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Sleep Disordered Breathing in Four Resource-Limited Settings in Peru: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Association with Chronic Diseases
(Oxford University Press, 2015)
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is a highly prevalent condition in high-income countries, with major consequences for cardiopulmonary health, public safety, healthcare utilization, and mortality. However, ...
The globalization of epidemiology: critical thoughts from Latin America
(2004)
Background Epidemiology in Latin America, as in the rest of the world, has been developed for the purpose of contributing towards understanding the causes and determinants
of the phenomena of health and disease in specific ...
Reemerging diseases in Brazil: sociodemographic and epidemiological characteristics of syphilis and its under-reporting
(Soc Brasileira Medicina Tropical, 2019-01-01)
Introduction: This paper analyzed sociodemographic and epidemiological data of individuals with syphilis as well as the compulsory reporting of the disease, for being a reemerging disease in Brazil. Methods: General ...
The PICASSO Cohort: baseline characteristics of a cohort of men who have sex with men and male-to-female transgender women at high risk for syphilis infection in Lima, Peru
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) and male-to-female transgender women (transwomen) are disproportionately at risk of syphilis infection in Peru. METHODS: From 2013 to 2014, MSM and transwomen seeking human ...
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of survivors of SARS-COV-2 infection : a descriptive study
In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic for coronavirus 19. Typical symptoms were fever, cough, asthenia, dyspnea, and muscle pain. Pulmonary and central nervous system compromise presented ...
Posttraumatic stress disorder associated with unexpected death of a loved one: Cross-national findings from the world mental health surveys
(Wiley, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Unexpected death of a loved one (UD) is the most commonly reported traumatic experience in cross-national surveys. However, much remains to be learned about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after this ...
Spatial distribution of individuals with symptoms of depression in a periurban area in Lima: an example from Peru
(Elsevier, 2015)
PURPOSE: To map the geographical distribution and spatial clustering of depressive symptoms cases in an area of Lima, Peru. METHODS: Presence of depressive symptoms suggesting a major depressive episode was assessed using ...
Epidemiological Characteristics of Extrapulmonary TuberculosisCaracterísticas Epidemiológicas de la Tuberculosis Extrapulmonar
(Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación y Ciencias, 2023)
Cost-effectiveness of active case-finding of household contacts of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in a low HIV, tuberculosis-endemic urban area of Lima, Peru
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)
We compared the cost-effectiveness (CE) of an active case-finding (ACF) programme for household contacts of tuberculosis (TB) cases enrolled in first-line treatment to routine passive case-finding (PCF) within an established ...