disease progression and improve overall outcome. The effec[...]texto impreso
Pinzón-Olejua, A. ; Welte, C. ; Abdesselem, H. ; Malaga-Trillo, E. ; Stuermer, C.A.O. | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:12:16ZBackground: As a consequence of gene/genome duplication, the RTN4/Nogo gene has two counterparts in zebrafish: rtn4a and rtn4b. The shared presence of four specific amino acid motifs-M1 to M4-in the N-terminal region of mammalian RTN4, and zebra[...]texto impreso
Henry Bonnie ; Orrego Elena ; Rojas Alejandro ; Yassi Annalee ; Parra Jorge ; Solis Fernanda ; Beltran Efrain ; Breilh Jaime ; Spiegel Jerry M ; Bowie William R ; Pearce Laurie ; Gaibor Juan ; Velasquez Patricio ; Concepcion Miriam ; Parkes Margot | BMC | 2019-09-23T13:38:57ZAbstract
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The
Sustainably Managing Environmental Health Risk in Ecuador project was launched in 2004 as a partnership linking a large Canadian university with leading Cuban and Mexican institutes to strengthen[...]