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    • Weitzel, Thomas; Labarca, Jaime; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Rosas, Reinaldo; Balcells Marty, María Elvira; Perret, Cecilia (Wiley & Sons, 2015)
      We report a cluster of imported vivax malaria in three of five Chilean travelers returning from Peru in March 2015. The cluster highlights the high risk of malaria in the Loreto region in northern Peru, which includes ...
    • Balcells Marty, María Elvira; García, Patricia; Meza, Paulina; Peña M., Carlos; Cifuentes Díaz, Marcela; Couvin, David; Rastogi, Nalin (Plos One, 2015-02)
      Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health problem worldwide, but the ecology of the prevalent mycobacterial strains, and their transmission, can vary depending on country and region. Chile is a country with ...
    • Balcells Marty, María Elvira; García, Patricia; Meza, Paulina; Peña, Carlos; Cifuentes Díaz, Marcela; Couvin, David; Rastogi, Nalin (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2015)
      Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health problem worldwide, but the ecology of the prevalent mycobacterial strains, and their transmission, can vary depending on country and region. Chile is a country with low ...
    • Hernández Escobar, Mariluz; Casar, Carlos; García, Patricia; Morales, Verónica; Mamani, Nora; Gómez Cofré, Natalia; Pizarro, Patricia; Balcells Marty, María Elvira (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2014)
      Se desconoce en la actualidad cuál es la real prevalencia de infección tuberculosa latente en el personal de salud en Chile; sin embargo, este grupo ha sido descrito como con mayor riesgo de desarrollar tuberculosis activa ...