Browsing by Subject "Epidemiology"

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    • Self-reported hearing performance in workers exposed to solvents 
      Fuente, Adrian; McPherson, Bradley; Hormazabal, Ximena (2013)
      OBJECTIVE: To compare hearing performance relating to the peripheral and central auditory system between solvent-exposed and non-exposed workers. METHODS: Forty-eight workers exposed to a mixture of solvents and 48 nonexposed ...
    • Stigma toward mental illness in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review 
      Mascayano, Franco; Tapia, Thamara; Schilling, Sara; Alvarado Muñoz, Rubén; Tapia, Eric; Lips, Walter; Yang, Lawrence (ASSOC BRASILEIRA PSIQUIATRIA, 2016)
      Objective: Stigma toward individuals with mental disorders has been studied extensively. In the case of Latin America and the Caribbean, the past decade has been marked by a significant increase in information on stigma ...
    • Survival after hip fracture: a comparative analysis between a private and a public health center in Chile 
      Barahona Vásquez, Maximiliano; Martínez, Álvaro; Barrientos Mendoza, Cristian; Barahona, Macarena; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel; Brañes, Julián (Cureus, 2020)
      Purpose The purpose of the study is to compare the survival after hip fracture in patients older than 50 years after hip fracture between a private and a public health center in Chile. We hypothesize that treatment at ...
    • Swine influenza virus (H1N2) characterization and transmission in ferrets, Chile 
      Bravo Vásquez, Nicolás; Karlsson, Erik A.; Jiménez Bluhm, Pedro; Meliopoulos, Victoria; Kaplan, Bryan; Marvin, Shauna; Cortez, Valerie; Freiden, Pamela; Beck, Melinda A.; Hamilton-West Miranda, Christopher; Schultz-Cherry, Stacey (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2017)
      © 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved. Phylogenetic analysis of the influenza hemagglutinin gene (HA) has suggested that commercial pigs in Chile harbor unique human seasonal H1-like ...
    • The contribution to public health of Abraham Horwitz: Insigths from contemporaneous times A contribuição à ... 
      Jiménez de la Jara, Jorge; Agar Corbinos, Lorenzo (Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud, 2014)
      © 2014, Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud. All rights reserved. The purpose of this article is to review the main ideas of doctor Abraham Horwitz’s thinking (1910-2000), who dedicated all his life to public health, ...
    • The ever-changing landscape of rotavirus serotypes 
      O'Ryan Gallardo, Miguel (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2009)
      Rotavirus is a double-stranded RNA virus that is characterized by substantial genetic diversity. The various serotypes of rotavirus have been determined by the presence of neutralizing epitopes on the outer capsid of the ...
    • The relationship of meteorological conditions to the epidemic activity of respiratory syncytial virus 
      Yusuf, S.; Piedimonte, G.; Auais, A.; Demmler, G.; Krishnan, S.; Van Caeseele, P.; Singleton, R.; Broor, S.; Parveen, S.; Avendano, L.; Parra, J.; Chavez-Bueno, S.; De Sierra, T. Murguía; Simoes, E. A.F.; Shaha, S.; Welliver, R. (2007)
      Our aim was to obtain knowledge of how meteorological conditions affect community epidemics of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. To this end we recorded year-round RSV activity in nine cities that differ markedly ...
    • Trends in Knee and Hip Arthroplasty in Chile Between 2004 and 2019 
      Barahona Vásquez, Maximiliano Andrés; Barrientos Mendoza, Cristian; Escobar, Francisco; Villacura Díaz, Nicolás Esteban; Palma, Daniel; Barahona, Macarena; Martínez Herold, Álvaro; Infante Calvo, Carlos (Cureus, 2020)
      Introduction The purpose of this study is to describe the incidence rate (IR) per 100,000 inhabitants of arthroplasty in Chile between 2004 and 2019, emphasizing knee and hip arthroplasty. Methods This is a ...
    • Tuberculosis in healthcare workers Tuberculosis en el personal de salud 
      Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Cifuentes, D. Marcela; Ajenjo, H. M.Cristina; Jemenao, P. M.Irene; Zambrano, G. Alejandra; Febré, V. Naldy; Delpiano, M. Luis; Diomedi, P. Alexis; Ramonda, C. Paulina (2008)
      Tuberculosis (TB) is an occupational risk hazard that explains 5 to 5.361 additional cases of TB per 100.000 individuals among healthcare workers (HCW) in relation to general population in developing countries. For each ...
    • Type 1 diabetes mellitus incidence in Santiago, Chile. Analysis by counties in the period 2000-2004 Incidencia ... 
      Carrasco P, Elena; Angel B, Bárbara; Codner Dujovne, Ethel; García, Diego; Ugarte P., Francisca; Bruzzone Valdés, María Eugenia; Pérez Bravo, Francisco (2006)
      Background: There are great geographical differences in the incidence of type I diabetes mellitus. Aim: To determine the incidence rate of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile from ...
    • Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 epidemic diarrhea, Chile, 2005 [6] 
      Cabello, Felipe C.; Espejo Torres, Romilio; Hernandez, Maria Cristina; Rioseco, Maria Luisa; Ulloa, Juanita; Vergara, Jose Antonio (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2007)
    • What do the numbers tell us about the temporal evolution of Chagas’ disease? ¿Qué dicen los números de la ... 
      Canals Lambarri, Mauricio; Yáñez González, Christian Ariel; Canals, Lucía; Canals Cifuentes, Andrea; Cáceres, Dante; Alvarado, Sergio A.; Cattan Ayala, Pedro; Saavedra, Miguel; Zulantay Alfaro, Inés; Apt Baruch, Werner (Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2017)
      ©, 2017 Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia. All rights reserved.Chagas disease remains highly prevalent in Chile, especially between the regions of Arica and Parinacota, and Coquimbo. Since 1999 it is considered that in Chile ...