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Health-care distribution of patients with genitourinary birth defects in Colombia: a spatial analysis of registered cases

Introduction: Genitourinary birth defects are reported to be present in approximately 10-30% of all newborns. Timely treatments may reduce complications that contribute to increased infant morbimortality. Understanding the distribution of health access is essential for the design of health interventions ...

Clinical profile of human T-lymphotropic virus type I: a forgotten infection in pediatrics

Infectio; 25 (1), 2021
Summary The Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), a retrovirus with oncogenic properties, affects around ten to twenty million people worldwide. The most common disorders associated with HTLV-1 infection are T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ALT) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesi...

El reto de Zika en Colombia y América Latina: Una urgencia sanitaria: [Editorial]

Infectio; 20 (2), 2016
Durante el año 2015, Colombia vio la llegada de un segundo arbovirus emergente en su territorio (el primero fue chikungunya en 2014), recordándonos que vivimos en un mundo pequeño y donde las enfermedades se globalizan potencialmente gracias a los viajes internacionales1. Pasaron tan solo unos meses p...