2021 Vol 38 (4)

Published: 2021-12-29

Editorial

Public health heroes in Peru: Dr. Zuño Burstein Alva (1930-2021), an example of identity, integrity and perseverance

César Cabezas

490-2
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Original Article

Evaluation of the humoral response induced by BBIBP-CorV vaccine by determining neutralizing antibodies in peruvian healthcare personnel

Alonso Soto, Flor de María Charca-Rodríguez, Mario Pareja-Medina, Manuel Fernandez-Navarro, Karina Altamirano-Cáceres, Elizett Sierra Chávez, Jarvis Raraz-Vidal, Nestor Cabezudo-Pillpe, Melissa Velarde-Rodríguez, Andrés Alcántara-Díaz

493-500
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Factors associated with COVID-19 lethality in a hospital in the Cajamarca region in Peru

Walter Anyaypoma-Ocón, Sandra Ñuflo Vásquez, Hugo Cesar Bustamante-Chávez, Edyson Sedano-De la Cruz, Víctor Zavaleta-Gavidia, Yolanda Angulo-Bazán

501-11
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Design and validation of a questionnaire to assess the perceived risk of contracting COVID-19 in the colombian population

Shadye Matar-Khalil, Melissa Judith Ortiz Barrero, José González-Campos

512-20
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Prevalence and incidence of arterial hypertension in Peru: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Andrea Ruiz-Alejos, Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco, Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz

521-9
Prevalence of arterial hypertension and cardiovascular risk factors in a rural population exposed to arsenic in Argentina

Analía Graciela Soria, Rosa Silvina Guber, Liliana Mónica Tefaha, Félix Fernando Aragón, Claudio de Jesús Romero, Roxana del Valle Toledo, Noemí Graciela Sandoval, Mariano Nicolás Áleman

530-6
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Switching from cigarettes to electronic nicotine delivery system: rapid systematic review and meta-analysis and economic aspects

Agustín Ciapponi, Federico Rodríguez Cairoli, Germán Solioz, Carlos Rojas-Roque, Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Alfredo Palacios, Ariel Bardach

537-50
Knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceptions about Zika in women of childbearing age in Amazonas, Peru

Susan Y. Mateo, Jessica C. Guzmán-Cuzcano, E. Ricardo Peña-Sánchez, Carmen Yon, Betsabet Valderrama, Julia Carrasco, Lenin La Torre, Fernando Chapilliquen, Marlith Aguilar, Eduardo Quezada, T. Pershing Bustamante

551-61
Incidence, mortality and survival of endometrial cancer in Manizales, Colombia 2003-2017

María C. Montoya-González, Nelson E. Arias-Ortiz, Walter A. Arboleda-Ruiz

562-8
Association between the need for palliative care and chronic diseases in patients treated in a peruvian hospital

Isabel Pinedo-Torres, Claudio Intimayta-Escalante, Diego Jara-Cuadros, Walter Yañez-Camacho, Paolo Zegarra-Lizana, Reynaldo Saire-Huamán

569-76
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Genetic structure of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Peru based on haplotypes obtained from a line probe assay

David Santos-Lazaro, Zully M. Puyen, Ronnie G. Gavilan

577-86
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Tartrazine induges genotoxicity in lympocytes of BALB/c Mus musculus

Rubby Vega-Cabanillas, Manuel Sisniegas, Fátima Zavala

587-94
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Brief Report

Validation and evaluation of RT-PCR real time in house test to detection of SARS-CoV-2 using specific RdRp gene and GAPDH endogen control

Nancy Rojas-Serrano, Priscila Lope-Pari, Maribel Huaringa-Nuñez, Paulo Vitor Marques Simas, Rosa Palacios-Salvatierra, Johanna Balbuena-Torres, Omar Alberto Caceres Rey, Carlos Padilla-Rojas

595-600
COVID-19 and older adults: spatiotemporal comparison between mortality and vaccination in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Carlos M. Leveau, Guillermo A. Velázquez

601-7
Trends in drugs usage for COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic in a hospital in Lima, Peru

Nataly Echevarria-Castro, Danitza Rojo Garcia, Midori Torpoco Rivers, Paola Rondán-Guerrero, Frank García-Rojas, Alvaro Taype-Rondan

608-14
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Molecular characterization of virulence (lmb, bca and rib) and macrolid resistance genes (ermB, ermTR and mefA) in clinical isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae

Angie Pulido-Colina, Javier Soto Pastrana, Ester Valencia-Bazalar, Milagros Zavaleta Apestegui

615-20
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Ocular manifestations of toxocariasis in schoolchildren from the state from the Anzoátegui state in Venezuela

Antonio Morocoima, Leidi Herrera, Edicson Ruiz, Manuel Córdova, Elizabeth Ferrer

621-6
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Prevalence of infection markers and associated factors in donors of a peruvian blood bank

Miryam Danitza More-Yupanqui, Pamela Canelo-Marruffo, Martha Miranda-Watanabe, Alessandra León-Herrera, Giuliana Díaz-Romano, Oliver Sulca-Huamaní, Antonio Narrea-Cango, Isabel Pinedo-Torres

627-33
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Review

COVID-19 vaccine safety

Nataniel Aldo Chaparro Mérida, Dayany Moreno Samper, Alex Omar Franco Lacato

634-42
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Health and working conditions of waste pickers: scoping review

Lina Paola Escobar-Rincón, Oneys del Carmen De Arco-Canoles

643-52
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Special Section

Telehealth experiences in a specialized mental health hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru

Liliana L. Alva-Arroyo, Jean Núñez del Prado Murillo, María del Carmen Emilia Ancaya Martínez, Jannett Maribel Floréz-Ibarra

653-9

Case Report

Systemic paracoccidioidomycosis with compromise of the cecal appendix in a child: case report

Medalit Luna-Vilchez, Christian Chiara-Chilet, Julio Maquera-Afaray, Diana Portillo-Alvarez, José W. López

660-3
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Letters to the Editor

Sudden hearing loss after COVID-19 vaccination

Olenka Alcas, Diana Mamani

664-5
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Level of drop out in a virtual course in health in Peru

Juan Quispe-Gamarra, Stefan Escobar-Agreda, Miguel G. Moscoso, Javier Vargas

666-7
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Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in urine cultures performed at the national maternal-perinatal institute of Lima, Peru

Wendy V. Blas, Ida B. Gerónimo, Gabriela M. Ulloa, Mónica Huaman, Maria J. Pons

668-9
Methodological review of the article “factors associated with the non-use of health services in LGBTI people from Peru”

Jerry K. Benites-Meza, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Vicente A. Benites-Zapata

670
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Reply: methodological review of the article “factors associated with the non-use of health services in LGBTI people from Peru

Luccio Romani, Katerine Ladera-Porta, Dante M. Quiñones-Laveriano, Wagner Ríos-García, Alejandro Juárez-Ubillús, Jennifer Vílchez-Cornejo

671
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Errata

ERRATA

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