Prevalence of Persons with Disability Enrolled in Undergraduate Medical Schools in Brazil, 2019
CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of PWD medical students in Brazil is low, and is dominated by students with physical and sensory disabilities but lacks the deaf-blind. Despite the existence of legal regulations favoring PWD to study medicine, some medical schools have not done adequate adjustments to accommodate them. This suggests that affirmative policies for the inclusion of PWD in higher education, particularly in medicine, still need improvement.PMID:37901758 | PMC:PMC10611937 | DOI:10.30476/JAMP.2023.99332.1840 (Source: Adv Data)
Source: Adv Data - October 30, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Maria Nascimento Rhian Torres Amanda Horochovski Bruno Birmann Bruno Takahara Luis Souza Klynsman Ribeiro Billy McBenedict Source Type: research
Prevalence of Persons with Disability Enrolled in Undergraduate Medical Schools in Brazil, 2019
CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of PWD medical students in Brazil is low, and is dominated by students with physical and sensory disabilities but lacks the deaf-blind. Despite the existence of legal regulations favoring PWD to study medicine, some medical schools have not done adequate adjustments to accommodate them. This suggests that affirmative policies for the inclusion of PWD in higher education, particularly in medicine, still need improvement.PMID:37901758 | PMC:PMC10611937 | DOI:10.30476/JAMP.2023.99332.1840 (Source: Adv Data)
Source: Adv Data - October 30, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Maria Nascimento Rhian Torres Amanda Horochovski Bruno Birmann Bruno Takahara Luis Souza Klynsman Ribeiro Billy McBenedict Source Type: research
Retrospective analysis of outcomes for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia in South American centers
This study retrospectively reviewed demographic, biological, and clinical parameters of children under 18 years of age with newly diagnosed ALL presenting between 2013-2017 across five pediatric centers in 4 countries in South America. Survival analyses were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method.ResultsAcross the five centers, 752 patients were analyzed (Bolivia [N=9], Ecuador [N=221], Paraguay [N=197], Peru [N=325]) and 92.1% (n=690) patients were diagnosed with B-cell and 7.5% (n= 56) with T-cell ALL. The median age was 5.5 years old (IQR 7.29). At diagnosis, 47.8% of patients were categorized as standard and 51.9% as ...
Source: Frontiers in Oncology - October 30, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Evaluation of an audio-visual informed consent procedure in a diagnostic tuberculosis trial
Background: In line with the End Tuberculosis (TB) Strategy of the World Health Organization a diagnostic study, PriNose NCT0440732, has started in Paraguayan prisons. Due to high illiteracy among persons deprived of liberty (PDL) and low educational attainment, an audio-visual message was developed and incorporated in the informed consent (IC) procedure. The aim of this study is evaluating the experience and thoughts on the IC procedure in a vulnerable population from multiple viewpoints.Objectives: 1. Evaluation of the participants’ thoughts and experience on the IC procedure. 2. Evaluation of the user experience o...
Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 27, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Gomez Paciello, L., Schippers, F., Aguiar, A., Magis, C. Tags: Ethics and economics Source Type: research
Assessment of Obsessive Thoughts About COVID-19 in 7 Latin American Countries: Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Obsession With COVID-19 Scale
Omega (Westport). 2023 Oct 26:302228231210148. doi: 10.1177/00302228231210148. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) among seven Latin American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Although the OCS has been used in several countries and languages, there is a need for approaches that better integrate the cross-cultural equivalence of the scale. A total of 3185 people participated in the study. The results indicated the presence of a unidimensional structure and good reliability indice...
Source: Omega - October 26, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tom ás Caycho-Rodríguez Renzo Rivera-Calcina Lindsey W Vilca Carlos Carbajal-Le ón Pablo D Valencia Daniel E Yupanqui-Lorenzo Walter L Arias Gallegos Mario Reyes-Bossio Nicol Or é-Kovacs Claudio Rojas-Jara Miguel Gallegos Roberto Polanco-Carrasco Maur Source Type: research
Assessment of Obsessive Thoughts About COVID-19 in 7 Latin American Countries: Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Obsession With COVID-19 Scale
Omega (Westport). 2023 Oct 26:302228231210148. doi: 10.1177/00302228231210148. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) among seven Latin American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Although the OCS has been used in several countries and languages, there is a need for approaches that better integrate the cross-cultural equivalence of the scale. A total of 3185 people participated in the study. The results indicated the presence of a unidimensional structure and good reliability indice...
Source: Omega - October 26, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tom ás Caycho-Rodríguez Renzo Rivera-Calcina Lindsey W Vilca Carlos Carbajal-Le ón Pablo D Valencia Daniel E Yupanqui-Lorenzo Walter L Arias Gallegos Mario Reyes-Bossio Nicol Or é-Kovacs Claudio Rojas-Jara Miguel Gallegos Roberto Polanco-Carrasco Maur Source Type: research
Assessment of Obsessive Thoughts About COVID-19 in 7 Latin American Countries: Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Obsession With COVID-19 Scale
Omega (Westport). 2023 Oct 26:302228231210148. doi: 10.1177/00302228231210148. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) among seven Latin American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Although the OCS has been used in several countries and languages, there is a need for approaches that better integrate the cross-cultural equivalence of the scale. A total of 3185 people participated in the study. The results indicated the presence of a unidimensional structure and good reliability indice...
Source: Omega - October 26, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tom ás Caycho-Rodríguez Renzo Rivera-Calcina Lindsey W Vilca Carlos Carbajal-Le ón Pablo D Valencia Daniel E Yupanqui-Lorenzo Walter L Arias Gallegos Mario Reyes-Bossio Nicol Or é-Kovacs Claudio Rojas-Jara Miguel Gallegos Roberto Polanco-Carrasco Maur Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Essential Oils and Their Components Against Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
AbstractPurpose of ReviewChagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan parasite calledTrypanosoma cruzi affecting 7 –8 million people in the world.Triatoma infestans (Klug) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) is the main vector of Chagas disease in the southern cone of South America. Genetic evidence indicates thatT. infestans originated in the Cochabamba region, Sucre, in Central Bolivia, where there are jungle sites of this species, and from which the domestic species is believed to derive, currently distributed in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Chemical control of the vector by spraying ...
Source: Current Tropical Medicine Reports - October 3, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Source Type: research
COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalizations in Paraguay, May 2021-April 2022: A test-negative design
CONCLUSIONS: This study contributes to our understanding of COVID-19 VE in Latin America and to global understanding of vaccines that have not been widely used in North America and Europe. VE estimates from Paraguay can parameterize models to estimate the impact of the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Paraguay and similar settings.PMID:37716830 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.09.015 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - September 16, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Sandra Irala Sarah Hamid Elena Penayo Fabiana Michel Paula Couto Cynthia Vazquez Mar ía José Ortega Chavely Dom ínguez Silvia Battaglia Marta Von Horoch Romeo Montoya Guillermo Sequera Francisco Nogareda Source Type: research
COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalizations in Paraguay, May 2021-April 2022: A test-negative design
CONCLUSIONS: This study contributes to our understanding of COVID-19 VE in Latin America and to global understanding of vaccines that have not been widely used in North America and Europe. VE estimates from Paraguay can parameterize models to estimate the impact of the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Paraguay and similar settings.PMID:37716830 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.09.015 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - September 16, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Sandra Irala Sarah Hamid Elena Penayo Fabiana Michel Paula Couto Cynthia Vazquez Mar ía José Ortega Chavely Dom ínguez Silvia Battaglia Marta Von Horoch Romeo Montoya Guillermo Sequera Francisco Nogareda Source Type: research
Types of Psychiatric Beds and Mental Health Services in 16 Latin American Countries, 1990-2020
CONCLUSIONS: The findings indicate that treatment capacity shifted from inpatient to outpatient and community care. Most countries had a bed shortage for acute psychiatric care, especially for children and adolescents and forensic patients. More comprehensive and standardized mental health service registries are needed.PMID:37644830 | DOI:10.1176/appi.ps.20220590 (Source: Psychiatric Services)
Source: Psychiatric Services - August 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Adrian P Mundt Sabine Delhey Pablo Mart ínez Mat ías Irarrázaval Luciano Grasso Guillermo Rivera-Arroyo Adelia Capistrano Natalia Trujillo Francisco Golcher Andr é Benavides Salcedo Corinne Dedik Martha Cordero Julio Torales C ésar Malpartida Ángel Source Type: research
Viruses, Vol. 15, Pages 1798: Deep Sequencing to Reveal Phylo-Geographic Relationships of Juquitiba Virus in Paraguay
B. Jonsson
Several hantaviruses result in zoonotic infections of significant public health concern, causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) or hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in the Old and New World, respectively. Given a 35% case fatality rate, disease-causing New World hantaviruses require a greater understanding of their biology, genetic diversity, and geographical distribution. Juquitiba hantaviruses have been identified in Oligoryzomys nigripes in Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Brazil has reported the most HCPS cases associated with this virus. We used a multiplexed, amplicon-based PCR st...
Source: Viruses - August 24, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Evans Ifebuche Nnamani Briana Spruill-Harrell Evan Peter Williams Mariah K. Taylor Robert D. Owen Colleen B. Jonsson Tags: Article Source Type: research
Rapid Epidemic Expansion of Chikungunya Virus East/Central/South African Lineage, Paraguay
Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Jul 24;29(9). doi: 10.3201/eid2909.230523. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe spread of Chikungunya virus is a major public health concern in the Americas. There were >120,000 cases and 51 deaths in 2023, of which 46 occurred in Paraguay. Using a suite of genomic, phylodynamic, and epidemiologic techniques, we characterized the ongoing large chikungunya epidemic in Paraguay.PMID:37488810 | DOI:10.3201/eid2909.230523 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - July 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Marta Giovanetti Cynthia Vazquez Mauricio Lima Emerson Castro Analia Rojas Andrea Gomez de la Fuente Carolina Aquino Cesar Cantero Fatima Fleitas Juan Torales Julio Barrios Maria J Ortega Maria L Gamarra Shirley Villalba Tania Alfonzo Joilson Xavier Talit Source Type: research
