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Trasmisión de Toxoplasma gondii en Costa Rica: Un concepto actualizado
Los hallazgos más recientes en cuanto a la trasmisión del Toxoplasma gondii en Costa Rica nos indican que la ingestión de carne poco cocida, así como de algunos embutidos, en donde se ha encontrado el parásito en forma viable, son mecanismos de infección
Liliana Reyes-Lizano +4 more
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Background The WHO has established a control strategy for Strongyloides stercoralis in school-aged children as well as targets and to maintain control programs for Ascaris lumbricoides , Trichuris trichiura and hookworms.
Pedro Emanuel Fleitas +7 more
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ABSTRACT When mural art in indigenous communities is commissioned as a participatory project, several methodological, epistemological, and aesthetic questions arise. This text proposes a horizontal and investigative approach to what we can simply call ‘muralism in the A'i Cofán community context,’ not as significant works executed in communities, but ...
Daniel Alberto Restrepo Hernández +2 more
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Global Asthma Network Phase I surveyed children, adolescents, and adults worldwide to assess the prevalence of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis, and eczema. Human Development Index (HDI) and Gini inequality index (GinI) were important explanatory factors for prevalence variability of these conditions, with hotspots in areas with high HDI and high GinI ...
Luis García‐Marcos +15 more
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Background In resource-limited countries, stool microscopy is the diagnostic test of choice for intestinal parasites (soil-transmitted helminths and/or intestinal protozoa). However, sensitivity and specificity is low.
Rubén O. Cimino +9 more
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Disease progression velocity as predictor of severity in Guillain-Barre syndrome
Objective: To identify the velocity of disease progression as a predictor of severity in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). Materials and methods: Prospective observational study of patients with confirmed diagnosis of GBS between May and ...
Raúl Montalvo +3 more
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ABSTRACT Background In Kenya, influenza and other respiratory viruses circulate year‐round. The Ministry of Health monitors severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), including influenza‐associated hospitalizations, through a sentinel surveillance network. We developed intensity thresholds (ITs) to assess seasonal severity based on respiratory illness‐
Elizabeth B. White +11 more
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Caries en primeros molares permanentes y factores asociados a esta en escolares de Acapulco
Introducción: La caries es una de las enfermedades bucodentales más frecuentes y, por ser las primeras en emerger, los primeros molares permanentes son las piezas más susceptibles a esta afección.
Karina Reyna-Rosales +5 more
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There is little information on the presence of the Mycobacterium avium-Intracellulare (MAC) complex in Peru. Five cases of MAC infection are described in patients with HIV/AIDS at the National Hospital Dos de Mayo, Lima – Peru.
César Ticona-Huaroto +4 more
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A chromosomal mutation allows bypass of deletion of the Escherichia coli fabH gene. The bypass results from creation of a new promoter that drives increased madA transcription, resulting in increased synthesis of acetyl‐acyl carrier protein by decarboxylation of malonyl‐acyl carrier protein.
Qiaoqiao Guo +5 more
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