Resumo: Estudos recentes sugerem que os governos da maioria dos paÃses da América Latina e Caribe foram capazes de ampliar os investimentos sociais e introduzir inovações nas polÃticas de proteção social nas duas últimas décadas, com resultados positivos em termos de cobertura e impacto das açÃ...
ABSTRACT The emergence of chikungunya virus in the Americas means the affected population is at risk of developing severe, chronic, rheumatologic disease, even months after acute infection. Accurate diagnostic methods for past infections are essential for differential diagnosis and consequence management...
ABSTRACT Neglecting occupational safety and health (OSH) can have adverse and even deadly consequences. While OSH is important in any nation, the issue is particularly concerning in developing countries, including ones in the Caribbean. The purpose of this study, which was carried out in 2012 and 2013, w...
Farraudière, Laurence;
Sonor, Fabrice;
Crico, Said;
Étienne, Manuel;
Mousson, Laurence;
Hamel, Rodolphe;
Missé, Dorothée;
Failloux, Anna-Bella;
Simard, Frédéric;
Yébakima, André.
ABSTRACT Dengue and chikungunya viruses are transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. In Martinique, an island of the French West Indies, Aedes aegypti is the suspected vector of both arboviruses; there is no Aedes albopictus on the island. During the concomitant outbreak of 2013 - 2015, the authors collected wil...
ABSTRACT The 2014 enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) outbreak in the United States raised concerns about the introduction of the virus in the Caribbean region. The objective of this study was to provide rapid evidence of the introduction of EV-D68 strains in the Caribbean region during the 2014 outbreak in the Uni...
ABSTRACT This report describes the outbreak of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Sint Maarten, a constituent country of Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the southern part of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, from 22 December 2013 (first reported case) through 5 December 2014. The outbreak was first r...
Salud Ambiental,
Helmintiasis/epidemiologÃa,
Parasitosis Intestinales/epidemiologÃa,
Infecciones por Protozoos/epidemiologÃa,
Condiciones Sociales,
Región del Caribe,
Diarrea/economÃa,
Diarrea/epidemiologÃa,
Diarrea/etiologÃa,
Escolaridad,
Eficiencia,
Helmintiasis/complicaciones,
Helmintiasis/economÃa,
Renta,
Parasitosis Intestinales/complicaciones,
Parasitosis Intestinales/economÃa,
América Latina,
Desnutrición/economÃa,
Desnutrición/epidemiologÃa,
Desnutrición/etiologÃa,
Organización Panamericana de la Salud,
Infecciones por Protozoos/complicaciones,
Infecciones por Protozoos/economÃa
Resumen Introducción. Se estima que, aproximadamente, 6,8 a 8,9 millones de personas están infectadas por el virus de la hepatitis C en Latinoamérica, de las cuales menos del 1 % llega a recibir tratamiento antiviral. En los estudios llevados a cabo hasta ahora en Colombia, se ha propuesto determinar...
Hepatitis C/epidemiologÃa,
Transfusión SanguÃnea,
Región del Caribe/epidemiologÃa,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Colombia/epidemiologÃa,
GastroenterologÃa,
Hepatitis C/transmisión,
Hospitalización/estadÃstica & datos numéricos,
Servicio Ambulatorio en Hospital/estadÃstica & datos numéricos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Reacción a la Transfusión,
Carga Viral,
Viremia/epidemiologÃa,
Viremia/transmisión
RESUMEN Objetivo Estimar la frecuencia de enfermedades huérfanas (EH) o raras (ER) de origen genético en Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. MetodologÃa Se realizó un estudio descriptivo con datos de los Registros Individuales de Prestación de Servicios (RIPS), del periodo 2003-2010, conservados por ...
