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The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate.

Watts, Nick; Amann, Markus; Arnell, Nigel; Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja; Belesova, Kristine; Boykoff, Maxwell; Byass, Peter; Cai, Wenjia; Campbell-Lendrum, Diarmid; Capstick, Stuart; Chambers, Jonathan; Dalin, Carole; Daly, Meaghan; Dasandi, Niheer; Davies, Michael; Drummond, Paul; Dubrow, Robert; Ebi, Kristie L.; Eckelman, Matthew; Ekins, Paul; Escobar, Luis E.; Fernandez Montoya, Lucia; Georgeson, Lucien; Graham, Hilary; Haggar, Paul; Hamilton, Ian; Hartinger Peña, Stella Maria; Hess, Jeremy; Kelman, Ilan; Kiesewetter, Gregor; Kjellstrom, Tord; Kniveton, Dominic; Lemke, Bruno; Liu, Yang; Lott, Melissa; Lowe, Rachel; Sewe, Maquins Odhiambo; Martinez-Urtaza, Jaime; Maslin, Mark; McAllister, Lucy; McGushin, Alice; Jankin Mikhaylov, Slava; Milner, James; Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar; Morrissey, Karyn; Murray, Kris; Munzert, Simon; Nilsson, Maria; Neville, Tara; Oreszczyn, Tadj; Owfi, Fereidoon; Pearman, Olivia; Pencheon, David; Phung, Dung; Pye, Steve; Quinn, Ruth; Rabbaniha, Mahnaz; Robinson, Elizabeth; Rocklov, Joacim; Semenza, Jan C.; Sherman, Jodi; Shumake-Guillemot, Joy; Tabatabaei, Meisam; Taylor, Jonathon; Trinanes, Joaquin; Wilkinson, Paul; Costello, Anthony; Gong, Peng; Montgomery, Hugh (Elsevier, 2019)

The Lancet Countdown is an international, multidisciplinary collaboration, dedicated to monitoring the evolving health profile of climate change, and providing an independent assessment of the delivery of commitments made ...
Acalculous Cholecystitis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum in a severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected patient

Alave, J.; Bustamante Rufino, Ana Beatriz; Soto, L.; Cáceres, J.; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael (Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011)

Billiary tract involvement in the course of disseminated histoplasmosis has been rarely reported. Here we present a severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected patient who presented with symptomatic acalculous cholecystitis ...
Association between allergic rhinitis and asthma control in peruvian school children: A cross-sectional study

Padilla, Justo; Uceda, Mónica; Ziegler, Otto; Lindo, Felipe; Herrera-Pérez, Eder; Huicho Oriundo, Luis (Hindawi, 2013)

Background. Asthma and allergic rhinitis are highly prevalent conditions that cause major illness worldwide. This study aimed to assess the association between allergic rhinitis and asthma control in Peruvian school children. ...
The association between common physical impairments and dementia in low and middle income countries, and, among people with dementia, their association with cognitive function and disability. A 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based study

Prince, M.; Acosta, D.; Ferri, C.P.; Guerra Arteaga, Mariella; Huang, Y.; Jacob, K.S.; Jotheeswaran, A.T.; Liu, Z.; Llibre Rodriguez, J.J.; Salas, A.; Sosa, A.L.; Williams, J.D. (Wiley, 2011)

Objective: Chronic physical comorbidity is common in dementia. However, there is an absence of evidence to support good practice guidelines for attention to these problems. We aimed to study the extent of this comorbidity ...
Association of decreased serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) concentrations in early pregnancy with antepartum depression

Fung, J.; Gelaye, B.; Zhong, Q.Y.; Rondon, M.B.; Sanchez, S.E.; Barrios, Y.V.; Hevner, K.; Qiu, C.; Williams, M.A. (BioMed Central, 2015)

Background: 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 ...
Body Mass Index and Self-Perception of Overweight and Obesity in Rural, Urban and Rural-to-Urban Migrants: PERU MIGRANT Study

Loret de Mola, C.; Pillay, T.D.; Diez-Canseco Montero, Francisco; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Smeeth, L.; Miranda, J. Jaime (Public Library of Science, 2012)

Objective: This study aimed to compare self-reported weight and body mass index (BMI) in order to determine discrepancies between subjective and objective obesity-related markers, and possible explanatory factors of ...
CD80+ and CD86+ B cells as biomarkers and possible therapeutic targets in HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis and multiple sclerosis

Menezes, Soraya Maria; Decanine, Daniele; Brassat, David; Khouri, Ricardo; Schnitman, Saul V.; Kruschewsky, Ramon; López, Giovanni; Alvarez, Carolina; Talledo Albujar, Michael John; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Vandamme, Anne-Mieke; Galvão-Castro, Bernardo; Liblau, Roland; Weyenbergh, Johan Van (BioMed Central, 2014)

Background: 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 ...
Cytokines and t-lymphocyte count in patients in the acute and chronic phases of bartonella bacilliformis infection in an endemic area in Peru: A pilot study

Huarcaya, E.; Best, I.; Rodriguez-Tafur, J.; Maguiña Vargas, Ciro; Solórzano, N.; Menacho, J.; Lopez de Guimaraes, D.; Chauca, J.; Ventosilla, P. (Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2011)

Human Bartonellosis has an acute phase characterized by fever and hemolytic anemia, and a chronic phase with bacillary angiomatosis-like lesions. This cross-sectional pilot study evaluated the immunology patterns using ...
Diferencias clínicas y polisomnográficas entre obesos y no obesos con síndrome de apneas-hipopneas del sueño

de Castro, J.R.; Rosales-Mayor, E. (Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2011)

Objectives. To describe the clinical and polysomnographyc differences between obese and non- obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea (OSAH) syndrome. Materials and methods. A physical examination, the Epworth ...
Epidemiology and risk factors of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap in low- and middle-income countries

Morgan, Brooks W.; Grigsby, Matthew R.; Siddharthan, Trishul; Chowdhury, Muhammad; Rubinstein, Adolfo; Gutierrez, Laura; Irazola, Vilma; Miranda, J. Jaime; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Alam, Dewan; Wise, Robert A.; Checkley, William (Elsevier, 2018)

BACKGROUND: Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) represents the confluence of bronchial airway hyperreactivity and chronic airflow limitation and has been described as leading to worse lung ...
Field Evaluation of a Coproantigen Detection Test for Fascioliasis Diagnosis and Surveillance in Human Hyperendemic Areas of Andean Countries

Valero, M.A.; Periago, M.V.; Pérez-Crespo, I.; Angles, R.; Villegas, F.; Aguirre, C.; Strauss, W.; Espinoza, J.R.; Herrera Velit, Rosa Patricia; Terashima, A.; Tamayo, H.; Engels, D.; Gabrielli, A.F.; Mas-Coma, S. (Public Library of Science, 2012)

Background: Emergence of human fascioliasis prompted a worldwide control initiative including a pilot study in a few countries. Two hyperendemic areas were chosen: Huacullani, Northern Altiplano, Bolivia, representing the ...
Gender-dependent differences in plasma matrix metalloproteinase-8 elevated in pulmonary tuberculosis

Sathyamoorthy, T.; Sandhu, G.; Tezera, L.B.; Thomas, R.; Singhania, A.; Woelk, C.H.; Dimitrov, B.D.; Agranoff, D.; Evans, Carlton Anthony William; Friedland, J.S.; Elkington, P.T. (Public Library of Science, 2015)

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health pandemic and greater understanding of underlying pathogenesis is required to develop novel therapeutic and diagnostic approaches. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are emerging as ...
Hemoglobina materna en el Perú: diferencias regionales y su asociación con resultados adversos perinatales

Gonzales Rengifo, Gustavo Francisco; Tapia Aguirre, Vilma Lucrecia; Gasco Tantachuco, Manuel Enrique; Carrillo, C. (Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2011)

Objectives. To evaluate hemoglobin (Hb) levels in pregnant women from different geographical regions from Peru; to establish anemia and erythrocytocis rates and to establish the role of Hb on adverse perinatal outcomes ...
Hemoglobina materna en la salud perinatal y materna en la altura: implicancias en la región andina

Gonzales Rengifo, Gustavo Francisco (Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2012)

This review analyzes the importance of hemoglobin levels in pregnant women and its implications in pregnancy. It discuss the use of biomass fuel for cooking and the impact on birthweight, maternal hemoglobin levels and the ...
Increased Outdoor PM2.5 Concentration Is Associated with Moderate/Severe Anemia in Children Aged 6-59 Months in Lima, Peru.

Morales-Ancajima, Valeria C.; Tapia Aguirre, Vilma Lucrecia; Vu, Bryan N.; Liu, Yang; Alarcón Yaquetto, Dulce Esperanza; Gonzales Rengifo, Gustavo Francisco (Hindawi, 2019)

Anemia affects 1.62 billion people worldwide. Although iron deficiency is the main cause of anemia, several other factors may explain its high prevalence. In this study, we sought to analyze the association between outdoor ...
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and culture conversion with bedaquiline

Diacon, Andreas H.; Pym, Alexander; Grobusch, Martin P.; De Los Rios, Jorge M.; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Vasilyeva, Irina; Leimane, Vaira; Andries, Koen; Bakare, Nyasha; De Marez, Tine; Haxaire-Theeuwes, Myriam; Lounis, Nacer; Meyvisch, Paul; De Paepe, Els; Van Heeswijk, Rolf P.G.; Dannemann, Brian (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2014)

BACKGROUND: Bedaquiline (Sirturo, TMC207), a diarylquinoline that inhibits mycobacterial ATP synthase, has been associated with accelerated sputum-culture conversion in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, when ...
A multisite assessment of the quantitative capabilities of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay

Blakemore, R.; Nabeta, P.; Davidow, A.L.; Vadwai, V.; Tahirli, R.; Munsamy, V.; Nicol, M.; Jones, M.; Persing, D.H.; Hillemann, D.; Ruesch-Gerdes, S.; Leisegang, F.; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Rodrigues, C.; Boehme, C.C.; Perkins, M.D.; Alland, D. (American Thoracic Society, 2011)

Rationale: The Xpert MTB/RIF is an automated molecular test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis that estimates bacterial burden by measuring the threshold-cycle (Ct) of its M. tuberculosis-specific real-time polymerase chain ...
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 Pimentel, Manuela Renee; Preux, P.-M.; Montano, S.; Pretell, E.J.; White, A.C. Jr.; Gonzales, A.E.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo (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 ...
Performance of a sandwich antigen-detection ELISA for the diagnosis of Porcine Taenia solium cysticercosis

Bustos Palomino, Javier Arturo; Ninaquispe, B.E.; Rodriguez, S.; Castillo Berrios, Yesenia; Yang, S.Y.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Dorny, P.; Gabriël, S.; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Gonzalez Zariquiey, Armando Emiliano (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019)

The pig is the natural intermediate host of Taenia solium, a parasite causing significant burden of disease in both humans and pigs. Porcine cysticercosis is traditionally detected via tongue palpation and slaughterhouse ...
The Peru urban versus rural asthma (PURA) study: Methods and baseline quality control data from a cross-sectional investigation into the prevalence, severity, genetics, immunology and environmental factors affecting asthma in adolescence in Peru

Robinson, C.L.; Baumann, L.M.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Romero Rivero, Karina Maribel; Combe, J.M.; Cabrera, L.; Hansel, N.N.; Barnes, K.; Gonzalvez, G.; Wise, R.A.; Breysse, P.N.; Checkley, W. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2012)

Objectives: According to a large-scale international survey, Peru has one of the highest prevalences of asthma worldwide; however, data from this survey were limited to participants from urban Lima.s sought to characterise ...

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