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Prevalencia de tuberculosis latente en estudiantes de la Licenciatura en Enfermería de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México

Rev. urug. enferm; 12 (2), 2017
Introducción: Un tercio de la población mundial presenta infección tuberculosa latente; los portadores de infección tuberculosa o tuberculosis latente, no están enfermos, tienen una respuesta inmunológica al bacilo tuberculoso, el cual, puede progresar a enfermedad activa. Objetivo: Determinar la p...

Seguridad y salud en el trabajo en México: avances, retos y desafíos

Los accidentes de trabajo y las enfermedades profesionales representan un problema humano y económico que constituye una grave preocupación en todo el orbe. A pesar de los esfuerzos desplegados a escala mundial para abordar la situación de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo, la Organización Internaci...

Factores asociados a epilepsia en niños en México: un estudio caso-control

Resumen: Introducción: La epilepsia es la enfermedad neurológica crónica más común en el mundo. En México es considerada dentro de las principales enfermedades vinculadas a la mortalidad por enfermedades no infecciosas de la población infantil. El objetivo del estudio fue identificar los factore...

Increasing rates of Clostridium difficile infection in Mexican hospitals

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (5), 2017
Abstract Introduction The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has changed in the last two decades. There is a lack of information regarding incidence and severity of CDI, especially in the developing world. Methods This was a retrospective and observational study from four hospitals o...

Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospital

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (5), 2017
Abstract In the first nine weeks of implementation of a Zika Virus Preparedness Plan in a Mexican Public Hospital, we cared for 221 pregnant women with any signal or symptom suggesting Zika virus infection and 99 (44.8%) patients were found to be positive for Zika virus.The median age of patients was 25....

Dietary determinants of urinary molybdenum levels in Mexican women: a pilot study

Salud pública Méx; 59 (5), 2017
Abstract: Objective: This study determined the main dietary sources of urinary molybdenum (Mo) concentrations in a sample of 124 pregnant women in Mexico. Materials and methods: Dietary data was collected during pregnancy, through a semi-qualitative food frequency questionnaire, with information of 8...

Micronuclei and nuclear anomalies in Mexico's indigenous population

Salud pública Méx; 59 (5), 2017
Abstract: Objective: To determine the number of micronuclei and nuclear anomalies in Mexico's indigenous population. Materials and methods: One hundred twenty indigenous individuals were evaluated, including thirty from the ethnicities Cora, Huichol, Tarahumara and Tepehuano. The number of micronucle...

CYP1A1, CYP1B1, GSTM1 and GSTT1 genetic variants and breast cancer risk in Mexican women

Salud pública Méx; 59 (5), 2017
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate if variants in the genes CYP1A1 (T3801C and A4889G), CYP1B1 (G119T), GSTM1 (indel) and GSTT1 (indel) are associated with breast cancer (BC) among Mexican women. Materials and methods: 952 incident cases with histologically confirmed BC were matched by age (± 5 years)...

Vitamin D status by sociodemographic factors and body mass index in Mexican women at reproductive age

Salud pública Méx; 59 (5), 2017
Abstract: Objective: To describe the prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and insufficiency (VDI), and the main dietary sources of vitamin D (VD) in a probabilistic sample of Mexican women at reproductive age participating in Ensanut 2012, stratified by sociodemographic factors and body mass index ...