Exploring gender disparities in the disease and economic tobacco-attributable burden in Latin America
The objective of this study was to explore the differences in tobacco-attributable disease and economic burden between men and women in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru.METHODS: We used a previously validated economic model to quantify the impact of tobacco-related illnesses, including morbidity, mortality, healthcare costs, productivity losses, informal care expenses, and DALYs, by gender and age. We utilized data from national surveys, records, studies, and expert opinions to populate the model.RESULTS: In 2020, there were 351,000 smoking-attributable deaths. Men accounted for 69%...
Source: Cancer Control - February 28, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Andrea Alcaraz Elena Lazo Agust ín Casarini Federico Rodriguez-Cairoli Federico Augustovski Ariel Bardach Lucas Perelli Alfredo Palacios Andr és Pichon-Riviere Natalia Espinola Source Type: research
Who Transmits Tuberculosis to Whom: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Cohort Study in Lima, Peru
CONCLUSIONS: This study identifies men, young adults, former prisoners, alcohol consumers, and smokers as priority groups for targeted interventions. Innovative strategies are needed to extend tuberculosis screening to social groups like young adults and prisoners with limited access to routine preventive care.PMID:38416532 | DOI:10.1164/rccm.202307-1217OC (Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - February 28, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Letizia Trevisi Meredith B Brooks Mercedes C Becerra Roger I Calder ón Carmen C Contreras Jerome T Galea Judith Jimenez Leonid W Lecca Rosa M Yataco Ximena Tovar Zibiao Zhang Megan B Murray Chuan-Chin Huang Source Type: research
Who Transmits Tuberculosis to Whom: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Cohort Study in Lima, Peru
CONCLUSIONS: This study identifies men, young adults, former prisoners, alcohol consumers, and smokers as priority groups for targeted interventions. Innovative strategies are needed to extend tuberculosis screening to social groups like young adults and prisoners with limited access to routine preventive care.PMID:38416532 | DOI:10.1164/rccm.202307-1217OC (Source: Am J Respir Crit Car...)
Source: Am J Respir Crit Car... - February 28, 2024 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Letizia Trevisi Meredith B Brooks Mercedes C Becerra Roger I Calder ón Carmen C Contreras Jerome T Galea Judith Jimenez Leonid W Lecca Rosa M Yataco Ximena Tovar Zibiao Zhang Megan B Murray Chuan-Chin Huang Source Type: research
Who Transmits Tuberculosis to Whom: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Cohort Study in Lima, Peru
CONCLUSIONS: This study identifies men, young adults, former prisoners, alcohol consumers, and smokers as priority groups for targeted interventions. Innovative strategies are needed to extend tuberculosis screening to social groups like young adults and prisoners with limited access to routine preventive care.PMID:38416532 | DOI:10.1164/rccm.202307-1217OC (Source: Respiratory Care)
Source: Respiratory Care - February 28, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Letizia Trevisi Meredith B Brooks Mercedes C Becerra Roger I Calder ón Carmen C Contreras Jerome T Galea Judith Jimenez Leonid W Lecca Rosa M Yataco Ximena Tovar Zibiao Zhang Megan B Murray Chuan-Chin Huang Source Type: research
Management of primary anorectal mucosal melanoma during the COVID-19 pandemic
We present a case of a 77-year-old Peruvian who was eventually diagnosed with this cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic, which complicated her treatment and allowed the cancer to spread. Her treatment included abdominoperineal resection, bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy, left internal iliac vein raffia and end colostomy, followed by 3D radiation therapy (50 Gy, 25 sessions) and systemic treatment with nivolumab, all of which were well tolerated. The patient was alive as of 20 August 2023, having survived for more than 3 years since the onset of symptoms.PMID:38414935 | PMC:PMC10898915 | DOI:10.3332/ecancer.2023.1610 (Source...
Source: Ecancermedicalscience - February 28, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Edgar Ferm ín Yan-Quiroz Folker Mija íl Agreda-Castro Lita Diaz-Lozano Richard Tenazoa-Villalobos Lissett Jeanette Fern ández-Rodríguez Source Type: research
Who Transmits Tuberculosis to Whom: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Cohort Study in Lima, Peru
CONCLUSIONS: This study identifies men, young adults, former prisoners, alcohol consumers, and smokers as priority groups for targeted interventions. Innovative strategies are needed to extend tuberculosis screening to social groups like young adults and prisoners with limited access to routine preventive care.PMID:38416532 | DOI:10.1164/rccm.202307-1217OC (Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - February 28, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Letizia Trevisi Meredith B Brooks Mercedes C Becerra Roger I Calder ón Carmen C Contreras Jerome T Galea Judith Jimenez Leonid W Lecca Rosa M Yataco Ximena Tovar Zibiao Zhang Megan B Murray Chuan-Chin Huang Source Type: research
Who Transmits Tuberculosis to Whom: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Cohort Study in Lima, Peru
CONCLUSIONS: This study identifies men, young adults, former prisoners, alcohol consumers, and smokers as priority groups for targeted interventions. Innovative strategies are needed to extend tuberculosis screening to social groups like young adults and prisoners with limited access to routine preventive care.PMID:38416532 | DOI:10.1164/rccm.202307-1217OC (Source: Am J Respir Crit Car...)
Source: Am J Respir Crit Car... - February 28, 2024 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Letizia Trevisi Meredith B Brooks Mercedes C Becerra Roger I Calder ón Carmen C Contreras Jerome T Galea Judith Jimenez Leonid W Lecca Rosa M Yataco Ximena Tovar Zibiao Zhang Megan B Murray Chuan-Chin Huang Source Type: research
Who Transmits Tuberculosis to Whom: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Cohort Study in Lima, Peru
CONCLUSIONS: This study identifies men, young adults, former prisoners, alcohol consumers, and smokers as priority groups for targeted interventions. Innovative strategies are needed to extend tuberculosis screening to social groups like young adults and prisoners with limited access to routine preventive care.PMID:38416532 | DOI:10.1164/rccm.202307-1217OC (Source: Respiratory Care)
Source: Respiratory Care - February 28, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Letizia Trevisi Meredith B Brooks Mercedes C Becerra Roger I Calder ón Carmen C Contreras Jerome T Galea Judith Jimenez Leonid W Lecca Rosa M Yataco Ximena Tovar Zibiao Zhang Megan B Murray Chuan-Chin Huang Source Type: research
Implementation of REDCap mobile app in an oral HIV clinical study
In Peru, HIV cases are highly concentrated among men who have sex with men (MSM). Despite the availability of anti-retroviral therapy, people living with HIV (PWH) have higher levels of oral diseases. Alcohol ... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ana Lucia Seminario, Ashley E. Karczewski, Sara Stanley, Javier Valencia Huamani, Juan Jos é Montenegro, Karla Tafur, Ana Bautista Julca and Frederick L. Altice Tags: Research Source Type: research
Digital health and the promise of equity in maternity care: A mixed methods multi-country assessment on the use of information and communication technologies in healthcare facilities in Latin America and the Caribbean
CONCLUSION: Digital health for maternity care provision relied on commonly available technology and did not necessitate highly sophisticated systems, making it a sustainable and replicable strategy. However, disparities in access to digital health remain and many facilities in rural and remote areas lacked connectivity. Use of ICTs in maternity care depended on countries' long-term commitments to achieving universal health and digital coverage.PMID:38412170 | PMC:PMC10898739 | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0298902 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Ariadna Capasso Mercedes Colomar Dora Ram írez Suzanne Serruya Bremen de Mucio Source Type: research
The surface of leaves and fruits of Peruvian cacao is home for several Hannaella yeast species, including the new species Hannaella theobromatis sp. nov
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2024 Feb 27;117(1):43. doi: 10.1007/s10482-024-01936-2.ABSTRACTAs part of a long-term study aiming to isolate and identify yeast species that inhabit the surface of leaves and fruits of native fine-aroma cacao in the department of Amazonas, Peru, we obtained multiple isolates of Hannaella species. Yeasts of the genus Hannaella are common inhabitants of the phyllosphere of natural and crop plants. On the basis of morphological, and physiological characteristics, and sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene (LSU) and the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), we identi...
Source: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - February 27, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Kelvin J Llanos-G ómez M Catherine Aime Jorge R D íaz-Valderrama Source Type: research
The surface of leaves and fruits of Peruvian cacao is home for several Hannaella yeast species, including the new species Hannaella theobromatis sp. nov
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2024 Feb 27;117(1):43. doi: 10.1007/s10482-024-01936-2.ABSTRACTAs part of a long-term study aiming to isolate and identify yeast species that inhabit the surface of leaves and fruits of native fine-aroma cacao in the department of Amazonas, Peru, we obtained multiple isolates of Hannaella species. Yeasts of the genus Hannaella are common inhabitants of the phyllosphere of natural and crop plants. On the basis of morphological, and physiological characteristics, and sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene (LSU) and the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), we identi...
Source: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - February 27, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Kelvin J Llanos-G ómez M Catherine Aime Jorge R D íaz-Valderrama Source Type: research
Digital health and the promise of equity in maternity care: A mixed methods multi-country assessment on the use of information and communication technologies in healthcare facilities in Latin America and the Caribbean
ConclusionDigital health for maternity care provision relied on commonly available technology and did not necessitate highly sophisticated systems, making it a sustainable and replicable strategy. However, disparities in access to digital health remain and many facilities in rural and remote areas lacked connectivity. Use of ICTs in maternity care depended on countries ’ long-term commitments to achieving universal health and digital coverage. (Source: PLoS One)
Source: PLoS One - February 27, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Ariadna Capasso Source Type: research
Reference values for the 6-min walking test in children and adolescents living in a moderate altitude region of Peru
The assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness is important because it allows the identification of subgroups with poor health status and the targeting of effective intervention strategies to improve health. (Source: BMC Pediatrics)
Source: BMC Pediatrics - February 27, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jose Sulla-Torres, Rub én Vidal-Espinoza, Christopher Avendaño-Llanque, Alexander Calla-Gamboa, Manuel Zúñiga-Carnero, Rossana Gomez-Campos and Marco Cossio-Bolaños Tags: Research Source Type: research
Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Population Genetics: What Have We Learned from Microsatellites?
AbstractPurpose of ReviewThe genetic structure of insect vectors offers valuable insights for identifying panmictic units, reinfestation sources, and minimal intervention units in vector control programs. This review highlights key findings on the genetic structure ofTriatoma infestans populations using microsatellites across various geographic scales and landscapes.Recent FindingsMicrosatellites have been employed to explore the genetic structure ofT. infestans across Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, and Peru. Research has focused on understanding genetic structure, assessing the impacts of short and long-distance mi...
Source: Current Tropical Medicine Reports - February 24, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Source Type: research
