Repositorio Institucional Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia: Recent submissions

  • 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. ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Diagnostic value of bone marrow culture in typhoid fever 
    Guerra-Caceres, Jorge G.; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Crosby-Dagnino, E.; Miro-Quesada, M.; Carrillo-Parodi, Carlos (Oxford University Press, 1979)
    The diagnostic efficacy of bone-marrow culture, serial blood cultures and agglutination tests was compared in a prospective study of 60 patients with typhoid fever, two thirds of whom had received prior antibacterial ...
  • Comparative activity of phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in different crops in the Peruvian Andes 
    Cameron, M.M.; Davies, C.R.; Monje, Julio; Villaseca, P.; Ogusuku, E.; Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro (Cambridge University Press, 1994)
    Significant inter-crop variation in the abundance of phlebotomine sandflies, mostly Lutzomyia verrucarum Townsend, and five aphid species (Hemiptera: Aphididae), was demonstrated by repeated castor oil sticky trap collections ...
  • Human T cell lymphotropic virus type i infectionamong female sex workers in peru 
    Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Sánchez, Jorge; Escamilla, Joel; Carrillo, Carlos; Phillips, Irving; Moreyra, Luis; Stamm, Walter; Ashley, Rhoda; Roggen, Erwin; Kreiss, Joan; Piot, Peter; Holmes, King (Oxford University Press, 1994)
    Four hundred female sex workers attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Lima, Peru, were interviewed for demographic information and medical, contraceptive, and sexual practice histories. Cervical cultures were ...
  • Quinolones In Typhoid Fever 
    Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Carrillo, Carlos (Wolters Kluwer Health, 1994)
    In the pre-antibiotic era, typhoid fever presented an evolving course of high fever, malaise, and headache...
  • A Comparative Field Study of the Relative Importance of Lutzomyia peruensis and Lutzomyia verrucarum as Vectors of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Peruvian Andes 
    Villaseca, P.; Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro; Perez, E.; Davies, C. R. (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1993)
    A two-year field study of Andean cutaneous leishmaniasis (uta) in the valley of Purisima, Ancash Department, Peru has provided quantitative epidemiologic and entomologic evidence for the predominant role of Lutzomyia ...
  • Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis and AIDS: case report 
    Echevarria Zarate, Juan Ignacio; Campos, Pablo; Chang, Jaime; Cuéllar, Luis; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Paz, Lourdes; Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro (Oxford University Press, 1993)
    In Perd tegumentary leishmaniases are endemic, more than 5000 new cases per year being reported by the Ministry of Health, although the estimated real incidence is three times as great, and human immunodeficiency virus ...
  • The fall and rise of Andean cutaneous leishmaniasis: Transient impact of the DDT campaign in Peru 
    Davies, C.R.; Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro; Canales, Juan; Leon, Elida; Alvarez, Eugenia; Monje, Julio; Tolentino, E.; Pyke, S.; Dye, C. (Oxford University Press, 1994)
    A retrospective analysis was carried out on census data collected from house-to-house surveys during 1991–1992 in 4 areas endemic for Andean cutaneous leishmaniasis (uta) in the Department of Lima, Peru. Major changes in ...
  • Randomized comparison of aztreonam and chloramphenicol in treatment of typhoid fever 
    Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Echevarria Zarate, Juan Ignacio; Carrillo, Carlos; Sánchez, J.; Grados, P.; Maguiña Vargas, Ciro; DuPont, H. L. (American Society for Microbiology, 1994)
    Patients with clinical typhoid fever plus a blood, bone marrow, or bile culture positive for Salmonella typhi or Salmonella paratyphi mere included in an open clinical trial to compare the efficacy of aztreonam (6 g/day ...
  • Ascorbate variations and dehydroascorbate reductase activity in Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes and trypomastigotes 
    Clark, Daniel; Albrecht, Miguel; Arévalo Zelada, Jorge Luis (Elsevier, 1994)
    Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas' disease, has been considered for many years as an organism with limited capability to metabolize...
  • Lutzomyia verrucarum can transmit Leishmania peruviana, the aetiological agent of Andean cutaneous leishmaniasis 
    Davies, C.R.; Roncal, N.; Paz, Lourdes; Fernandez, Martha; Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro (Oxford University Press, 1993)
    In much of the endemic area for cutaneous leishmaniasis (uta) in the Peruvian Andes, the only 2 anthropophilic sandfly species present are Lutzomyia peruensis and Lu. verrucarum. On the basis of a single confirmed isolation ...

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