• Is CD1a useful for leishmaniasis diagnosis in the New World? 

  Ferrufino-Schmidt, Maria C.; Bravo, Francisco; Valencia, Braulio M.; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro; Boggild, Andrea K.; LeBoit, Philip E. (Wiley, 2018)

  We read with great interest the article by Sundharkrishnan and North in which they compare the expression of CD1a between Old World and New World Leishmania species, and we would like to share our experience and thoughts...
• Helicobacter pylori y la expresión del gen GLS en pacientes con cáncer gástrico 

  Rabanal, J. (Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú, 2018)

  En diversos tipos de canceres, se ha reportado la sobreexpresión de genes que codifican enzimas que cumplen funciones metabólicas. Puesto que, el metabolismo normal esta alterado (alteraciones en la vía glucolítica) y ...
• Neurocysticercosis: A natural human model of epileptogenesis 

  Nash, T.E.; Mahanty, S.; Loeb, J.A.; Theodore, W.H.; Friedman, A.; Sander, J.W.; Singh, G.; Cavalheiro, E.; Del Brutto, O.H.; Takayanagui, O.M.; Fleury, A.; Verastegui, M.; Preux, P.-M.; Montano, S.; Pretell, E.J.; White, A.C. Jr.; Gonzales, A.E.; Gilman, R.H.; Garcia, H.H. (Wiley, 2015)

  Objective To develop a better understanding of mechanisms of seizures and long-term epileptogenesis using neurocysticercosis. Methods A workshop was held bringing together experts in epilepsy and epileptogenesis and ...
• Pacific broad tapeworm adenocephalus pacificus as a causative agent of globally reemerging diphyllobothriosis 

  Kuchta, R.; Serrano-Martínez, M.E.; Scholz, T. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015)

  The Pacific broad tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus (syn. Diphyllobothrium pacificum) is the causative agent of the third most common fish-borne cestodosis among humans. Although most of the nearly 1,000 cases among humans ...
• Pollution, habitat loss, fishing, and climate change as critical threats to penguins 

  Trathan, P.N.; García-Borboroglu, P.; Boersma, D.; Bost, C.-A.; Crawford, R.J.M.; Crossin, G.T.; Cuthbert, R.J.; Dann, P.; Davis, L.S.; De La Puente, S.; Ellenberg, U.; Lynch, H.J.; Mattern, T.; Pütz, K.; Seddon, P.J.; Trivelpiece, W.; Wienecke, B. (Wiley, 2015)

  Cumulative human impacts across the world's oceans are considerable. We therefore examined a single model taxonomic group, the penguins (Spheniscidae), to explore how marine species and communities might be at risk of ...
• The status of cryptococcosis in latin America 

  Firacative, C.; Lizarazo, J.; Illnait-Zaragozí, M.T.; Castañeda, E.; Arechavala, A.; Córdoba, S.; Mazza, M.; Taverna, C.; Isla, G.; Chiapello, L.; Vergara, M.L.S.; Melhem, M.S.C.; Szeszs, M.W.; Martins, M.A.; Bonfietti, L.X.; de Oliveira, R.A.; de Oliveira, L.; Santos, D.C.S.; Lazera, M.S.; Wanke, B.; Díaz, M.C.; Escandón, P.; Noguera, M.C.; Andreu, C.M.F.; Castrillón, L.; Bustamante, B.; Dolande, M.; Ferrara, G.; Latin American Cryptococcal Study Group (Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde, 2018)

  Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal infection caused by the encapsulated yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii, acquired from the environment. In Latin America, as occurring worldwide, C. neoformans causes ...
• Screening transplant donors for HTLV-1 and -2 

  Gallo, R.C.; Willems, L.; Hasegawa, H.; Accolla, R.; Bangham, C.; Bazarbachi, A.; Bertazzoni, U.; De Freitas Carneiro-Proietti, A.B.; Cheng, H.; Chieco-Bianchi, L.; Ciminale, V.; Gessain, A.; Gotuzzo, E.; Hall, W.; Harford, J.; Hermine, O.; Jacobson, S.; Macchi, B.; Macpherson, C.; Mahieux, R.; Matsuoka, M.; McSweegan, E.; Murphy, E.L.; Péloponèse, J.-M.; Reis, J.; Simon, V.; Tagaya, Y.; Taylor, G.P.; Watanabe, T.; Yamano, Y. (American Society of Hematology, 2016)

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• In response: Multifactorial basis of epilepsy in patients with neurocysticercosis 

  Nash, T.E.; Mahanty, S.; Loeb, J.A.; Theodore, W.H.; Friedman, A.; Sander, J.W.; Singh, G.; Cavalheiro, E.; Del Brutto, O.H.; Takayanagui, O.M.; Fleury, A.; Verastegui, M.; Preux, P.-M.; Montano, S.; Pretell, E.J.; White, A.C.; Gonzales, A.E.; Gilman, R.H.; Garcia, H.H. (Wiley, 2015)

  To the Editors: Carpio and Romo have emphasized the limitations in our understanding of symptomatic seizures and the epileptogenic process that follows in some, but not all, patients with neurocysticercosis. Their letter ...
• Is the evaluation of risk of bias in periodontology and implant dentistry comprehensive? A systematic review 

  Faggion, C.M.; Listl, S.; Alarcón, M.A. (Wiley, 2015)

  Background/Objective The objective of this study was to assess how authors of systematic reviews (SRs) with meta-analyses published in periodontology and implant dentistry evaluate risk of bias (ROB) in primary studies ...
• Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis: An unusual case 

  Rueda, M.; Torres, N.; Bravo, F. (eScholarship Publishing, University of California, 2018)

  Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis caused by Sporothrix schenckii with endemic regions in the American continent. Clinical features depend on the immunological patient state and some characteristics of the fungus. ...
• Réplica a los autores 

  Henríquez Camacho, C.; Pérez Molína, J.A.; Gotuzzo Herencia, E. (SANED, 2016)

  Sr. Editor: Hemos leído con gran interés la carta de Hermosa et al. en el que se expone el caso de un paciente con quimioterapia y corticoides y que desarrolló disfunción multiorgánica. Evolucionó favorablemente con diarrea ...
• Inmunoterapia en melanoma: Vacunas de células dendríticas 

  Lozada-Requena, I.; Núñez, C.; Aguilar, J.L. (Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2015)

  La presente es una revisión narrativa que muestra la información accesible a la comunidad científica sobre melanoma e inmunoterapia. Las células dendríticas tienen la capacidad de participar en la inmunidad innata y ...
• A deep dive on central serous chorioretinopathy 

  Roca, J.A.; Alpízar-Alvarez, N. (Bryn Mawr Communications, 2018)

  Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is an idiopathic disorder characterized by serous retinal detachment and retinal pigment epithelial detachment (PED). Changes are most often confined to the macula and are associated ...
• A multiple indicators multiple causes model of late-life depression in Latin American countries 

  Brailean, A.; Guerra, M.; Chua, K.-C.; Prince, M.; Prina, M.A. (Elsevier, 2015)

  Background The Euro-D depression scale consists of symptom clusters that may be differentially related to demographic and cognitive characteristics in older adults. This hypothesis needs further investigation and the role ...
• Capacitaciones e investigación realizados por los recursos humanos en salud, Latinoamérica 

  Mejia, C.R.; Chacón, J.I.; Garay Jaramillo, E.; Jorge Torrealba, M.; Delgado-García, S.; Aveiro Róbalo, R.; Pacheco-Barrios, N.; Serrano Torres, F. (Elsevier, 2018)

  Objective: It was decided to analyze the attendance to courses, congresses, the production of research and publications as an instrument to calibrate the continuing education of health personnel in divers Latin American ...
• The search and selection for primary studies in systematic reviews published in dental journals indexed in MEDLINE was not fully reproducible 

  Faggion, C.M.Jr.; Huivin, R.; Aranda, L.; Pandis, N.; Alarcon, M. (Elsevier, 2018)

  Objectives: To evaluate whether the reporting of search strategies and the primary study selection process in dental systematic reviews is reproducible. Study Design and Setting: A survey of systematic reviews published ...
• Bringing sustainable seafood back to the table: Exploring chefs' knowledge, attitudes and practices in Peru 

  López De La Lama, R.; De La Puente, S.; Valdés-Velásquez, A. (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

  Conservation organizations promoting sustainable seafood have had greater success when chefs are empowered as agents of change in favour of sustainable seafood. Peru is experiencing a gastronomic revolution with seafood ...
• Investing in sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls to reach HIV and UHC goals 

  Narasimhan, M.; Pillay, Y.; García, P.J.; Allotey, P.; Gorna, R.; Welbourn, A.; Remme, M.; Askew, I.; Nordström, A.; Haufiku, B.; Wilton Park Consultation (Elsevier, 2018)

  Each year, 200 million women have an unmet need for modern contraception, more than 45 million women receive inadequate or no antenatal care, 1 million women and girls acquire HIV, and 25 million abortions are unsafe. These ...
• A Review of State Public Health Emergency Declarations in Peru: 2014-2016 

  Bambarén, C.; Del Socorro Alatrista, M. (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

  Peru has different legal mechanisms of emergency, one of which is the Public Health Emergency that is applicable when: there is high-risk for, or the existence of an outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic; the occurrence of cases ...
• A HOPE for HIV prevention in virtual MSM communities 

  Cáceres, C.F. (Elsevier, 2015)

  The spectacular development of the internet in the past two decades and enormous prospects for its continuing growth are transforming social life. Such unprecedented transformation is affecting not only forms of communication ...

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