• The association of COVID-19 incidence with temperature, humidity, and UV radiation - A global multi-city analysis 

  Nottmeyer, Luise; Armstrong, Ben; Lowe, Rachel; Abbott, Sam; Meakin, Sophie; O'Reilly, Kathleen M.; von Borries, Rosa; Schneider, Rochelle; Roye, Dominic; Hashizume, Masahiro; Pascal, Mathilde; Tobias, Aurelio; Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana Maria; Lavigne, Eric; Correa, Patricia Matus; Ortega, Nicolas Valdes; Kyncl, Jan; Urban, Ales; Orru, Hans; Ryti, Niilo; Jaakkola, Jouni; Dallavalle, Marco; Schneider, Alexandra; Honda, Yasushi; Ng, Chris Fook Sheng; Alahmad, Barrak; Carrasco Escobar, Gabriel; Holobac, Iulian Horia; Kim, Ho; Lee, Whanhee; iniguez, Carmen; Bell, Michelle L.; Zanobetti, Antonella; Schwartz, Joel; Scovronick, Noah; Coelho, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio; Saldiva, Paulo Hilario Nascimento; Diaz, Magali Hurtado; Gasparrini, Antonio; Sera, Francesco (Elsevier, 2023)

  Background and aim: The associations between COVID-19 transmission and meteorological factors are scientifically de-bated. Several studies have been conducted worldwide, with inconsistent findings. However, often these ...
• Isoniazid preventive therapy completion in children under 5years old who are contacts of tuberculosis cases in Lima, Peru: study protocol for an open-label, cluster-randomized superiority trial. 

  Otero Vegas, Larissa; Zetola, N.; Campos, M.; Zunt, J.; Bayer, Angela Marie; Curisinche, M.; Ochoa Woodell, Theresa Jean; Reyes, M.; Vega, V.; Van der Stuyft, P.; Sterling, T.R. (BioMed Central, 2023)

  BACKGROUND: Children<5years old in contact with TB cases are at high risk for developing severe and fatal forms of TB. Contact investigation, BCG vaccination, and isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) are the most effective ...
• Household-level risk factors for water contamination and antimicrobial resistance in drinking water among households with children under 5 in rural San Marcos, Cajamarca, Peru. 

  Larson, Anika Jade; Haver, S; Hattendorf, J; Salmon Mulanovich, Gabriela; Riveros Ramirez, Maribel Denise; Verastegui Huasasquiche, Hector Alfredo; Mäusezahl, D; Hartinger Peña, Stella Maria (Elsevier, 2023)

  Household water contamination at point of use depends on human, animal and environmental factors embodying all aspects of a One Health approach. This study investigated the association between household factors, the presence ...
• Detecting hydrologic distinctions among Andean lakes using clumped and triple oxygen isotopes 

  Katz, S.A.; Levin, N.E.; Rodbell, D.T.; Gillikin, D.P.; Aron, P.G.; Passey, B.H.; Tapia Ormeño, Pedro Miguel; Serrepe Huamaní, Analucía del Rosario; Abbott, M.B. (Elsevier, 2023)

  Oxygen isotope distributions from lacustrine carbonates provide insights into climate and hydrological change, but it is difficult to isolate the influences of catchment precipitation δ18O, water temperature, and evaporation ...
• Standardization of Trauma, General Surgical Morbidity and Mortality Conferences: Development and Dissemination of a “Toolkit” in Peru 

  Zavala Wong, Gabriela; Rodriguez Castro, Manuel Jorge Augusto; Huaman Egoavil, E.; Valderrama, R.; Mock, C.N.; Herrera Matta, J.J.; Aragon, G.; Peterson, R.; Jin, Y.; LaGrone, L.N. (Springer, 2023)

  Background: Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) conferences allow clinicians to review adverse events and identify areas for improvement. There are few reports of structured M&M conferences in low- and middle-income countries ...
• Biological Markers to Predict Outcome in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Severe COVID-19 Living at High Altitude 

  Vélez Páez, Jorge Luis; Pelosi, Paolo; Battaglini, Denise; Best, Ivan (MDPI, 2023)

  BACKGROUND: There is not much evidence on the prognostic utility of different biological markers in patients with severe COVID-19 living at high altitude. The objective of this study was to determine the predictive value ...
• Global excellence in rheumatology in Latin America: The case of systemic lupus erythematosus 

  Ugarte Gil, Manuel Francisco; Fuentes-Silva, Y.; Pimentel Quiroz, V.R.; Pons Estel, G.J.; Quintana, R.; Pons Estel, B.A.; Alarcón, Graciela S. (Frontiers, 2023)

  Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) affects more severely non-White populations, due to their genetic background and sociodemographic characteristics. Several studies have evaluated Latin American SLE patients to determine ...
• Performance of Bleach Method Sputum Smear Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in a Highly Endemic District in Lima, Peru 

  Rosales-Rimache, Jaime; Nunayalle-Vargas, Magda; Rueda Torres, Lenin Vladimir; Inolopú Cucche, Jorge Luis (MDPI, 2023)

  Background: Sputum smear microscopy (SSM) is a screening test used to diagnose tuberculosis (TB); however, its performance and sensitivity are relatively low, which can lead to false negatives. We designed a cross-sectional ...
• Teplizumab approval for type 1 diabetes in the USA. 

  Beran, David; Abidha, Carol; Adler, Amanda; de Beaufort, Carine; Lepeska, Molly; Levitt, Naomi; Pfiester, Elizabeth; Zafra Tanaka, Jessica Hanae; Gale, Edwin Am (Elsevier, 2023)

  The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of teplizumab to delay the onset of type 1 diabetes could be seen as symbolic, because it came a century after the first use of insulin. Teplizumab, an anti-CD3 monoclonal ...
• Risk of death, hospitalization and intensive care unit admission by SARS-CoV-2 variants in Peru: a retrospective study. 

  Fano Sizgorich, Diego Alejandro; Vásquez Velásquez, Cinthya Margarita; Orellana Cuellar, Laura Rocío; Ponce Torres, Christian Francis; Gamboa-Serpa, Henry; Alvarez-Huambachano, Keyla; Gonzales Rengifo, Gustavo Francisco (Elsevier, 2023)

  OBJECTIVES: Peru has had the highest death toll from the pandemic worldwide; however, it is not clear what the effects of the different variants on these outcomes are. The study aimed to evaluate the risk of death, ...
• Polirradiculoneuropatía desmielinizante inflamatoria crónica con anticuerpos antineurofascina-155: Un primer reporte de caso en Perú. 

  Segura-Chávez, Darwin; Sanchez Boluarte, Arantxa Noelia; Alvarez-Toledo, Kelvin; Caciano-López, Jorge; Tagle-Lostaunau, Isabel; Aquino-Peña, Francisco; Sifuentes-Monge, Juan (Medwave Estudios, 2023)

  Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy is a clinically heterogeneous group of immune- mediated peripheral neuropathies that share neurophysiological manifesta-tions of demyelination and albuminocytologic ...
• Essential childhood immunization in 43 low- and middle-income countries: Analysis of spatial trends and socioeconomic inequalities in vaccine coverage. 

  Dimitrova, Anna; Carrasco Escobar, Gabriel; Richardson, Robin; Benmarhnia, Tarik (Public Library of Science, 2023)

  BACKGROUND: Globally, access to life-saving vaccines has improved considerably in the past 5 decades. However, progress has started to slow down and even reverse in recent years. Understanding subnational heterogeneities ...
• Association between multimorbidity with cognitive dysfunction in a Peruvian population. 

  Carrasco-Zavala, J.; Díaz-Rg, J. A.; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Lazo Porras, María de los Ángeles (Elsevier, 2023)

  BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that multimorbidity is a risk factor for cognitive dysfunction (CD).Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension (HT) are very common risk factors.The association between ...
• Association of internalised homonegativity with partner notification after diagnosis of syphilis or gonorrhoea among men having sex with men in 49 countries across four continents. 

  Marcus, Ulrich; Jonas, Kai; Berg, Rigmor; Veras, Maria Amelia; Caceres Palacios, Carlos Fernando; Casabona, Jordi; Schink, Susanne B; Schmidt, Axel J (BioMed Central Ltd, 2023)

  BACKGROUND: Partner notification (PN) after a sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis is being promoted as a means to interrupt transmission chains. We investigated whether Internalised Homonegativity (IH) is ...
• Effects of hydrometeorological and other factors on SARS-CoV-2 reproduction number in three contiguous countries of tropical Andean South America: a spatiotemporally disaggregated time series analysis. 

  Colston, Josh M; Hinson, Patrick; Nguyen, Nhat-Lan H; Chen, Yen Ting; Badr, Hamada S; Kerr, Gaige H; Gardner, Lauren M; Martin, David N; Quispe, Antonio M; Schiaffino Salazar, Francesca; Kosek, Margaret N; Zaitchik, Benjamin F (Elsevier, 2023)

  Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused societal disruption globally, and South America has been hit harder than other lower-income regions. This study modeled the effects of six weather variables on district-level ...
• Protocol for a process evaluation of SCALA study – Intervention targeting scaling up of primary health care-based prevention and management of heavy drinking and comorbid depression in Latin America 

  Kokole, D.; Jané-Llopis, E.; Mercken, L.; Natera Rey, G.; Arroyo, M.; Pérez Gómez, A.; Mejía Trujillo, J.; Piazza Ferrand, Marina Julia; Bustamante Chávez, Inés Verónica; O'Donnell, A.; Kaner, E.; Schulte, B.; de Vries, H.; Anderson, P. (Elsevier, 2023)

  This paper describes the plan for a process evaluation of a quasi-experimental study testing the municipal level scale-up of primary health care-based measurement and brief advice programmes to reduce heavy drinking and ...
• Prevalence of essential newborn care in home and facility births in the Peruvian Amazon: Analysis of census data from programme evaluation in three remote districts of the Loreto region 

  Reinders, Stefan Alexander; Blas Blas, Magaly Marlitz; Neuman, Melissa; Huicho Oriundo, Luis; Ronsmans, Carine (Elsevier, 2023)

  Background Essential newborn care (ENC) covers optimal breastfeeding, thermal care, and hygienic cord care. These practices are fundamental to save newborn lives. Despite neonatal mortality remaining high in some parts of ...
• Real-world outcomes of anti-EGFR therapy in advanced non–small cell lung cancer EGFR mutated in Peru 

  Galvez Nino, M.; Ruiz, R.; Roque, K.; Coanqui, O.; Valdivieso, N.; Olivera, M.; Ganti, A.K.; Más López, Luis Alberto (Wiley, 2023)

  Background: Despite the advances in the management of advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the access to genetic profiling and target therapies remains a challenge in Latin America, even in countries with a higher ...
• Quantifying the childhood and adolescent overnutrition attributable to specific risk factors: The Young Lives Study in Peru. 

  Bernabe Ortiz, Antonio; Mendoza Quispe, Daniel Enrique; Jimenez, M Michelle; Ugaz, Maria Elena; Rojas-Dávila, Carlos E (Wiley, 2023)

  OBJECTIVE: Launching priority actions demand a comprehensive appraisal of the size effect that risk factors have on the burden of overweight and obesity. This study aimed to estimate the incidence of overweight and obesity ...
• Histopathologic Diagnosis Discrepancies between Preoperative Endoscopic Forceps Biopsies and Specimens Resected by Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection in Superficial Gastric Neoplasms 

  Aliaga Ramos, Josué Jesús; Pedrosa, M.S.; Yoshida, N.; Abdul Rani, R.; Arantes, V.N. (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023)

  Background: The standard of practice when a superficial lesion was identified during upper GI endoscopy is to take an endoscopic forceps biopsy (EFB) of the lesion. The histopathologic findings then will determine the ...

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