• A heavyweight early whale pushes the boundaries of vertebrate morphology 

  Bianucci, Giovanni; Lambert, Olivier; Urbina, Mario; Merella, Marco; Collareta, Alberto; Bennion, Rebecca; Salas Gismondi, Rodolfo Martín; Benites-Palomino, Aldo; Post, Klaas; de Muizon, Christian; Bosio, Giulia; Di Celma, Claudio; Malinverno, Elisa; Pierantoni, Pietro Paolo; Villa Igor Maria; Amson, Eli (Springer Nature, 2023)

  The fossil record of cetaceans documents how terrestrial animals acquired extreme adaptations and transitioned to a fully aquatic lifestyle. In whales, this is associated with a substantial increase in maximum body size. ...
• Cryptosporidium infection and associated risk factors among children from rural areas in Peru: a nested case-control study 

  Paredes Sosa, José Luis; Navarro Hoyos, Rafaella Alexandra; Durand Vara, David Percy; Ochoa Woodell, Theresa Jean (Oxford University Press, 2023)

  This study aimed to detect the frequency of Cryptosporidium infection and associated risk factors among children from rural areas in Peru. A case-control study was conducted, nested in a cohort in two rural communities ...
• Mycotic aneurysms due to Trichosporon asahii in a patient with ulcerative colitis under immunosuppression 

  Quintana, Juan Luis; Carreras, Xosse; Salcedo, Andrea S.; Ruíz, Lourdes Torres; Gonzales, Manuel Moreno; Del Castillo Mory, Alfonso; Cedrón Cheng, Hugo Guillermo; Gonzalez, Alfredo Chiappe (Elsevier, 2023)

  Yeast fungi of the genus Trichosporon spp. can colonize the gastrointestinal tract in humans. In recent decades, the pathogenic role of Trichosporon asahii has been increasingly acknowledged especially in the setting of ...
• SecretoMyc, a web-based database on mycobacteria secreted proteins and structure-based homology identification using bio-informatics tools 

  Gracy, Jérôme; Vallejos Sanchez, Katherine Jaqueline; Cohen-Gonsaud, Martin (Elsevier, 2023)

  To better understand the interaction between the host and the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogen, it is critical to identify its potential secreted proteins. While various experimental methods have been successful in ...
• SARS-CoV-2 self-testing in Peru: a cross-sectional survey of values and attitudes of the general population 

  Martínez-Pérez, Guillermo Z.; Shilton, Sonjelle; Mallma Salazar, Patricia Silvia; Pflucker Oses, Cristina Paola; Torres Slimming, Paola Alejandra; Batheja, Deepshikha; Banerji, Abhik; Mallery, Amber; Ivanova Reipold, Elena; Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio (BMJ Group, 2023)

  Objectives To assess the values of and attitudes towards the use of rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection tests for self-testing in a rural and an urban area in Peru. Design Cross-sectional, street-based population survey. ...
• Integrated Management Systems (IMS) to Support and Sustain Quality One Health Services: International Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic by the IMIA Primary Care Working Group. 

  Jonnagaddala, Jitendra; Hoang, Uy; Wensaas, Knut-Arne; Tu, Karen; Ortigoza, Angela; Silva Valencia, Javier; Cuba Fuentes, María Sofia; Godinho, Myron Anthony; de Lusignan, Simon; Liaw, Siaw-Teng (Thieme Publishing Group, 2023)

  OBJECTIVES: One Health considers human, animal and environment health as a continuum. The COVID-19 pandemic started with the leap of a virus from animals to humans. Integrated management systems (IMS) should provide a ...
• Variations in national surveillance reporting for Mpox virus: A comparative analysis in 32 countries 

  Panag, Deepkanwar Singh; Jain, Nityanand; Katagi, Dimitra; Cipriano Flores, Gabriela de Jesus; Silva Dutra Macedo, Gabriela Dias; Rodrigo Díaz Villa, Gonzalo; Yèche, Mathieu; Velázquez Mérida, Saydi Yusveni; Kapparath, Sreerag; Sert, Zilfi; Reinis, Aigars (Frontiers, 2023)

  Objectives: Case Reporting and Surveillance (CRS) are crucial to combat the global spread of the Monkeypox virus (Mpox). To support CRS, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released standardized case definitions for ...
• One-year recovery rates for young people with depression and/or anxiety not receiving treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

  Roach, Anna; Stanislaus Sureshkumar, Diliniya; Elliot, Kathryn; Hidalgo Padilla, Liliana Milagros; van Loggerenberg, Francois; Hounsell, Lauren; Jakaite, Zivile; Esnal, Fernando; Donaghy, Jade; Bird, Victoria Jane; Priebe, Stefan (BMJ Group, 2023)

  OBJECTIVES: To systematically review 1-year recovery rates for young people experiencing depression and/or anxiety who are not receiving any specific mental health treatment. DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis. ...
• Maternal Lineages during the Roman Empire, in the Ancient City of Gadir (Cádiz, Spain): The Search for a Phoenician Identity 

  Gomes, C.; González Wagner, C.; Calero-Fresneda, M.; Palomo-Díez, S.; Lopez Matayoshi, Cesar Yoshi; Nogueiro, I.; López-Parra, A.M.; González, E.L.; Pérez, B.P.; Basallote, J.M.G.; Pajuelo, J.M.; Arroyo Pardo, E. (MDPI, 2023)

  Phoenicians were probably the first eastern Mediterranean population to establish long-distance connections with the West, namely the Iberian Peninsula, from the final Bronze to the early Iron Age. For a long time, these ...
• Association between maternity leave policies and postpartum depression: a systematic review 

  Hidalgo Padilla, Liliana Milagros; Toyama Galla, Jorge Mauricio; Zafra-Tanaka, Jessica Hanae; Vives, Alejandra; Diez-Canseco Montero, Francisco (Springer, 2023)

  Purpose: Working mothers are at greater risk for postpartum depression. Maternity leave characteristics, including length, wage replacement and employment protection, could have relevant implications for mothers’ mental ...
• Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Disease Outcome of COVID-19 Patients in the Amazonas Region of Peru 

  Campos, Christian J.; Pajuelo-Reyes, Cecilia; Rojas, Luis M.; De La Cruz-Vargas, Jhony A.; Tejedo, Juan R.; Tapia-Limonchi, Rafael; Tsukayama Cisneros, Pablo; Chenet, Stella M. (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2023)

  Peru was severely affected by COVID-19 with a fatality rate that reached up to 6%. In this study, the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 variants and COVID-19 disease outcome in Amazonas, a region of northeastern Peru, was ...
• Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19, Conspiracy Beliefs About Vaccines and Intention to Vaccinate Against COVID-19: A Cross-National Indirect Effect Model in 13 Latin American Countries 

  Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás; Tomás, José M.; Yupanqui-Lorenzo, Daniel E.; Valencia, Pablo D.; Carbajal-León, Carlos; Vilca, Lindsey W.; Ventura-León, José; Paredes Angeles, Rubí Celeste; Arias Gallegos, Walter L.; Reyes-Bossio, Mario; Delgado-Campusano, Mariel; Gallegos, Miguel; Rojas-Jara, Claudio; Polanco-Carrasco, Roberto; Cervigni, Mauricio; Martino, Pablo; Lobos-Rivera, Marlon Elías; Moreta-Herrera, Rodrigo; Palacios Segura, Diego Alejandro; Samaniego-Pinho, Antonio; Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés; Puerta-Cortés, Diana Ximena; Camargo, Andrés; Torales, Julio; Monge Blanco, J. Arkangel; González, Pedronel; Smith-Castro, Vanessa; Petzold-Rodriguez, Olimpia; Corrales-Reyes, Ibraín Enrique; Calderón, Raymundo; Matute Rivera, Wendy Yamilet; Ferrufino-Borja, Daniela; Ceballos-Vásquez, Paula; Muñoz-Del-Carpio-Toia, Agueda; Palacios, Jorge; Burgos-Videla, Carmen; Florez León, Ana María Eduviges; Vergara, Ibeth; Vega, Diego; Shulmeyer, Marion K.; Barria-Asenjo, Nicol A.; Urrutia Rios, Hassell Tatiana; Lira Lira, Arelly Esther (Sage Publications, 2023)

  The present study explored the predictive capacity of fear of COVID-19 on the intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and the influence in this relationship of conspiracy beliefs as a possible mediating psychological ...
• Development and internal validation of a multifactorial risk prediction model for gallbladder cancer in a high-incidence country 

  Boekstegers, Felix; Scherer, Dominique; Barahona Ponce, Carol; Marcelain, Katherine; Gárate-Calderón, Valentina; Waldenberger, Melanie; Morales, Erik; Rojas, Armando; Munoz, César; Retamales, Javier; de Toro, Gonzalo; Barajas, Olga; Rivera, María Teresa; Cortés, Analía; Loader, Denisse; Saavedra, Javiera; Gutiérrez, Lorena; Ortega, Alejandro; Bertrán, Maria Enriqueta; Bartolotti, Leonardo; Gabler, Fernando; Campos, Mónica; Alvarado, Juan; Moisán, Fabricio; Spencer, Loreto; Nervi, Bruno; Carvajal-Hausdorf, Daniel; Losada, Héctor; Almau, Mauricio; Fernández, Plinio; Olloquequi, Jordi; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Gonzalez-Jose, Rolando; Bortolini, Maria Cátira; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Gallo, Carla; Linares, Andres Ruiz; Rothhammer, Francisco; Lorenzo Bermejo, Justo (Wiley, 2023)

  Since 2006, Chile has been implementing a gallbladder cancer (GBC) prevention program based on prophylactic cholecystectomy for gallstone patients aged 35 to 49 years. The effectiveness of this prevention program has not ...
• Efficacy and Safety of the Use of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients on Incremental Hemodialysis: Maximizing Residual Renal Function, Is There a Role for SGLT2 Inhibitors? 

  De La Flor, José C.; Villa, Daniel; Cruzado, Leónidas; Apaza, Jacqueline; Valga, Francisco; Zamora, Rocío; Marschall, Alexander; Cieza Terrones, Michael Javier; Deira, Javier; Rodeles, Miguel (MDPI, 2023)

  SGLT-2i are the new standard of care for diabetic kidney disease (DKD), but previous studies have not included patients on kidney replacement therapy (KRT). Due to their high risk of cardiovascular, renal complications, ...
• Prevalence of and risk factors for vertebral fracture and low bone mineral density among Peruvian women aging with HIV 

  Cabrera, Diego M.; Cornejo, Mijahil P.; Slotkin, Rebecca; Pinedo, Yvett; Yu, Wei; Guan, Wenmin; Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet; Hsieh, Evelyn (Springer, 2023)

  Summary : Osteoporosis and fracture risk among women with HIV in Latin America is understudied. In a sample of Peruvian women with and without HIV, women with HIV had lower femoral neck and total hip BMD and a higher ...
• Country and policy factors influencing the implementation of primary care-based alcohol screening: A comparison of Colombia, Mexico and Peru 

  Kokole, Daša; Mercken, Liesbeth; Anderson, Peter; Mejía-Trujillo, Juliana; Perez-Gomez, Augusto; Bustamante Chavez, Ines Veronica; Piazza Ferrand, Marina Julia; Natera Rey, Guillermina; Arroyo, Miriam; Pérez De León, Alejandra; Bautista Aguilar, Natalia; Medina Aguilar, Perla Sonia; Schulte, Bernd; O'Donnell, Amy; de Vries, Hein; Jané-Llopis, Eva (Taylor and Francis, 2023)

  Researchers and practitioners recognise the importance of context when implementing healthcare interventions, but the influence of wider environment is rarely mapped. This paper identifies the country and policy-related ...
• Observational Study of Fetal Monitoring in Different Maternal Positions at More Than 3600 Masl Huancavelica, 2021 

  Cardenas-Pineda, L.; Jurado-Condori, S.; Aynar-Martinez, L.; Ordoñez-Ccora, G.; Leyva-Yataco, L.; Cieza Terrones, Michael Javier; Mantari, A.A. (Seventh Sense Research Group, 2023)

  This research aims to determine the effect of maternal left lateral decubitus and Fowler positions on electronic fetal monitoring at more than 3600 Masl-Huancavelica, 2021. Method: the research was pre-experimental, ...
• Distribution of short and long-beaked common dolphin morphs (Delphinus spp.) based on skull's rostrum index analysis along the peruvian and chilean coast 

  Santillán, L.; Pacheco, A.S.; Martinez, J.-N.; Fupuy, J.; Barboza, R.; Cardenas Alayza, Susana; Torres, Daniel .A.; López, E.; Medina, C.; Pacheco, V.; Canto-Hernández, J.; Alfaro-Shigueto, J.; Ramírez, P. (Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamiferos, 2023)

  The distribution of the long-beaked and short-beaked common dolphin morphs in the eastern South Pacific is not well defined. The objective of this study was to propose a potential distribution of the two forms along the ...
• Syphilis 

  Peeling, Rosanna W.; Mabey, David; Chen, Xiang-Sheng; Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet (Elsevier, 2023)

  Syphilis is a sexually and vertically transmitted bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Its prevalence is high in low-income and middle-income countries, and its incidence has increased in high-income ...
• Neuro-Sweet Syndrome: A Diagnostic Conundrum 

  Acurio Ortiz, Karlos Alvaro; Chuquilin, M. (Sage Publications, 2023)

  Sweet Syndrome presents as acute fever, leucocytosis and characteristic skin plaques. It can involve many organ systems but rarely affects the nervous system. We report the case of a 51-year-old female that presented with ...

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