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  • 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 ...
  • HLA-DR marks recently divided antigen-specific effector CD4 T cells in active tuberculosis patients 
    Tippalagama, Rashmi; Singhania, Akul; Dubelko, Paige; Lindestam-Arlehamn, Cecilia S.; Crinklaw, Austin; Pomaznoy, Mikhail; Seumois, Gregory; deSilva, Aruna D.; Premawansa, Sunil; Vidanagama, Dhammika; Gunasena, Bandu; Goonawardhana, N.D.Suraj; Ariyaratne, Dinuka; Scriba, Thomas J.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Saito, Mayuko; Taplitz, Randy; Vijayanand, Pandurangan; Sette, Alessandro; Peters, Bjoern; Burel, Julie G. (American Association of Immunologists, 2021)
    Upon Ag encounter, T cells can rapidly divide and form an effector population, which plays an important role in fighting acute infections. In humans, little is known about the molecular markers that distinguish such effector ...
  • Holocene paleohydrology of Quistococha Lake (Peru) in the upper Amazon Basin: Influence on carbon accumulation 
    Aniceto, Keila; Moreira-Turcq, Patricia; Cordeiro, Renato C.; Fraizy, Pascal; Quintana, Isabel; Turcq, Bruno (Elsevier, 2014)
    In order to study the impact of hydrological changes of the Amazon River on sedimentation process and organic matter (OM) accumulation, in an Amazonian floodplain lake during the Holocene, three sediment cores were collected ...
  • The HOMA-IR Performance to Identify New Diabetes Cases by Degree of Urbanization and Altitude in Peru: The CRONICAS Cohort Study 
    Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín; Miranda, J. Jaime; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Checkley, W.; Smeeth, L.; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group (Hindawi, 2018)
    Aims: Prognostic thresholds to identify new type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) cases using the HOMA-IR have not been defined. We studied the HOMA-IR performance to identify incident T2DM cases and to assess if the thresholds ...
  • Home birth preference, childbirth, and newborn care practices in rural Peruvian Amazon 
    Del Mastro N, Irene; Tejada-Llacsa, Paul J.; Reinders, Stefan; Pérez, Raquel; Solís, Yliana; Alva, Isaac; Blas Blas, Magaly Marlitz (Public Library of Science, 2021)
    Home birth is very common in the Peruvian Amazon. In rural areas of the Loreto region, home to indigenous populations such as the Kukama-Kukamiria, birth takes place at home constantly. This study aims to understand the ...
  • Home Blood Pressure Management Intervention in Low- to Middle-Income Countries: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study 
    Anderson, Cheryl; Dadabhai, Sufia; Damasceno, Albertino; Dzudie, Anastase; Islam, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful; Kamath, Deepak; Kandula, Namratha; Kayange, Noel; Quispe, Renato; Roy, Ambuj; Shah, Syed; Vidal-Perez, Rafael (JMIR Publications, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: Control of hypertension in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is poor, often less than 10%. A strong body of evidence demonstrates that home blood pressure management lowers blood pressure, and recent ...
  • Homenaje al Dr. Alberto Hurtado 
    Unknown author (Biblioteca Roger Guerra-GarcíaPE, 1970)
    Homenaje al Dr. Alberto Hurtado en el Hotel Bolivar. En la foto se reconoce junto a él al Dr. Homero Silva Díaz.
  • Homenaje al Dr. Alberto Hurtado durante almuerzo en el Hotel Bolivar 
    Foto Quiroz (Biblioteca Roger Guerra-GarcíaPE, 1970)
    Almuerzo en el Hotel Bolivar, de izquierda a derecha: Dr. Carlos Enrique Paz Soldan, J. Haackers, Dr. Alberto Hurtado, Enrique Espejo y Dr. Carlos Monge. Frente a ellos, el Dr. Ovidio García Rossel
  • Homenaje al Dr. José Max Arnillas Arana 
    Unknown author (Biblioteca Roger Guerra-GarcíaPE, 1961)
    Foto en la que se reconoce en primer plano, sentados de izquierda a derecha, al Dr. Humberto Rotondo, Dr. Juan Francisco Valega, Dr. José Max Arnillas, Dr. Honorio Delgado y Dr. Federico Sal y Rosas, en segundo plano de ...

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