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  • Historia de vida de Sina Yoy, estudiante Shipibo Konibo de la carrera de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe 
    Quiroz Noriega, Magari del Rosario (Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaPE, 2020)
    Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo indagar sobre la historia de vida universitaria de un estudiante de la carrera de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe (EIB) en un contexto socio cultural diferente al de su cultura ...
  • Historical Aspects of Endemic Trachoma in Peru: 1895-2000 
    Maco, Vicente; Encalada, Mayling; Wong, Carlos; Marcos, Luis-A. (Public Library of Science, 2016)
    Trachoma, a chronic keratoconjunctivitis caused by the intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious cause of blindness and affects the most underprivileged populations worldwide. An estimated ...
  • The history of 20th century malaria control in Peru 
    Griffing, Sean M.; Gamboa Vilela, Dionicia Baziliza; Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam (BioMed Central, 2013)
    Malaria has been part of Peruvian life since at least the 1500s. While Peru gave the world quinine, one of the first treatments for malaria, its history is pockmarked with endemic malaria and occasional epidemics. In this ...
  • A history of Chagas disease transmission, control, and re-emergence in peri-rural La Joya, Peru 
    Delgado, S.; Neyra, R.C.; Machaca, V.R.Q.; Juárez, J.A.; Chu, L.C.; Verastegui Pimentel, Manuela Renee; Apaza, G.M.M.; Bocángel, C.D.; Tustin, A.W.; Sterling, C.R.; Comrie, A.C.; Naquira Velarde, Cesar Gabriel; del Carpio, J.G.C.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Bern, C.; Levy, M.Z. (Public Library of Science, 2011)
    Background:The history of Chagas disease control in Peru and many other nations is marked by scattered and poorly documented vector control campaigns. The complexities of human migration and sporadic control campaigns ...
  • HIV and antiretroviral treatment knowledge gaps and psychosocial burden among persons living with HIV in Lima, Peru 
    Navarro Hoyos, Rafaella Alexandra; Paredes, J.L.; Echevarria Zarate, Juan Ignacio; González Lagos, Elsa Violeta; Graña, A.; Mejía Cordero, Fernando Alonso; Otero Vegas, Larissa (Public Library of Science, 2021)
    This study aims to describe knowledge on HIV and antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and psychosocial factors among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Lima, Perú, to explore characteristics associated to this knowledge, and ...
  • HIV and Chagas Disease: An Evaluation of the Use of Real-Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction to Measure Levels of Trypanosoma cruzi Parasitemia in HIV Patients in Cochabamba, Bolivia 
    Reimer-McAtee, Melissa J.; Mejia, Carolina; Clark, Taryn; Terle, Jules; Pajuelo Travezaño, Monica Jhenny; Cabeza, Jeanne; Lora, Meredith H.; Valencia, Edward; Castro, Rosario; Lozano, Daniel; Bern, Caryn; Torrico, Faustino; Gilman, Robert Hugh (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021)
    This cross-sectional study evaluated epidemiologic characteristics of persons living with HIV (PWH) coinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and estimated T. cruzi parasitemia by real-time quantitative ...
  • HIV and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean 
    Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet; Cabrera, Diego M.; Cárcamo García, Paloma Mariana; Diaz, Mónica M. (Springer, 2022)
    Purpose of Review: Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been hit hard by COVID-19 due to political instability, flawed health systems, and structural inequalities. The repercussion of the pandemic on vulnerable ...
  • HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Incidence and Associated Risk Factors Among High-Risk MSM and Male-to-Female Transgender Women in Lima, Peru 
    Castillo, Rostislav; Konda, Kelika A.; León Sandoval, Segundo Ramos; Silva-Santisteban Portella, Alfonso Alberto; Salazar Lostaunau, Ximena; Klausner, Jeffrey D.; Coates, Thomas J.; Caceres Palacios, Carlos Fernando (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) and male-to-female transgender women (TW) are at increased risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We evaluated factors associated with incidence of HIV, HSV-2, ...
  • HIV and Substance Use in Latin America: A Scoping Review 
    Huff, Hanalise V.; Cárcamo García, Paloma Mariana; Diaz, M.M.; Conklin, J.L.; Salvatierra Vega, Justina Luz; Aponte Castro, Rocío del Pilar; Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet (MDPI, 2022)
    This scoping review aims to explore the interplay between substance use (SU) and HIV in Latin America (LA). Database searches yielded 3481 references; 196 were included. HIV prevalence among people who used substances ...
  • HIV and syphilis testing preferences among men who have sex with men and among transgender women in Lima, Peru 
    Bristow, Claire C.; Kojima, Noah; Lee, Sung-Jae; León Sandoval, Segundo Ramos; Ramos, Lourdes B.; Konda, Kelika A.; Brown, Brandon; Caceres Palacios, Carlos Fernando; Klausner, Jeffrey D. (Public Library of Science, 2018)
    BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women in Peru are at high risk for acquiring syphilis and HIV infection. The World Health Organization highly recommends screening for HIV and syphilis to reduce ...
  • HIV Coinfection Is Associated with low-fitness rpoB variants in rifampicin-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis 
    Loiseau, C.; Brites, D.; Reinhard, M.; Zürcher, K.; Borrell, S.; Ballif, M.; Fenner, L.; Cox, H.; Rutaihwa, L.K.; Wilkinson, R.J.; Yotebieng, M.; Jane Carter, E.; Abimiku, A.; Marcy, O.; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Avihingsanon, A.; Zetola, N.; Doulla, B.; Böttger, E.C.; Egger, M.; Gagneux, S. (American Society for Microbiology, 2020)
    We analyzed 312 drug-resistant genomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates collected from HIV-coinfected and HIV-negative TB patients from nine countries with a high tuberculosis burden. We found that rifampicin-resistant ...
  • HIV prevention among transgender women in Latin America: implementation, gaps and challenges 
    Silva-Santisteban Portella, Alfonso Alberto; Eng, Shirley; de la Iglesia, Gabriela; Falistocco, Carlos; Mazin, Rafael (Wiley, 2016)
    Introduction: Transgender women are the population most vulnerable to HIV in Latin America, with prevalence between 18 and 38%. Although the region has improved antiretroviral coverage, there is an urgent need to strengthen ...
  • HIV risk and preventive interventions in transgender women sex workers 
    Poteat, Tonia; Wirtz, Andrea L.; Radix, Anita; Borquez, Annick; Silva-Santisteban Portella, Alfonso Alberto; Deutsch, Madeline B.; Khan, Sharful Islam; Winter, Sam; Operario, Don (Elsevier, 2015)
    Worldwide, transgender women who engage in sex work have a disproportionate risk for HIV compared with natal male and female sex workers. We reviewed recent epidemiological research on HIV in transgender women and show ...
  • HIV Risk Perception and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Awareness Among Transgender Women from Mexico 
    Guillen-Diaz-Barriga, Centli; Diaz-Sosa, Dulce; Torres, Thiago S.; Konda, Kelika A.; Robles-Garcia, Rebeca; Hoagland, Brenda; Benedetti, Marcos; Pimenta, Cristina; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Caceres Palacios, Carlos Fernando; Veloso, Valdilea G.; Vega-Ramirez, Hamid; Mexico-Xochimilco, Calzada (Springer, 2022)
    This study aimed to identify factors associated with HIV risk perception among Mexican transgender women (TGW). This cross-sectional survey was conducted online and at a public HIV clinic in Mexico City. Participants were ...
  • HIV screening among newly diagnosed TB patients: a cross sectional study in Lima, Peru 
    Ramírez, Suzanne; Mejía Cordero, Fernando Alonso; Rojas, Marlene; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael; Van der Stuyft, Patrick; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Otero Vegas, Larissa (BioMed Central, 2018)
    Background: Since 2006, the Peruvian National TB program (NTP) recommends voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for all tuberculosis (TB) patients. Responding to the differential burden of both diseases in Peru, TB is ...
  • HIV self-testing in Peru: questionable availability, high acceptability but potential low linkage to care among men who have sex with men and transgender women 
    Bustamante, Maria Jose; Konda, Kelika A.; Joseph Davey, Dvora; León Sandoval, Segundo Ramos; Calvo, Gino M.; Salvatierra, Javier; Brown, Brandon; Caceres Palacios, Carlos Fernando; Klausner, Jeffrey D. (SAGE Publications, 2016)
    HIV status awareness is key to prevention, linkage-to-care and treatment. Our study evaluated the accessibility and potential willingness of HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women in ...
  • HIV Status Communication with Sex Partners and Associated Factors Among High-Risk MSM and Transgender Women in Lima, Peru 
    Konda, Kelika A.; Castillo, Rostislav; León Sandoval, Segundo Ramos; Silva-Santisteban Portella, Alfonso Alberto; Salazar Lostaunau, Ximena; Klausner, Jeffrey D.; Coates, Thomas J.; Caceres Palacios, Carlos Fernando (Springer, 2016)
    Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TW) are key populations in the HIV epidemic. HIV status communication between sex partners can inform decisions regarding sexual behavior. MSM and TW were asked about ...
  • HIV Stigma as a Barrier to Retention in HIV Care at a General Hospital in Lima, Peru: A Case–Control Study 
    Valenzuela, C.; Ugarte Gil, Cesar Augusto; Paz, J.; Echevarria Zarate, Juan Ignacio; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Vermund, S.H.; Kipp, A.M. (Springer, 2014)
    HIV stigma as a barrier to retention in HIV care has not been well-studied outside the United States. We conducted a case–control study in Lima, Peru to examine this issue. Cases were out-of-care for ≥12 months (n = 66) ...
  • HIV testing among social media-using Peruvian men who have sex with men: correlates and social context 
    Krueger, Evan-A.; Chiu, ChingChe-J.; Menacho Alvirio, Luis Alberto; Young, Sean-D. (Taylor and Francis, 2016)
    HIV remains concentrated among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Peru, and homophobia and AIDS-related stigmas have kept the epidemic difficult to address. Gay self-identity has been associated with increased HIV testing, ...
  • HIV-related tuberculosis: Mortality risk in persons without vs With culture-confirmed disease 
    Crabtree-Ramírez, B.; Jenkins, C.; Jayathilake, K.; Carriquiry, G.; Veloso, V.; Padgett, D.; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Cortes, C.; Mejía Cordero, Fernando Alonso; McGowan, C.C.; Duda, S.; Shepherd, B.E.; Sterling, T.R. (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2019)
    BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive persons is difficult, particularly in resource-limited settings. The relationship between TB culture status and mortality in HIV-positive ...

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