Massive testing in the Galapagos Islands and low positivity rate to control SARS-CoV-2 spread during the first semester of the COVID-19 pandemic: a story of success for Ecuador and South America
CONCLUSION: This story of success was possible because of the interinstitutional collaboration between the regional government of Galapagos Islands (Consejo de Gobierno), the local authorities (Gobiernos Autonomos Descentralizados de Santa Cruz, San Cristobal and Isabela), the regional authorities from Ecuadorian Ministry of Health, the Agencia de Regulación y Control de la Bioseguridad y Cuarentena para Galápagos and Universidad de Las Américas.PMID:37748777 | DOI:10.22605/RRH7643 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Alexander Paolo Vallejo-Janeta Diana Morales-Jadan Alberto Velez Patricio Vega-Marino Byron Freire-Paspuel Maria Belen Paredes-Espinosa Angel S Rodriguez Pazmi ño Bernardo Castro-Rodriguez Paulina Castillo Carlos Masaquiza Ismar Rivera-Olivero Esteban Or Source Type: research
Massive testing in the Galapagos Islands and low positivity rate to control SARS-CoV-2 spread during the first semester of the COVID-19 pandemic: a story of success for Ecuador and South America
CONCLUSION: This story of success was possible because of the interinstitutional collaboration between the regional government of Galapagos Islands (Consejo de Gobierno), the local authorities (Gobiernos Autonomos Descentralizados de Santa Cruz, San Cristobal and Isabela), the regional authorities from Ecuadorian Ministry of Health, the Agencia de Regulación y Control de la Bioseguridad y Cuarentena para Galápagos and Universidad de Las Américas.PMID:37748777 | DOI:10.22605/RRH7643 (Source: Rural and Remote Health)
Source: Rural and Remote Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Alexander Paolo Vallejo-Janeta Diana Morales-Jadan Alberto Velez Patricio Vega-Marino Byron Freire-Paspuel Maria Belen Paredes-Espinosa Angel S Rodriguez Pazmi ño Bernardo Castro-Rodriguez Paulina Castillo Carlos Masaquiza Ismar Rivera-Olivero Esteban Or Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 6820: Impact of an Educational Intervention for Healthy Eating in Older Adults: A Quasi-Experimental Study
This study aimed to investigate the impact of an educational intervention on knowledge related to healthy eating among older adults. This intervention is rooted in the principles of meaningful learning and incorporates culturally adapted materials. A quasi-experimental study design was employed using a pre-test–post-test control group. Study participants were a total of 109 elderly (intervention: n = 51, control: n = 58) people in Cuenca, Ecuador. The educational intervention based on Ausubel’s theory of significant learning and Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory was programmed to be ...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Jos é Ortiz Segarra Ulises Freire Argudo Dayanara Delgado L ópez Stalin Ortiz Mej ía Tags: Article Source Type: research
Molecules, Vol. 28, Pages 6701: A Validated HPLC-UV-ESI-IT-MS Method for the Quantification of Carnosol in Lepechinia mutica, a Medicinal Plant Endemic to Ecuador
Ramírez
The diphenolic diterpene carnosol was isolated from several species of the family Lamiaceae, including Lepechinia mutica, a medicinal plant endemic to Ecuador. The compound has exhibited high antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, neuroprotective, and antifungal properties, as well as promising cytotoxicity against prostate, breast, skin, leukemia, and human colon cancer cell lines. In this paper, we developed and validated a simple, accurate, and reliable analytical HPLC-UV-ESI-IT-MS method, carried out on a C18 column, which is potentially suitable to quantify carnosol in plant extracts. The procedu...
Source: Molecules - September 19, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Natal í Solano-Cueva Jorge G. Figueroa Corina Loja Chabaco Armijos Giovanni Vidari Jorge Ram írez Tags: Article Source Type: research
Structure of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Paracoccidioides lutzii in complex with an aldonic sugar acid
Biochimie. 2023 Sep 12:S0300-9084(23)00240-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2023.09.013. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe pathogen Paracoccidioides lutzii (Pb01) is found in South America countries Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Brazil, especially in the central, west, and north regions of the latter. It belongs to the Ajellomycetaceae family, Onygenales order, and is typically thermodimorphic, presenting yeast cells when it grows in animal tissues, but mycelia when in the environment, where it produces the infectious propagule. Moreover, this fungus is one of the etiologic agents of Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), the most impor...
Source: Biochimie - September 14, 2023 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Jonathan Heiler Hern ández-Prieto Viviane Paula Martini Jorge Iulek Source Type: research
Structure of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Paracoccidioides lutzii in complex with an aldonic sugar acid
Biochimie. 2023 Sep 12:S0300-9084(23)00240-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2023.09.013. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe pathogen Paracoccidioides lutzii (Pb01) is found in South America countries Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Brazil, especially in the central, west, and north regions of the latter. It belongs to the Ajellomycetaceae family, Onygenales order, and is typically thermodimorphic, presenting yeast cells when it grows in animal tissues, but mycelia when in the environment, where it produces the infectious propagule. Moreover, this fungus is one of the etiologic agents of Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), the most impor...
Source: Biochimie - September 14, 2023 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Jonathan Heiler Hern ández-Prieto Viviane Paula Martini Jorge Iulek Source Type: research
Structure of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Paracoccidioides lutzii in complex with an aldonic sugar acid
Biochimie. 2023 Sep 12:S0300-9084(23)00240-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2023.09.013. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe pathogen Paracoccidioides lutzii (Pb01) is found in South America countries Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Brazil, especially in the central, west, and north regions of the latter. It belongs to the Ajellomycetaceae family, Onygenales order, and is typically thermodimorphic, presenting yeast cells when it grows in animal tissues, but mycelia when in the environment, where it produces the infectious propagule. Moreover, this fungus is one of the etiologic agents of Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), the most impor...
Source: Biochimie - September 14, 2023 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Jonathan Heiler Hern ández-Prieto Viviane Paula Martini Jorge Iulek Source Type: research
Catalogue of type specimens deposited in the Herpetology Collection of the Natural History Museum Gustavo Orc és V. at Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Ecuador)
Biodivers Data J. 2023 Aug 29;11:e108596. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e108596. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The Herpetology Collection of the Natural History Museum Gustavo Orcés V. at Escuela Politécnica Nacional (MEPN-H) in Quito maintains more than sixteen thousand curated specimens and it comprises Ecuador ´s second largest collection of herps.NEW INFORMATION: The Collection contains 193 type specimens: 14 holotypes, 34 paratopotypes and 145 paratypes, which correspond to 10 families, 17 genera and 32 species. The collection of type specimens is particularly important in the genera Atelopus and Pristimantis in amphi...
Source: Herpes - September 8, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ana Almend áriz Diego Almeida-Reinoso Monica A Guerra Source Type: research
Catalogue of type specimens deposited in the Herpetology Collection of the Natural History Museum Gustavo Orc és V. at Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Ecuador)
Biodivers Data J. 2023 Aug 29;11:e108596. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e108596. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The Herpetology Collection of the Natural History Museum Gustavo Orcés V. at Escuela Politécnica Nacional (MEPN-H) in Quito maintains more than sixteen thousand curated specimens and it comprises Ecuador ´s second largest collection of herps.NEW INFORMATION: The Collection contains 193 type specimens: 14 holotypes, 34 paratopotypes and 145 paratypes, which correspond to 10 families, 17 genera and 32 species. The collection of type specimens is particularly important in the genera Atelopus and Pristimantis in amphi...
Source: Herpes - September 8, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ana Almend áriz Diego Almeida-Reinoso Monica A Guerra Source Type: research
MBOAT7 rs641738 Variant Is Not Associated with an Increased Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Latin American Cohort
ConclusionThe rs631738 C > T allele ofMBOAT7 was not associated with increased risk of HCC in Latin Americans or Europeans. An increase in the risk of cirrhosis was noted with the TT genotype in Latin Americans with NAFLD.Graphical Abstract (Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences)
Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences - September 8, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research
