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Epidemiology and Genetic Characterization of Noroviruses among Adults in an Endemic Setting, Peruvian Amazon Basin, 2004-2011
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Successful vaccination strategies against norovirus will require understanding the burden of disease and relevant genotypes in populations. However, few data are available from cohort studies of adults living ...
Prevalence of strongyloidiasis in Latin America: a systematic review of the literature
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Strongyloides stercoralis is rarely recognized as a major public health issue, probably because its burden is largely underestimated. We reviewed the literature (both PubMed and 'grey' literature) about the prevalence of ...
Fasciola hepatica Infection in an Indigenous Community of the Peruvian Jungle
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016)
Fasciola hepatica is a zoonotic infection with a worldwide distribution. Autochthonous cases have not been reported in the Amazon region of Peru. Operculated eggs resembling F. hepatica were identified in the stools of ...
Recombinase polymerase amplification-based assay to diagnose Giardia in stool samples
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015)
Giardia duodenalis is one of the most commonly identified parasites in stool samples. Although relatively easy to treat, giardiasis can be difficult to detect as it presents similar to other diarrheal diseases. Here, we ...
Seasonal patterns in risk factors for Taenia solium transmission: A GPS tracking study of pigs and open human defecation in northern Peru
(BioMed Central, 2019)
BACKGROUND: Taenia solium (cysticercosis) is a parasitic cestode that is endemic in rural populations where open defecation is common and free-roaming pigs have access to human feces. The purpose of this study was to ...
Hymenolepis nana Impact Among Children in the Highlands of Cusco, Peru: An Emerging Neglected Parasite Infection
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016)
Hymenolepis nana is the most common cestode infection in the world. However, limited information is available regarding its impact on affected populations. We studied the epidemiology and symptoms associated with hymenolepiasis ...
Fascioliasis and eosinophilia in the highlands of Cuzco, Peru and their association with water and socioeconomic factors
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014)
There are limited data about the epidemiology of fascioliasis in Cuzco, Peru. We studied children 3-12 years old from six communities in the highlands of Cuzco to evaluate the epidemiology of fascioliasis; 227 children ...
Vaccinia virus in feces and urine of wild rodents from São Paulo State, Brazil
(2018-02-01)
The origin of Vaccinia virus (VACV) outbreaks in Brazil remains unknown, but since the isolation of VACV in Mus musculus mice during a zoonotic outbreak affecting cattle and milkers, peridomestic rodents have been suggested ...
Frequency, serotyping and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Salmonella from feces and lymph nodes of pigs
(2016-01-01)
Salmonellosis is a foodborne disease caused by bacteria of the genus Salmonella, being pigs and pork-products potentially important for its occurrence. In recent decades, some serovars of Salmonella have shown increase of ...
New insights in cysticercosis transmission
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Taenia solium infection causes severe neurological disease in humans. Even though infection and exposure to swine cysticercosis is scattered throughout endemic villages, location of the tapeworm only explains some of the ...