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Interval observers for SIR epidemic models subject to uncertain seasonality
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
Epidemic models describe the establishment and spread of infectious diseases. Among them, the SIR model is one of the simplest, involving exchanges between three compartments in the population, that represent respectively ...
Impact of urbanisation and altitude on the incidence of, and risk factors for, hypertension
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Most of the data regarding the burden of hypertension in low-income and middle-income countries comes from cross-sectional surveys instead of longitudinal studies. We estimated the incidence of, and risk factors ...
Taste, Salt Consumption, and Local Explanations around Hypertension in a Rural Population in Northern Peru
(MDPI, 2017)
Interventions to promote behaviors to reduce sodium intake require messages tailored to local understandings of the relationship between what we eat and our health. We studied local explanations about hypertension, the ...
Implementation of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized design in routine public health practice: design and application for a tuberculosis (TB) household contact study in a high burden area of Lima, Peru
(BioMed Central, 2015)
BACKGROUND: We designed a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial in order to evaluate provider-initiated evaluation of household contacts (HCs) of smear positive tuberculosis (TB) cases within a routine ...
ASQ-3 scores are sensitive to small differences in age in a Peruvian infant population
(Wiley, 2017)
Objective: The Ages and Stages Questionnaires Edition 3 (ASQ‐3) are a well‐validated international screen for developmental delays in young children. However, previous studies demonstrate variable scores between children ...
High prevalence of extra-genital chlamydial or gonococcal infections among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Lima, Peru
(SAGE Publications, 2016)
Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are among the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infections in the world. Data are limited, however, on the burden of extra-genital chlamydial and gonococcal infections ...
Status of trauma quality improvement programs in the Andean region: What foundation do we have to build on
(Elsevier, 2017)
INTRODUCTION: Trauma quality improvement (QI) programs have been shown to improve outcomes and decrease cost. These are high priorities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where 2,000,000 deaths due to survivable ...
Worrisome high frequency of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in community-acquired urinary tract infections: a case-control study
(Elsevier, 2017)
OBJECTIVES: There has been a sustained and dramatic increase in community-acquired urinary tract infections (CA-UTI) caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria over recent years. Despite this, no ...
Obesity risk in rural, urban and rural-to-urban migrants: prospective results of the PERU MIGRANT study
(Springer, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Although migration and urbanization have been linked with higher obesity rates, especially in low-resource settings, prospective information about the magnitude of these effects is lacking. We estimated the ...
Low HDL cholesterol as a cardiovascular risk factor in rural, urban, and rural-urban migrants: PERU MIGRANT cohort study
(Elsevier, 2015)
Introduction. Whilst the relationship between lipids and cardiovascular mortality has been well studied and appears to be controversial, very little has been explored in the context of rural-to-urban migration in low-resource ...