| Toledo, Viviana; den Bakker, Henk C.; Hormazábal, Juan Carlos; González-Rocha, Gerardo; Bello-Toledo, Helia; Toro, Magaly; Moreno-Switt, Andrea I. |
Genomic Diversity of Listeria monocytogenes Isolated from Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples in Chile |
Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, which is an uncommon but severe infection associated with high mortality rates in humans especially in high-risk groups. This bacterium su... |
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| Gambino-Shirley, K.; Stevenson, L.; Concepción-Acevedo, J.; Trees, E.; Wagner, D.; Whitlock, L.; Roberts, J.; Garrett, N.; Van Duyne, S.; McAllister, G.; Schick, B.; Schlater, L.; Peralta, V.; Reporter, R.; Li, L.; Waechter, H.; Gomez, T.; Fernández Ordenes, J.; Ulloa, S.; Ragimbeau, C.; Mossong, J.; Nichols, M. |
Flea market finds and global exports: Four multistate outbreaks of human Salmonella infections linked to small turtles, United States-2015 |
Zoonotic transmission of Salmonella infections causes an estimated 11% of salmonellosis annually in the United States. This report describes the epidemiologic, traceback and laboratory investigations ... |
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| Barbui, Corrado; Papola, Davide; Saraceno, Benedetto |
Forty years without mental hospitals in Italy |
In 1978 Italy implemented Law Number 180, the reform law that blocked all new admissions to public mental hospitals. After 40 years without mental hospitals, we aim at understanding the consequences o... |
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| Campanini-Salinas, Javier; Andrades-Lagos, Juan; Gonzalez Rocha, Gerardo; Choquesillo-Lazarte, Duane; Bollo Dragnic, Soledad; Faúndez, Mario; Alarcón, Pedro; Silva, Francisco; Vidal, Roberto; Salas-Huenuleo, Edison; Kogan, Marcelo; Mella, Jaime; Recabarren Gajardo, Gonzalo; Vásquez-Velásquez, David |
A New Kind of Quinonic-Antibiotic Useful Against Multidrug-Resistant S. aureus and E. faecium Infections |
A rapid emergence of resistant bacteria is occurring worldwide, endangering the efficacy of antibiotics and reducing the therapeutic arsenal available for treatment of infectious diseases. In the pres... |
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| Muiño, Laura; Rodrigo, Donoso; Villegas, Rodrigo; Romero, Pablo; Peredo, Daniel E.; Vargas, Rafael A.; Liempi, Daniela; Osuna, Antonio; Jercic, María Isabel |
Effectiveness of sampling methods employed for Acanthamoeba keratitis diagnosis by culture |
PURPOSE: This retrospective, observational study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the sampling methods commonly used for the collection of corneal scrapes for the diagnosis of Acanthamoeb... |
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| Caini, Saverio; Spreeuwenberg, Peter; Kusznierz, Gabriela F.; Rudi, Juan Manuel; Owen, Rhonda; Pennington, Kate; Wangchuk, Sonam; Gyeltshen, Sonam; Ferreira de Almeida, Walquiria Aparecida; Pessanha Henriques, Cláudio Maierovitch; Njouom, Richard; Vernet, Marie-Astrid; Fasce, Rodrigo A.; Andrade, Winston; Yu, Hongjie; Feng, Luzhao; Yang, Juan; Peng, Zhibin; Lara, Jenny; Bruno, Alfredo; de Mora, Doménica; de Lozano, Celina; Zambon, Maria; Pebody, Richard; Castillo, Leticia; Clara, Alexey W.; Matute, Maria Luisa; Kosasih, Herman; Nurhayati, null; Puzelli, Simona; Rizzo, Caterina; Kadjo, Herve A.; Daouda, Coulibaly; Kiyanbekova, Lyazzat; Ospanova, Akerke; Mott, Joshua A.; Emukule, Gideon O.; Heraud, Jean-Michel; Razanajatovo, Norosoa Harline; Barakat, Amal; El Falaki, Fatima; Huang, Sue Q.; Lopez, Liza; Balmaseda, Angel; Moreno, Brechla; Rodrigues, Ana Paula; Guiomar, Raquel; Ang, Li Wei; Lee, Vernon Jian Ming; Venter, Marietjie; Cohen, Cheryl; Badur, Selim; Ciblak, Meral A.; Mironenko, Alla; Holubka, Olha; Bresee, Joseph; Brammer, Lynnette; Hoang, Phuong Vu Mai; Le, Mai Thi Quynh; Fleming, Douglas; Séblain, Clotilde El-Guerche; Schellevis, François; Paget, John; Global Influenza B Study group |
Distribution of influenza virus types by age using case-based global surveillance data from twenty-nine countries, 1999-2014 |
BACKGROUND: Influenza disease burden varies by age and this has important public health implications. We compared the proportional distribution of different influenza virus types within age strata usi... |
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| Perelman, Julian; Chaves, Pedro; de Almeida, José Miguel Caldas; Matias, Maria Ana |
Reforming the Portuguese mental health system: an incentive-based approach |
Background: To promote an effective mental health system, the World Health Organization recommends the involvement of primary care in prevention and treatment of mild diseases and community-based care... |
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| Gigante, Crystal M.; Dettinger, Lisa; Powell, James W.; Seiders, Melanie; Condori, Rene Edgar Condori; Griesser, Richard; Okogi, Kenneth; Carlos, Maria; Pesko, Kendra; Breckenridge, Mike; Simon, Edson Michael M.; Chu, Maria Yna Joyce V.; Davis, April D.; Brunt, Scott J.; Orciari, Lillian; Yager, Pamela; Carson, William C.; Hartloge, Claire; Saliki, Jeremiah T.; Sanchez, Susan; Deldari, Mojgan; Hsieh, Kristina; Wadhwa, Ashutosh; Wilkins, Kimberly; Peredo, Veronica Yung; Rabideau, Patricia; Gruhn, Nina; Cadet, Rolain; Isloor, Shrikrishna; Nath, Sujith S.; Joseph, Tomy; Gao, Jinxin; Wallace, Ryan; Reynolds, Mary; Olson, Victoria A.; Li, Yu |
Multi-site evaluation of the LN34 pan-lyssavirus real-time RT-PCR assay for post-mortem rabies diagnostics |
Rabies is a fatal zoonotic disease that requires fast, accurate diagnosis to prevent disease in an exposed individual. The current gold standard for post-mortem diagnosis of human and animal rabies is... |
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| Diaz-Dinamarca, Diego A.; Ibañez, Francisco J.; Soto, Daniel A.; Soto, Jorge A.; Cespedes, Pablo F.; Muena, Nicolás A.; Garate, Diego S.; Kalergis, Alexis M.; Vasquez, Abel E. |
Immunization with a Mixture of Nucleoprotein from Human Metapneumovirus and AbISCO-100 Adjuvant Reduces Viral Infection in Mice Model |
The human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is the second leading cause globally of acute infection of the respiratory tract in children, infecting the upper and lower airways. The hMPV may induce an inappropria... |
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| Chasqueira, Maria-Jesus; Paixão, Paulo; Rodrigues, Maria-Lúcia; Piedade, Cátia; Caires, Iolanda; Palmeiro, Teresa; Botelho, Maria-Amalia; Santos, Madalena; Curran, Martin; Guiomar, Raquel; Pechirra, Pedro; Costa, Inês; Papoila, Ana; Alves, Marta; Neuparth, Nuno |
Respiratory infections in elderly people: Viral role in a resident population of elderly care centers in Lisbon, winter 2013-2014 |
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to analyze the etiology and clinical consequences of viral respiratory infections in 18 elderly care centers (ECC) in Lisbon, which housed a total of 1022 resident... |
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| Vergara, Nicolás; Balanda, Monserrat; Hidalgo, Wilma; Martín, Héctor San; Aceituno, Alexis; Roldán, Francisco; Villalón, Tania; Hott, Melissa; Espinoza, Gloria; Quiero, Andrea; Valenzuela, María T.; Ramírez, Eugenio |
Detection and genotyping of HPV in urine samples from Chilean women attending primary health care centers |
Cervical cancer is the second most common malignant neoplasm in women worldwide representing approximately 10% of all types of cancers. Triage of women through cervical cytology has been an important ... |
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| Rodrigues, Ana M.; Eusébio, Mónica; Santos, Maria José; Gouveia, Nélia; Tavares, Viviana; Coelho, Pedro S.; Mendes, Jorge M.; Branco, Jaime C.; Canhão, Helena |
The burden and undertreatment of fragility fractures among senior women |
Using a large population database, we showed that fragility fractures were highly prevalent in senior women and were associated with significant physical disability. However, treatment rates were low ... |
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| Carrasco-Anabalón, Sergio; Vera-Leiva, Alejandra; Quezada-Aguiluz, Mario; Morales-Rivera, María F.; Lima, Celia A.; Fernández, Jorge; Ulloa, Soledad; Domínguez, Mariana; González-Rocha, Gerardo; Bello-Toledo, Helia |
Genetic Platforms of blaCTX-M in Carbapenemase-Producing Strains of K. pneumoniae Isolated in Chile |
Objective: To elucidate whether the genetic platforms of blaCTX-M contribute to the phenotypes of multi-drug-resistance (MDR) in the first carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae strains isolated in Chi... |
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| Díaz-Dinamarca, Diego A.; Jerias, José I.; Soto, Daniel A.; Soto, Jorge A.; Díaz, Natalia V.; Leyton, Yessica Y.; Villegas, Rodrigo A.; Kalergis, Alexis M.; Vásquez, Abel E. |
The Optimisation of the Expression of Recombinant Surface Immunogenic Protein of Group B Streptococcus in Escherichia coli by Response Surface Methodology Improves Humoral Immunity |
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of neonatal meningitis and a common pathogen in livestock and aquaculture industries around the world. Conjugate polysaccharide and protein-based vacci... |
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| Sotomayor, Viviana; Fasce, Rodrigo A.; Vergara, Natalia; De la Fuente, Felipe; Loayza, Sergio; Palekar, Rakhee |
Estimating the burden of influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths in Chile during 2012-2014 |
BACKGROUND: Influenza is a vaccine preventable disease that causes important morbidity and mortality worldwide. Estimating the burden of influenza disease is difficult. However, there are some methods... |
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| Navarrete-Dechent, Cristián; Cevallos, Carolina; Jercic, María Isabel; Saldias-Fuentes, Cristóbal; González, Sergio; Labarca, Jaime |
Liposomal amphotericin B treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. braziliensis: an imported case report |
Leishmaniasis is an infection caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania sp. and transmitted by sandfly vectors. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most frequent form of presentation. Clinically, chr... |
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| Delatorre, E.; Fernández, J.; Bello, G. |
Investigating the role of easter island in migration of Zika virus from south pacific to Americas |
The role of Easter Island in the dissemination of Zika virus from the Pacific islands into the Americas remains unclear. We analyzed new Zika virus sequences from Eastern Island and found that Zika vi... |
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| Valdés, I.P.; Ramírez-Santana, M.; Basagoitía, A.; Testar, X.; Vásquez, J.A. |
Translational medicine and innovation in health: Mechanisms and perspectives |
Many new discoveries in Life Sciences cannot be translated into products, services or new applications to improve human health. Translational medicine, defined as “from bench to bedside”, refers t... |
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| Ossa, G.; Lilley, T.M.; Ugarte-Núñez, J.; Ruokolainen, L.; Vilches, K.; Valladares-Faúndez, P.; Yung, V. |
First record of promops davisoni (Thomas, 1921) (chiroptera, molossidae) from Chile and a description of its echolocation calls |
Few studies have been conducted on the bat fauna of the Arica and Parinacota region, northern Chile. The genus Promops (Gervais, 1855) is a poorly known group of molossid bats, with three species wide... |
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| Ortiz-Chacha, Christian Soledad; Blázquez-Morales, María Sobeida Leticia; García-González, Janet; Duarte-Gómez, María Beatriz; De-San-Jorge-Cárdenas, Xóchitl María del Carmen; Méndez-Main, Silvia María |
Tecnologías de la información y comunicación para el cuidado y atención del embarazo en el primer nivel de atención |
Resumen El cuidado materno es un asunto prioritario en la prestación de servicios de salud, por lo que se trabaja continuamente en la mejora de la atención a las embarazadas. Este esfuerzo requiere ... |
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