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  • The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future 
    Romanello, M.; McGushin, A.; Di Napoli, C.; Drummond, P.; Hughes, N.; Jamart, L.; Kennard, H.; Lampard, P.; Solano Rodriguez, B.; Arnell, N.; Ayeb-Karlsson, S.; Belesova, K.; Cai, W.; Campbell-Lendrum, D.; Capstick, S.; Chambers, J.; Chu, L.; Ciampi, L.; Dalin, C.; Dasandi, N.; Dasgupta, S.; Davies, M.; Dominguez-Salas, P.; Dubrow, R.; Ebi, K.L.; Eckelman, M.; Ekins, P.; Escobar, L.E.; Georgeson, L.; Grace, D.; Graham, H.; Gunther, S.H.; Hartinger Peña, Stella Maria; He, K.; Heaviside, C.; Hess, J.; Hsu, S.-C.; Jankin, S.; Jimenez, M.P.; Kelman, I.; Kiesewetter, G.; Kinney, P.L.; Kjellstrom, T.; Kniveton, D.; Lee, J.K.W.; Lemke, B.; Liu, Y.; Liu, Z.; Lott, M.; Lowe, R.; Martinez-Urtaza, J.; Maslin, M.; McAllister, L.; McMichael, C.; Mi, Z.; Milner, J.; Minor, K.; Mohajeri, N.; Moradi-Lakeh, M.; Morrissey, K.; Munzert, S.; Murray, K.A.; Neville, T.; Nilsson, M.; Obradovich, N.; Sewe, M.O.; Oreszczyn, T.; Otto, M.; Owfi, F.; Pearman, O.; Pencheon, D.; Rabbaniha, M.; Robinson, E.; Rocklöv, J.; Salas, R.N.; Semenza, J.C.; Sherman, J.; Shi, L.; Springmann, M.; Tabatabaei, M.; Taylor, J.; Trinanes, J.; Shumake-Guillemot, J.; Vu, B.; Wagner, F.; Wilkinson, P.; Winning, M.; Yglesias, M.; Zhang, S.; Gong, P.; Montgomery, H.; Costello, A.; Hamilton, I. (Elsevier, 2021)
    The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing updated, new, and improved indicators each year, the Lancet Countdown represents ...
  • The Andean Latin-American burden of diabetes attributable to high body mass index: a comparative risk assessment 
    Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín; Pearson-Stuttard, Jonathan; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Gregg, Edward W. (Elsevier, 2020)
    BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) has increased in Latin-America, but the implications for the diabetes burden have not been quantified. We estimated the proportion and absolute number of diabetes cases attributable to ...
  • Association between Human Papillomavirus and Human T-Lymphotropic Virus in Indigenous Women from the Peruvian Amazon 
    Blas Blas, Magaly Marlitz; Alva, I.E.; Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet; Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio; Montano, S.M.; Muñante, R.; Zunt, J.R. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
    Background: No association between the Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV), an oncogenic virus that alters host immunity, and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) has previously been reported. Examining the association between ...
  • Calidad de vida vinculada a salud en población migrante rural-urbana y población urbana en Lima, Perú 
    Márquez-Montero, G.; Loret de Mola, C.; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Smeeth, L.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Miranda, J. Jaime (Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2011)
    Objectives. To explore if there is a difference in the perception and self reported quality of life between rural-to-urban migrants and urban groups. Materials and methods. Cross-sectional study, secondary analysis of the ...
  • Changes in tuberculin skin test positivity over 20 years in periurban shantytowns in Lima, Peru 
    Martinez, Leonardo; Arman, Alyssa; Haveman, Nathan; Lundgren, Ashley; Cabrera, Lilia; Evans, Carlton Anthony William; Pelly, Tom F.; Saito, Mayuko; Callacondo, David; Oberhelman, Richard; Collazo, Gisela; Carnero, Andrés M.; Gilman, Robert Hugh (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013)
    A cross-sectional, community-based study was performed in 2012 with 428 residents of periurban shantytowns in Lima, Peru to study risk factors for and changes in latent tuberculosis infection in age-stratified groups ...
  • CKD and CKDu in northern Peru: a cross-sectional analysis under the DEGREE protocol 
    Ruiz-Alejos, Andrea; Caplin, Ben; Miranda, J. Jaime; Pearce, Neil; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio (BioMed Central, 2021)
    BACKGROUND: This study estimated the prevalence and risk factors for decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in those without known hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, or heavy proteinuria as a surrogate ...
  • A comparative cross-cultural study of the prevalence of late life depression in low and middle income countries 
    Guerra Arteaga, Mariella; Prina, A.M.; Ferri, C.P.; Acosta, D.; Gallardo, S.; Huang, Y.; Jacob, K.S.; Jimenez-Velazquez, I.Z.; Llibre Rodriguez, J.J.; Liu, Z.; Salas, A.; Sosa, A.L.; Williams, J.D.; Uwakwe, R.; Prince, M. (Elsevier, 2016)
    Background: Current estimates of the prevalence of depression in later life mostly arise from studies carried out in Europe, North America and Asia. In this study we aimed to measure the prevalence of depression using a ...
  • A country bug in the city: Urban infestation by the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in Arequipa, Peru 
    Delgado, Stephen; Ernst, Kacey C.; Pumahuanca, María Luz Hancco; Yool, Stephen R.; Comrie, Andrew C.; Sterling, Charles R.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Naquira Velarde, Cesar Gabriel; Levy, Michael Z. (BioMed Central, 2013)
    Background: Interruption of vector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi remains an unrealized Objetive: in many Latin American countries. The task of vector control is complicated by the emergence of vector insects in ...
  • A cross-sectional study of determinants of indoor environmental exposures in households with and without chronic exposure to biomass fuel smoke 
    Pollard, Suzanne L.; Williams, D'Ann L.; Breysse, Patrick N.; Baron, Patrick A.; Grajeda, Laura M.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Miranda, J. Jaime; Checkley, William (BioMed Central, 2014)
    Background: 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 ...
  • Effect of urbanisation on asthma, allergy and airways inflammation in a developing country setting 
    Robinson, C.L.; Baumann, L.M.; Romero Rivero, Karina Maribel; Combe, J.M.; Gomez, A.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Cabrera, L.; Gonzalvez, G.; Hansel, N.N.; Wise, R.A.; Barnes, K.C.; Breysse, P.N.; Checkley, W. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2011)
    Background: Asthma is a growing public health problem in developing countries. However, few studies have studied the role of urbanisation in this phenomenon. It was hypothesised that children living in a peri-urban setting ...
  • Effect of urbanisation on the relationship between total serum IgE and asthma 
    Checkley, William; Robinson, Colin L.; Baumann, Lauren M.; Romero Rivero, Karina Maribel; Combe, Juan M.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Wise, Robert A.; Hamilton, Robert G.; Gonzalvez, Guillermo; Cama, Vitaliano; Hansel, Nadia N. (European Respiratory Society, 2013)
    It is unclear if the relationship of total serum IgE with asthma varies with degree of urbanisation. We hypothesised that the relationship of total serum IgE to asthma is more pronounced in an urban versus a rural environment. ...
  • The Effects of City Streets on an Urban Disease Vector 
    Barbu, Corentin M.; Hong, Andrew; Manne, Jennifer M.; Small, Dylan S.; Quintanilla Calderón, Javier E.; Sethuraman, Karthik; Quispe-Machaca, Victor; Ancca-Juárez, Jenny; Cornejo del Carpio, Juan G.; Málaga Chavez, Fernando S.; Naquira Velarde, Cesar Gabriel; Levy, Michael Z. (Public Library of Science, 2013)
    With increasing urbanization vector-borne diseases are quickly developing in cities, and urban control strategies are needed. If streets are shown to be barriers to disease vectors, city blocks could be used as a convenient ...
  • Health and Environmental Co-Benefits of City Urban Form in Latin America: An Ecological Study 
    Avila-Palencia, I.; Sánchez, B. N.; Rodríguez, D. A.; Perez-Ferrer, C.; Miranda, J. Jaime; Gouveia, N.; Bilal, U.; Useche, A. F.; Wilches-Mogollon, M. A.; Moore, K.; Sarmiento, O. L.; Diez Roux, A. V. (MDPI, 2022)
    We investigated the association of urban landscape profiles with health and environmental outcomes, and whether those profiles are linked to environmental and health co-benefits. In this ecological study, we used data from ...
  • Household Contamination of Baby Bottles and Opportunities to Improve Bottle Hygiene in Peri-Urban Lima, Peru 
    Rothstein, Jessica D.; Mendoza, Alejandra Llican; Cabrera, Lilia Z.; Pachas, Jessica; Calderón Sánchez, Maritza Mercedes; Pajuelo Travezaño, Monica Jhenny; Caulfield, Laura E.; Winch, Peter J.; Gilman, Robert Hugh (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019)
    Feeding of infant formula using contaminated bottles may be an important transmission pathway of enteric pathogens during early life. Determinants of suboptimal bottle hygiene and the feasibility and acceptability of ...
  • Is self-reported park proximity associated with perceived social disorder? Findings from eleven cities in Latin America 
    Moran, Mika R.; Rodríguez, Daniel A.; Cortinez-O'ryan, Andrea; Miranda, J. Jaime (Elsevier, 2022)
    Parks and greenspaces can enhance personal health in various ways, including among others, through psychological restoration and improved well-being. However, under certain circumstances, parks may also have adverse effects ...
  • Patient perspectives on the promptness and quality of care of road traffic incident victims in Peru: A cross-sectional, active surveillance study 
    Miranda, J. Jaime; Rosales-Mayor, Edmundo; Quistberg, D. Alex; Paca-Palao, Ada; Gianella, Camila; Perel, Pablo; Lopez, Luis; Luna, Diego; Best, Pablo; Huicho Oriundo, Luis (F1000 Research, 2013)
    Background: Road injuries are the second-leading cause of disease and injury in the Andean region of South America. Adequate management of road traffic crash victims is important to prevent and reduce deaths and serious ...
  • Prevalence of anxiety and its correlates among older adults in Latin America, India and China: Cross-cultural study 
    Prina, A.M.; Ferri, C.P.; Guerra Arteaga, Mariella; Brayne, C.; Prince, M. (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
    Background: Anxiety is a common mental disorder among older people who live in the Western world, yet little is known about its prevalence in low- and middle-income countries. Aims: We investigated the prevalence of anxiety ...
  • Prevalence of HIV, STIs, and Risk Behaviors in a Cross-Sectional Community- and Clinic-Based Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Lima, Peru 
    Perez-Brumer, Amaya G.; Konda, Kelika A.; Salvatierra, H.Javier; Segura, Eddy R.; Hall, Eric R.; Montano, Silvia M.; Coates, Thomas J.; Klausner, Jeff D.; Caceres Palacios, Carlos Fernando; Clark, Jesse L. (Public Library of Science, 2013)
    Further research is necessary to understand the factors contributing to the high prevalence of HIV/STIs among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Peru. We compared HIV/STI prevalence and risk factors between two non-probability ...
  • Residual infestation and recolonization during urban Triatoma infestans bug control campaign, Peru 
    Barbu, Corentin M.; Buttenheim, Alison M.; Hancco Pumahuanca, Maria-Luz; Quintanilla Calderón, Javier E.; Salazar Sánchez, Renzo Sadath; Carrión, Malwina; Catacora Rospigliossi, Andy; Malaga Chavez, Fernando S.; Oppe Alvarez, Karina; Cornejo del Carpio, Juan; Naquira Velarde, Cesar Gabriel; Levy, Michael Z. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014)
    Chagas disease vector control campaigns are being conducted in Latin America, but little is known about medium- term or long-term effectiveness of these efforts, especially in urban areas. After analyzing entomologic data ...
  • The "rule of halves" does not apply in Peru: Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and diabetes in rural, urban, and rural-to-urban migrants 
    Lerner, Alana G.; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Smeeth, Liam; Miranda, J. Jaime (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2013)
    Objective: To determine the awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and diabetes by migration status. Design: Cross-sectional study, secondary analyses of the PERU MIGRANT study. Patients: Rural, rural-to-urban ...

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