2014 Vol 31 (2)

Published: 2014-06-29

Editorial

Neglected infections diseases in the tropics

César Cabezas-Sánchez
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Review

Hematophagous bats as reservoirs of rabies

Karin Corrêa Scheffer, Keila Iamamoto, Karen Miyuki Asano, Enio Mori, Andrea Isabel Estevez Garcia, Samira M. Achkar, William de Oliveira Fahl
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Historical review of the distribution of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) darlingi (Diptera: culicidae) in the peruvian amazon

Roberto Fernández, Hubert Vera, Guillermo Calderón
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Symposium

The road to elimination: an overview of neglected infectious diseases in latin america and the caribbean

Steven Kenyon Ault, Laura Catalá Pascual, Maria Elena Grados-Zavala, Guillermo Gonzálvez García, Luis Gerardo Castellanos
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Neglected infectious diseases: an ongoing challenge for public health and equity in Peru

César Cabezas-Sánchez
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Critical appraisal about control programs and elimination of leprosy in Peru, and its consequences for Peru and America

Zuño Burstein
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Special Section

Urbanization of chagas disease in Peru: experiences in prevention and control

César Náquira
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Experiences in the prevention and control of Carrión´s disease in Peru

Ciro Maguiña Vargas, Paul Pachas
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Sporotrichosis and paracoccidioidomycosis in Peru: experiences in prevention and control

Susana Zurita Macalupú
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Unifying criteria for late neonatal sepsis: proposal for an algorithm of diagnostic surveillance

Alonso Zea-Vera, Christie G. Turin, Theresa J. Ochoa
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Case Report

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Peru: report of eleven cases

Luis Torres-Ramírez, Jorge Ramírez-Quiñones, Carlos Cosentino-Esquerre, Miriam Vélez-Rojas, Martha Flores-Mendoza, Diana Rivas-Franchini, Rafael Suarez-Reyes, Yesenia Núñez-Coronado
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Disseminated cysticercosis: report of a case in Peru

Julio Maquera-Afaray, Edwin Capaquira, Li Conde
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Acute arterial occlusion associated disseminated hydatidosis

José Somocurcio, Gamero Alvarez, Gloria Lara Campos, Judith Cahuana Aparco, Estefanny Calongos Porras, Pedro Bermejo Cataño, Paul Tejada Llacsa
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Carrión´s disease complicated with severe acute leptospirosis: a case report

Anderson Huerta, Marcia Salas, Jorge Yarinsueca, Ciro Maguiña
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Public Health History

Human bartonellosis: before and after Daniel Alcides Carrion

Juan Takano Morón
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Photo Gallery

Life cycle of Strongyloides fuelleborni: images and videos

Rito Zerpa Larrauri, Yrma Espinoza Blanco, César Náquira

Letters to the Editor

Financing for rare or orphan diseases, a thing to do

Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Juan Rubilar-González, Nilthon Pisfil-Benites
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Monge’s disease: a forgotten eponym?

Alvaro Proaño, Eloy F. Ruiz
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Epidemiological surveillance, molecular biology and dengue 5

Valeria Ramírez-Jaramillo, Juan Esteban Bedoya-Arias, Carlos Enrique Calvache-Benavides, Alonso J. Rodríguez-Morales
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Scientific production of members of the national academy of sciences

Gustavo F. Gonzales, Christian Valqui, Jorge Chau
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Tuberculosis and diabetes comorbidity in a hospital of Colombia

Dayron Fernando Martínez-Pulgarín, John Alejandro Rico-Gallego, Felipe Vera-Polanía, Javier Alejandro Gaviria, Alonso J. Rodríguez-Morales
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Environmental health in Peru

Gustavo F. Gonzales, Kyle Steenland
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Analysis of complex survey in population data

Rubén Valle, Elisa Salvador
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Stroke in Peru: a forgotten and unattended prevalent disease

Long F. Davalos, Germán Málaga
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Research Articles

Leptospirosis seroprevalence and associated features in rice farmers of tropical region of Peru

Jorge O. Alarcón-Villaverde, Franco Romani-Romani, Romina A. Tejada, Paolo Wong-Chero, Manuel Céspedes-Zambrano
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Prevalence of hepatitis B infection in children under 5 years old on indigenous communities of the peruvian amazonia after immunization interventions

César Cabezas-Sánchez, Omar Trujillo-Villarroel, Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, Dante Culqui-Lévano, Magna Suarez-Jara, Neptalí Cueva-Maza, Shirley Monzon
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Gestational syphilis and associated factors in public hospitals of Peru during 2000-2010

Gustavo F. Gonzales, Vilma Tapia, Suzanne J. Serruya
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Comparing two protocols of DNA extraction of Trypanosoma cruzi cultured in axenic medium

Mariela López, María G. Rivera, Mercedes Viettri, María Lares, Antonio Morocoima, Leidi Herrera, Elizabeth Ferrer
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Neonatal mortality, analysis of surveillance registers, and neonatal medical histories of 2011 in Huanuco and Ucayali, Peru

José Enrique Velásquez Hurtado, Lourdes Kusunoki Fuero, Tania Gisella Paredes Quiliche, Raquel Hurtado La Rosa, Angel Martín Rosas Aguirre, Walter Eduardo Vigo Valdez
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Prevalence and demographic factors associated with ferritin deficiency in colombian children, 2010

Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Javier Matínez-Torres, José Francisco Meneses-Echavez
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Evaluating maternal child care practices in extreme poverty areas in Peru, 2012

José Enrique Velásquez Hurtado, Lucía Solís Alcedo, Walter Eduardo Vigo Valdez, Ángel Martín Rosas Aguirre, Paulina Giusti Hundskopf, Paul Alfaro Fernandez, Henry Cabrera Arredondo
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Study of correlation between diagnostic hypertriglyceridemic waist and metabolic syndrome in adults in Trujillo, Peru

Edgardo Linares-Reyes, Karen Castillo-Minaya, María Ríos-Mino, Jorge Huamán-Saavedra
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Effect of extracts of Geranium ayavacense W. (Pasuchaca) on glycemia on rats with experimental diabetes mellitus

José Aranda-Ventura, Jorge Villacrés, Rosario Mego, Henry Delgado
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Epidemiological profile of traffic-related disability in Peru, 2012

César Gutiérrez, Franco Romaní, Paolo Wong-Chero, Juan José Montenegro-Idrogo
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Bartonella henselae in children with regional adenitis treated in a peruvian national hospital, 2012

Edwin Miranda-Choque, Jorge Candela-Herrera, Javier Díaz-Pereda, Ana Fernández-Vega, Lenka Kolevic-Roca, Lilian Patiño-Gabriel, Pierre Chávez-Vereau, Maribel Díaz-Noche
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Specificity of the intradermal montenegro test in patients infected by trypanosoma cruzi from different regions of Peru

Gloria Minaya-Gómez, Silver Vargas-Apaza, Yolanda Monteza-Zuloeta, Enrique Purisaca-Morante, Freddy Delgado-Diaz
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Mutant alleles associated to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethanime resistance in Plasmodium falciparum of the Ecuador-Peru and Ecuador-Colombia borders

Nancy Arróspide, Gisely Hijar-Guerra, Doménica de Mora, César Eduardo Diaz-Cortéz, Raúl Veloz-Perez, Sonia Gutierrez, César Cabezas _Sánchez
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Purification of antigenic fraction 27-28 kDa from the metabolic antigen from metabolic secreted-excreted from Fasciola hepatica

Isidro Antitupa, William Quispe, Jhon Mayo, Fanny Valverde, Elizabeth Sanchez
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Publication of research projects for certification as medical specialists at a peruvian university, 2007-2010

Ray Ticse, Patricia Ygreda, Frine Samalvides
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Assessment of Dot Blot tests and latex agglutination for cysticercosis diagnostic in Peru

Eduardo Miranda-Ulloa, Roxana Sandoval-Ahumada, Eduardo Ayala, Juan Vásquez-Ampuero
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