• Consistent Measurement of Parasite-Specific Antigen Levels in Sera of Patients with Neurocysticercosis Using Two Different Monoclonal Antibody (mAb)-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays. 

  Castillo Berrios, Yesenia; Toribio Salazar, Luz Milagros; Guzmán Dueñas, Carolina del Rosario; Arroyo Hurtado, Gianfranco; Espinoza Guerrero, Cindy; Saavedra, Herbert; Bustos Palomino, Javier Arturo; Dorny, Pierre; O'Neal, Seth E.; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo (MDPI, 2023)

  Monoclonal antibody (mAb)-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is a complementary diagnosis technique for neurocysticercosis (NCC), which detects circulating parasite antigen (Ag) indicative of viable infection ...
• Evaluating the Role of Corrals and Insects in the Transmission of Porcine Cysticercosis: A Cohort Study. 

  Gonzales-Gustavson, Eloy; Pray, Ian W.; Gamboa Morán, Ricardo; Muro Ecca, Claudio Alberto; Vilchez Barreto, Percy Mcquen; Gomez-Puerta, Luis; Vargas-Calla, Ana; Bonnet, Gabrielle; Pizzitutti, Francesco; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Gonzalez, Armando E.; O'Neal, Seth E. (MDPI, 2023)

  The widespread dispersion of pigs infected with cysticercosis across endemic villages, low cyst burden among infected pigs, and low prevalence of taeniasis all suggest that pig ingestion of human feces is not the only ...
• Carcinoma hepatocelular en Perú: una descripción molecular de un cuadro clínico atípico 

  Contreras Mancilla, Juan José; Cerapio, J.P.; Ruiz, E.; Fernández, R.; Casavilca-Zambrano, S.; Machicado Rivero, Claudia Inés Gloria; Fournié, J.J.; Pineau, P.; Bertani, S. (Elsevier, 2023)

  Introduction: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most frequent cancer of digestive tract tumors in Peru, with a high mortality rate of 17.7 per 100,000 inhabitants. A significant number of HCC cases in Peru do not ...
• Diferencias del consumo de alcohol entre los agresores urbanos y rurales en los casos de violencia contra la mujer 

  Roman Lazarte, Víctor Eduardo; Roman, L.A.; Galeas-Torre, M.K. (Elsevier, 2023)

  Introduction: Violence against women is considered a public health problem with a high prevalence in Peru. In the same way, alcohol consumption has been evaluated as a possible risk factor for the violent act to occur. The ...
• Autochthonous Peruvian Natural Plants as Potential SARS-CoV-2 M(pro) Main Protease Inhibitors. 

  Peralta-Moreno, Maria Nuria; Anton-Muñoz, Vanessa; Ortega-Alarcon, David; Jimenez-Alesanco, Ana; Vega, Sonia; Abian, Olga; Velazquez-Campoy, Adrian; Thomson Okatsu, Timothy M.; Granadino-Roldán, José Manuel; Machicado Rivero, Claudia Inés Gloria; Rubio-Martinez, Jaime (MDPI, 2023)

  Over 750 million cases of COVID-19, caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have been reported since the onset of the global outbreak. The need for effective treatments has spurred ...
• PrEP policy implementation gaps and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review. 

  Murphy, Luke; Bowra, Andrea; Adams, Ellithia; Cabello, Robinson; Clark, Jesse L.; Konda, Kelika Anne; Perez-Brumer, Amaya (SAGE Publications, 2023)

  BACKGROUND: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an important tool for HIV prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Yet, little is known about the PrEP policies landscape in the region. Addressing this gap, this ...
• Monkeypox in Latin America and the Caribbean: assessment of the first 100 days of the 2022 outbreak 

  Quispe, Antonio M.; Castagnetto Mizuaray, Jesús Martín (Taylor and Francis, 2023)

  During the 2022 monkeypox (mpox) epidemic’s first 100 days, 99 non-endemic countries, including 25 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, reported >64,000 cases. We aim to assess the cases’ introduction, epidemiological ...
• Prevalence and incidence of stroke in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 

  Cagna-Castillo, Diego; Salcedo-Carrillo, A. Lucia; Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Marco; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio (Springer Nature, 2023)

  Stroke is a recurrent and well-known cardiovascular event and a leading cause of death worldwide. We identified reliable epidemiological evidence of stroke in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and estimated the ...
• Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Mongolia: analysis of surveillance data, 2015-2019. 

  Boldoo, Tsolmon; Otero Vegas, Larissa; Uranchimeg, Borgil; Purevdagva, Anuzaya; Enebish, Temuulen; Erdenee, Oyunchimeg; Islam, Tauhid; Morishita, Fukushi (World Health Organization, 2023)

  Mongolia has a high tuberculosis (TB) burden. Data from routine paper-based surveillance were used to describe the epidemiology of TB in Mongolia; the data included testing presumptive TB cases, TB notifications, ...
• HTLV-1 uveitis in Colombia, an underrecognized complication of a hitherto neglected condition: a case series. 

  Villamil-Gomez, Wilmer; Torres, Jaime R.; Rojas-Hernández, Juan; Reston, Torés Jose; Vergara-Corena, Jairo; Salgado, Patricia; Viloria-Ruiz, Jorge; Castro, Alvaro; Cabrera Lasso, Andrés Mauricio; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo (SAGE Publications, 2023)

  Three Colombian patients with chronic HTLV-1 infection and severe intermediate and/or posterior uveitis are described. In one case, retinal ablation was necessary due to extensive peripheral degeneration, while the other ...
• Respondiendo a las necesidades de salud sexual y reproductiva de las migrantes venezolanas en Lima 

  Pesantes Villa, María Amalia; Cortéz Farfán, Leonardo Roberto; Scaramutti, Carolina; Portocarrero Mazanett, Jill Katherine; Haghparast-Bidgoli, Hassan; Miranda, J. Jaime (World Health Organization, 2023)

  OBJECTIVES: To present and analyze the Peruvian health system's response to the sexual and reproductive health needs of Venezuelan women living in the city of Lima, Peru, and to identify some of the reasons underlying ...
• Integrating tuberculosis and COVID-19 molecular testing in Lima, Peru: a cross-sectional, diagnostic accuracy study. 

  MacLean, Emily Lai-Ho; Villa Castillo, Luz Estefania; Espinoza Lopez, Patricia Asunsión; Cáceres Nakiche, Tatiana; Sulis, Giorgia; Kohli, Mikashmi; Pai, Madhukar; Ugarte Gil, Cesar Augusto (Elsevier, 2023)

  BACKGROUND: Integrated molecular testing could be an opportunity to detect and provide care for both tuberculosis and COVID-19. Many high tuberculosis burden countries, such as Peru, have existing GeneXpert systems for ...
• Quantitative (1)H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Assay for the Rapid Detection of Pyrazinamide Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Sputum Samples. 

  Lopez, Juan M.; Zimic-Peralta, Mirko Juan; Vallejos, Katherine; Sevilla, Diego; Quispe-Carbajal, Mariella; Roncal Ríos, Elisa del Rocío; Rodríguez Puma, Joseline; Rodríguez Quero, Jhojailith Yetzibith; Antiparra Villa, Ricardo Alfonso; Arteaga Pillaca, Héctor Jesús; Gilman, Robert H.; Maruenda, Helena; Sheen Cortavarria, Patricia (American Society for Microbiology, 2023)

  Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is one of the 10 leading killer diseases in the world. At least one-quarter of the population has been infected, and there are 1.3 million deaths annually. The ...
• Genome-wide association studies identify DNA variants influencing eyebrow thickness variation in Europeans and across continental populations. 

  Peng, Fuduan; Xiong, Ziyi; Zhu, Gu; Hysi, Pirro G.; Eller, Ryan J.; Wu, Sijie; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Chen, Yan; Li, Yi; Gonzalez-José, Rolando; Schüler-Faccini, Lavinia; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Gallo López-Aliaga, Carla Maria; Poletti Ferrara, Giovanni Angelo; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Uitterlinden, André G.; Ikram, M. Arfan; Nijsten, Tamar; Ruiz-Linares, Andrés; Wang, Sijia; Walsh, Susan; Spector, Timothy D.; Martin, Nicholas G.; Kayser, Manfred; Liu, Fan (Elsevier, 2023)

  Ethics. Human subjects: All cohort participants gave written informed consent and consent to publish. Ethical approvals were provided for the Rotterdam Study according to the Population Study Act Rotterdam Study (Wet ...
• Hypertension prevalence by degrees of urbanization and altitude in Peru: pooled analysis of 186 906 participants. 

  Mendoza Quispe, Daniel Enrique; Chambergo-Michilot, Diego; Moscoso Porras, Miguel Giancarlo; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023)

  OBJECTIVE: Few studies, using countrywide data, examined how hypertension prevalence varies at diverse degrees of urbanization and altitude. This study examined the association between urbanization and altitude, including ...
• Amplicon sequencing reveals complex infection in infants congenitally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and informs the dynamics of parasite transmission. 

  Hakim, Jill M. C.; Waltmann, Andreea; Tinajeros, Freddy; Kharabora, Oksana; Málaga Machaca, Edith Silvia; Calderón Sánchez, Maritza Mercedes; Menduiña, María Del Carmen; Wang, Jeremy; Rueda, Daniel; Zimic-Peralta, Mirko Juan; Verastegui Pimentel, Manuela Renee; Juliano, Jonathan J.; Gilman, Robert H.; Mugnier, Monica R.; Bowman, Natalie M. (Oxford University Press, 2023)

  Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi is an important source of new Chagas infections worldwide. The mechanisms of congenital transmission remain poorly understood, but there is evidence that parasite factors are ...
• Agreement Study between Total Leukocyte Count Methodologies in South American Sea Lions (Otaria byronia) and Peruvian Fur Seals (Arctocephalus australis). 

  Wright, Sarah E.; Adkesson, Michael J.; Schnelle, Amy N.; Allender, Matthew C.; Cardenas Alayza, Susana (BioOne, 2023)

  South American sea lions (Otaria byronia) and Peruvian fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) are sympatric species inhabiting the coastal Peruvian marine ecosystem. Declining abundance has prompted population health monitoring ...
• The Rise and Rise of Lupus 

  González, L.A.; Ugarte-Gil, M.F.; Pons-Estel, G.J.; Alarcón, Graciela S. (SAGE Publications, 2023)

  Despite how difficult the early diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is, which is mainly due to the heterogeneity and non-specificity of its clinical manifestations, SLE is currently being diagnosed more frequently ...
• Long-term impact on cardiopulmonary function and quality of life among patients recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection in a 6-month follow-up period in Lima, Peru: FUNCTION cohort study protocol. 

  Cachay Figueroa, Rodrigo Antonio; Watanabe Tejada, Martín Takeshi; Cuno Quiñones, Katiuska Delia; Gil Zacarías, Marcela Dayana; Coombes Perez, Carolina Soledad; Ballena, Isabel; Mejía Cordero, Fernando Alonso; Medina Palomino, Félix Álvaro; Gayoso Cervantes, Oscar Danilo; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael; Otero Vegas, Larissa; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo (BMJ Group, 2023)

  INTRODUCTION: The sequelae of COVID-19 have been described as a multisystemic condition, with a great impact on the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems with abnormalities in pulmonary function tests, such as lower diffusing ...
• Feasibility of Training Community Health Workers to Use Smartphone-Attached Microscopy for Point-of-Care Visualization of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in the Peruvian Amazon. 

  Ameen, Eve; Nin Zhu, Simon; Morales Guzman, Cesar; Taub, Erin; Siles, Crystyan; Meza Sanchez, Graciela; Vilcaromero Llaja, Stalin Fran; Ramal, Cesar; Tangoa, Nolberto; Marcos, Luis A. (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2023)

  The prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) is high in communities within the Peruvian Amazon despite repeated mass-drug administration, demanding alternative strategies of control. Smartphone-attached microscopy ...

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