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PLoS ONE, 2017 Liver cancer is an emerging global health issue, with rising incidence in both the United States and the economically developing world. Although Guatemala experiences the highest rates of this disease in the Western hemisphere and a unique 1:1 ...
Joshua W Smith +11 more
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One Health, 2021 Most human and animal disease notification systems are unintegrated and passive, resulting in underreporting. Active surveillance can complement passive efforts, but because they are resource-intensive, their attributes must be evaluated. We assessed the
Laura M. Grajeda +8 more
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BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2018 Objective Stunting is a common cause of early child developmental delay; Guatemala has the fourth highest rate of stunting globally. The goal of this study was to examine the impact of an intensive community health worker-led complementary feeding ...
Boris Martinez +7 more
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease on Hemodialysis in Guatemala
Kidney International Reports, 2021 Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is public health concern across the world. Data on the epidemiology among patients on hemodialysis in Latin America and low- and middle-income countries are limited.
Regina Sosa +14 more
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P-126 PREVALENCE OF LIVER FIBROSIS IN THE INFECTION BY THE HEPATITIS B AND C VIRUS IN GUATEMALA
Annals of Hepatology, 2023 Introduction and Objectives: It is known that patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection develop early fibrosis in the first five years of infection.
Abel Sanchez +2 more
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Optimizing resources to reduce costs to determine HIV viral load in limited resources settings
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2017 Introduction: HIV viral load testing is a key factor to evaluate the accomplishment of the UNAIDS target of 90% of viral suppression among people receiving antiretroviral therapy.
Amalia Girón-Callejas +4 more
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Government roles in regulating medical tourism: evidence from Guatemala
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018 BackgroundRegulation of the medical tourism and public health sectors overlap in many instances, raising questions of how patient safety, economic growth, and health equity can be protected.
R. Labonté +4 more
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Gone with the Storm: Rainfall Shocks and Household Wellbeing in Guatemala
Social Science Research Network, 2016 This paper identifies the negative consequences of the strongest tropical storm ever to strike Guatemala on household welfare. Per capita consumption fell in urban areas, raising poverty substantially.
J. Baez +3 more
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SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in healthcare workers in a high-volume ophthalmology centre in Guatemala
Annals of Medicine, 2021 Purpose To determine the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in eye healthcare workers (EHCW) in the largest ophthalmology centre in Guatemala and factors associated with antibody positivity.Methods We conducted a cross sectional sero-survey in all ...
Pamela Davila-Siliezar +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2017 Introduction HIV continues to be a major health concern with approximately 2.1 million new infections occurring worldwide in 2015. In Central America, Guatemala had the highest incident number of HIV infections (3,700) in 2015.
I. Ross +9 more
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