Repositorio Institucional Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia: Recent submissions

  • Efficacy of sodium stibogluconate alone and in combination with allopurinol for treatment of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis 
    Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro; Echevarria Zarate, Juan Ignacio; Cruz, M.; La Rosa, A.; Campos, P.; Campos, M.; Franke, E.; Berman, J.; Modabber, F.; Marr, J. (Oxford University Press, 1997)
    A randomized, open, controlled clinical trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy, tolerance, and safety of sodium stibogluconate plus allopurinol and sodium stibogluconate alone as treatment of patients with mucocutaneous ...
  • Differentiation of osmotic and secretory diarrhoea by stool carbohydrate and osmolar gap measurements 
    Castro-Rodriguez, José Antonio; Salazar Lindo, Eduardo; Leon Barua, Raúl (BMJ Publishing Group, 1997)
    Clinical features and laboratory tests that determine carbohydrate in faeces were evaluated to determine which was best able to distinguish between osmotic and secretory diarrhoea in infants and children. For this purpose ...
  • Prevalence of human retroviral infection in Quillabamba and Cuzco, Peru: a new endemic area for human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 
    Zurita Macalupú, Susana Rosa; Costa, Cecilia; Watts, Douglas; Indacochea, Sonia; Campos, Pablo; Sanchez, Jorge; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997)
    An epidemiologic study was conducted to determine the prevalence of retroviral infections among people of Qucchua origin in Cuzco and Quillabamba, Peru. The study volunteers included individuals at low and at high risk ...
  • Sexually transmitted infection in female sex workers: Reduced by condom use but not by a limited periodic examination program 
    Sánchez, J.; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Escamilla, J.; Carrillo, C.; Moreyra, L.; Stamm, W.; Ashley, R.; Swenson, P.; Holmes, K.K. (Wolters Kluwer Health, 1998)
    Background and Objectives: The sexually transmitted diseases (STD) control program for female sex workers (FSW) in Lima, Peru, provided periodic serological tests for syphilis and cervical smears for gonococci, but not ...
  • Evidence for a post-Columbian introduction of human T-cell lymphotropic virus in Latin America 
    Van Dooren, S.; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Salemi, M.; Watts, D.; Audenaert, E.; Duwe, S.; Ellerbrok, H.; Grassmann, R.; Hagelberg, E.; Desmyter, J.; Vandamme, A.-M. (Microbiology Society, 1998)
    To investigate the origin and dissemination of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I in Latin America, we performed phylogenetic analysis on the LTR and env sequences of 13 HTLV-I isolates from Peruvians of four different ...
  • Chorion patterns on eggs of Lutzomyia sandflies from the peruvian Andes 
    Perez, J.E.; Ogusuku, E. (Wiley, 1997)
    Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to depict and describe the eggs of five species of phlebotomine sandfly from the Andean region of Peru: Lutzomyia caballeroi, Lu.noguchii, Lu.peruensis, Lu.tejadai and Lu.verrucarum. ...
  • Relation between variation in copy number of ribosomal RNA encoding genes and size of harbouring chromosomes in Leishmania of subgenus Viannia 
    Inga, R.; De Doncker, S.; Gomez, J.; Lopez, Martín; Garcia, R.; Le Ray, D.; Arévalo Zelada, Jorge Luis; Dujardin, J. C. (Elsevier, 1998)
    Chromosomal size polymorphism in Leishmania of subgenus Viannia has been correlated with eco-geography. The sizes of chromosomes bearing rDNA genes were determined in 69 isolates. A considerable size-variation was observed, ...
  • Treatment of shigellosis: V. Comparison of azithromycin and ciprofloxacin: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial 
    Khan, W.A.; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael; Dhar, U.; Salam, M.A.; Bennish, M.L. (American College of Physicians, 1997)
    Treatment of shigellosis is currently limited by the high prevalence of multidrug-resistant strains of Shigella. Objective: To determine the efficacy of azithromycin in the treatment of shigellosis. Design; Randomized, ...
  • Cutaneous leishmaniasis in the peruvian andes: Risk factors identified from a village cohort study 
    Davies, C.R.; Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro; Campos, P.; Monge, J.; Villaseca, P.; Dye, C. (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997)
    Risk factors for cutaneous leishmaniasis were identified from a comparative study of transmission rates in 27 villages in the Departments of Lima, Ancash, and Piura in Peru. To evaluate regression analysis as a tool for ...
  • Recombinant antigens for specific and sensitive serodiagnosis of Latin American tegumentary leishmaniasis 
    Montoya, Y.; Leon, C.; Talledo Albujar, Michael John; Nolasco, O.; Padilla, C.; Muñoz-Najar, U.; Barker, D.C. (Oxford University Press, 1997)
    The diagnostic potential of recombinant leishmanial antigens for Latin American tegumentary leishmaniasis (LATL) was examined. Two Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana recombinant proteins, T26-U2 and T26-U4, were assessed by ...
  • Cholera in Lima, Peru, correlates with prior isolation of Vibrio cholerae from the environment 
    Franco, Augusto A.; Fix, A.D.; Prada, A.; Paredes, E.; Palomino, J.C.; Wright, A.C.; Johnson, J.A.; McCarter, R.; Guerra, H.; Glenn Morris, J. (Oxford University Press, 1997)
    The authors utilized a recently developed DNA probe technique to obtain quantitative data on occurrence of Vibrio cholerae in samples collected monthly from 12 environmental sites in Lima, Peru, from November 1993 through ...
  • Comparison of chromosome and isoenzyme polymorphism in geographical populations of Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana 
    Dujardin, J.C.; Bañuls, A.L.; Dujardin, J.P.; Arévalo Zelada, Jorge Luis; Tibayrenc, M.; Le Ray, D. (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
    Five chromosomes and 17 isoenzyme loci were analysed in 4 allopatric populations of Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana, and molecular distances calculated with 2 estimators, Chromosomal Size Difference Index and Jaccard Distance. ...
  • The gp63 gene locus, a target for genetic characterization of Leishmania belonging to subgenus Viannia 
    Victoir, K.; Bañuls, A.L.; Arévalo Zelada, Jorge Luis; Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro; Hamers, R.; Noël, S.; De Doncker, S.; Le Ray, D.; Tibayrenc, M.; Dujardin, J.C. (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
    In the present study the gp63 gene locus was used as a target for genetic characterization of Leishmania parasites by 2 methods: (i) RFLP analysis with several restriction enzymes (gp63-RFLP), and (ii) intra-genic PCR ...
  • Fasciola hepatica cysteine proteinases: Immunodominant antigens in human fascioliasis 
    Cordova, M.; Herrera Velit, Rosa Patricia; Nopo, L.; Bellatin, J.; Naquira Velarde, Cesar Gabriel; Guerra, H.; Espinoza, J.R. (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997)
    Fasciola hepatica adult worm cysteine proteinases were active-site, affinity radio-labeled with benzyloxicarbonyl-L-tyrosine-L-alanine diazomethylketone (Z-Tyr125I-Ala-CHN2). Sera from patients with fascioliasis and from ...
  • Use of norfloxacin to treat chronic typhoid carriers 
    Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Guerra, Jorge G.; Benavente, Luis; Palomino, Juan C.; Carrillo, Carlos; Lopera, Julio; Delgado, Freddy; Nalin, David R.; Sabbaj, Jacobo (Oxford University Press, 1988)
    High relapse rates and low tolerability to ampicillin characterize present therapy for carriers of Salmonella typhi. Norfloxacin, a carboxyquinolone with a 90% minimum inhibitory concentration for S. typhi of ≤0.5 µ/mL, ...
  • Characterization of Leishmania species from Peru 
    Romero, G.G.; Arana, Margarita; López, Martin; Montoya, I.; Bohl, R.; Campos Sanchez, Miguel; Arévalo Zelada, Jorge Luis; Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro (Oxford University Press, 1987)
    Twenty-six isolates of Leishmania parasites of Peruvian origin were studied by isoenzyme electrophoresis of four marker enzymes (ASAT, ALAT, G6PD and GPI), kinetoplast DNA hybridization and monoclonal antibody binding and ...
  • Brucellar arthritis: A study of 39 Peruvian families 
    Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael; Guerra, Jorge G.; Carrillo, Carlos; Bocanegra, Tomás S.; Calvo, Armando; Castañeda, Oswaldo; Alarcón, Graciela S. (BMJ Publishing Group, 1987)
    A study was conducted to characterise the articular manifestation of Brucella melitensis within a family in Peru. From January 1981 to June 1986, 39 families with 232 individuals were evaluated. Brucellosis was diagnosed ...
  • Prospective study of the magnitude and duration of changes in tuberculin reactivity during uncomplicated and complicated measles 
    Tamashiro, Victor G.; Perez, Horestes H.; Griffin, Diane E. (Wolters Kluwer Health, 1987)
    The suppression of cellular immune responses during measles is thought to contribute to the development of secondary infections which often complicate this disease. To determine whether there was a difference in the altered ...
  • Association between specific plasmids and relapse in typhoid fever 
    Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Morris Jr., J. Glenn; Benavente, L.; Wood, Patrick K.; Levine, Orin; Black, Robert E.; Levine, Myron M. (American Society for Microbiology, 1987)
    We studied isolates from 73 patients hospitalized with typhoid fever in Lima, Peru. Of these 73 patients, 11 (15%) suffered a clinical relapse, with fever and positive blood cultures, within 3 months of their original ...
  • Absence of Infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Peruvian Prostitutes 
    Golenbock, Douglas.T.; Maki, Dennis.G.; Guerra, Jorge.; Abugattas, Julio.; Kemper, Roberto.; Pfister, John.; Golubjatnikov, R.; Tejada, Abelardo. (Mary Ann Liebert, 1988)
    We serologically tested 140 female prostitutes (mean age, 30 years) from the port city of Callao, Peru, for evidence of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Chlamydia trachomatis, Treponema pallidum, herpes ...

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