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Community-genotype methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections in Latin America: a systematic review

Leme, Rodrigo Cuiabano Paes; Bispo, Paulo José Martins; Salles, Mauro José.
Braz. j. infect. dis; 25 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Background: Community-genotype methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CG-MRSA) emerged in the 1990s as a global community pathogen primarily involved in skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) and pneumonia. To date, the CG-MRSA SSTI burden in Latin America (LA) has not been assessed. Ob...
Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico, Argentina, Brasil, Infecciones Comunitarias Adquiridas/tratamiento farmacológico, Infecciones Comunitarias Adquiridas/epidemiología, Genotipo, América Latina/epidemiología, Staphylococcus aureus Resistente a Meticilina/genética, Infecciones de los Tejidos Blandos/tratamiento farmacológico, Infecciones de los Tejidos Blandos/epidemiología, Infecciones Estafilocócicas/tratamiento farmacológico, Infecciones Estafilocócicas/epidemiología, Infecciones Cutáneas Estafilocócicas/tratamiento farmacológico, Infecciones Cutáneas Estafilocócicas/epidemiología
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A pandemia de Covid-19 e seus entrelaçamentos com desigualdade de gênero, insegurança alimentar e apoio social na América Latina

Sousa, Luna Rezende Machado de; Ditterich, Rafael Gomes; Melgar-Quinõnez, Hugo.
Interface (Botucatu, Online); 25 (supl.1), 2021
Enquanto crises econômicas desencadeiam o aumento da insegurança alimentar (IA) e da desigualdade de gênero (DG), o apoio social tem mostrado aliviar esses impactos. No entanto, diferentemente de outros choques econômicos, a pandemia de Covid-19 incluiu no cenário de crise o isolamento social. Este ...
COVID-19/complicaciones, Inseguridad Alimentaria, 57433, Apoyo Social, Recesión Económica, América Latina/epidemiología, Aislamiento Social, Política Pública, Violencia contra la Mujer
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Historias de las epidemias en América Latina. Reflexiones para pensar el presente

Pohl-Valero, Stefan; Zárate, María Soledad.
Rev. cienc. salud (Bogota); 19 (Especial de pandemias), 2021
Desde los primeros casos reportados de contagios de covid-19 en América Latina, durante marzo de 2020, las consecuencias de la epidemia han concentrado el interés de columnas e investigaciones periodísticas y científicas, y también han inspirado el diseño de políticas sanitarias y sociales para, r...
Pandemias, Pandemias/historia, América Latina, América Latina/epidemiología
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Abortion and the COVID-19 pandemic: insights for Latin America

Pilecco, Flávia Bulegon; McCallum, Cecilia Anne; Almeida, Maria da Conceição Chagas de; Alves, Flávia Jôse Oliveira; Rocha, Aline dos Santos; Ortelan, Naiá; Gabrielli, Lígia; Menezes, Greice Maria de Souza.
Cad. Saúde Pública (Online); 37 (6), 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic may accentuate existing problems, hindering access to legal abortion, with a consequent increase in unsafe abortions. This scenario may be even worse in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Latin America, where abortion laws are already restrictive and access to services ...
Aborto Inducido, Aborto Legal, Brasil, COVID-19, Países en Desarrollo, América Latina/epidemiología, Pandemias, SARS-CoV-2
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Interest in COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: an infodemiological study using Google Trends

Aragón-Ayala, Carlos Jesús; Copa-Uscamayta, Julissa; Herrera, Luis; Zela-Coila, Frank; Quispe-Juli, Cender Udai.
Cad. Saúde Pública (Online); 37 (10), 2021
Infodemiology has been widely used to assess epidemics. In light of the recent pandemic, we use Google Search data to explore online interest about COVID-19 and related topics in 20 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Data from Google Trends from December 12, 2019, to April 25, 2020, regarding ...
Brasil, COVID-19, Región del Caribe, América Latina/epidemiología, Pandemias, SARS-CoV-2, Motor de Búsqueda
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Time trends in colorectal cancer incidence in four regions of Latin America: 1983-2012

Carvalho, Thayana Calixto de; Borges, Anne Karin da Mota; Koifman, Rosalina Jorge; Silva, Ilce Ferreira da.
Cad. Saúde Pública (Online); 37 (10), 2021
Abstract: This study aimed to assess time trends in colorectal cancer incidence from 1983 to 2012 in Latin America. This was an ecological time-series study whose population consisted of individuals aged 20 years or older diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Data from population-based cancer registries in C...
Brasil/epidemiología, Neoplasias Colorrectales/epidemiología, Incidencia, América Latina/epidemiología, Sistema de Registros
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Health, childlessness and poverty in Latin American countries

Castro, Ruben; Tapia, Juan.
Cad. Saúde Pública (Online); 37 (1), 2021
Abstract: Recent literature proposes that poverty could lead women to remain childless, thus attenuating or reverting higher fertility typically observed among women of lower schooling level. We explore the role of health in this approach: does health have a distinctive detrimental effect on fertility am...
Brasil, Escolaridad, Fertilidad, América Latina/epidemiología, Persona de Mediana Edad, Población, Pobreza
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Prevalence, demographics, and clinical characteristics of Latin American patients with spondyloarthritis

Citera, Gustavo; Bautista-Molano, Wilson; Peláez-Ballestas, Ingris; Azevedo, Valderilio F; Perich, Risto A; Méndez-Rodríguez, José A; Cutri, Mariel S; Borlenghi, Cecilia E.
Adv Rheumatol; 61 (), 2021
Abstract Large epidemiologic and clinical estimates of spondyloarthritis (SpA) in Latin America are not available. In this narrative review, our goal was to descriptively summarize the prevalence and features of SpA in Latin America, based on available small studies. A review of peer-reviewed literature ...
Espondiloartritis/epidemiología, Espondilitis Anquilosante/epidemiología, Artritis Psoriásica/epidemiología, Prevalencia, Demografía, América Latina/epidemiología, Pronóstico, Factores de Riesgo
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