CGPH FACULTY: Allan H. Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2014 REGION: South America REFERENCE: Melak D, Ferreccio C, Kalman D, Parra R, Acevedo J, Pérez L, Cortés S, Smith AH, Yuan Y, Liaw J, Steinmaus C. Arsenic methylation and lung and bladder cancer in a case-control study in northern Chile. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2014 Jan
CGPH FACULTY: Stefano Bertozz, Paul Gertler DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2014 REGION: North America REFERENCE: Galárraga O, Sosa-Rubí SG, Infante C, Gertler PJ, Bertozzi SM. Willingness-to-accept reductions in HIV risks: conditional economic incentives in Mexico. Eur J Health Econ. 2014 Jan;15(1):41-55. doi: 10.1007/s10198-012-0447-y. Epub 2013 Feb 2. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to
CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2014 REGION: South America REFERENCE: Berman H, Barberino MG, Moreira ED Jr, Riley L, Reis JN. J Clin Microbiol. Distribution of strain type and antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli causing meningitis in a large urban setting in Brazil. 2014 Feb 12. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The clinical management of meningitis
CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2014 REGION: South America REFERENCE: Gomes T, Reis-Santos B, Bertolde A, Johnson JL, Riley LW, Maciel EL. Epidemiology of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Brazil: a hierarchical model. BMC Infect Dis. 2014 Jan 8;14(1):9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-9. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Although extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is less frequent than Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) and
CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley, James Corburn DATE OF PUBLICATION: December 2013 REGION: South America REFERENCE: Snyder RE, Jaimes G, Riley LW, Faerstein E, Corburn J. A Comparison of Social and Spatial Determinants of Health Between Formal and Informal Settlements in a Large Metropolitan Setting in Brazil. J Urban Health. 2013 Dec 3. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Urban informal
CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: December 2013 REGION: South America REFERENCE: Martins N, Dalla-Costa L, Uehara AA, Riley LW, Moreira BM. Emergence of Acinetobacter baumannii international clone II in Brazil: reflection of a global expansion. Infect Genet Evol. 2013 Dec;20:378-80. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.09.028. Epub 2013 Oct 10. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was
CGPH FACULTY: Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: December 2013 REGION: Central America REFERENCE: Green AM, Beatty PR, Hadjilaou A, Harris E. Innate Immunity to Dengue Virus Infection and Subversion of Antiviral Responses. J Mol Biol. 2013 Dec 3. pii: S0022-2836(13)00734-1. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Here, we discuss the host innate immune response to DENV and the mechanisms of
CGPH FACULTY: Jason Corburn DATE OF PUBLICATION: October 2013 REGION: South America (Brazil) REFERENCE: Hacker KP, Seto KC, Costa F, Corburn J, Reis MG, Ko AI, Diuk-Wasser MA. Urban slum structure: integrating socioeconomic and land cover data to model slum evolution in Salvador, Brazil. Int J Health Geogr. 2013 Oct 20;12(1):45. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The expansion of urban slums is a key challenge for
CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: October 2013 REGION: South America (Brazil) REFERENCE: Gomes T, Vinhas SA, Reis-Santos B, Palaci M, Peres RL, Aguiar PP, Ribeiro FK, Marques HS, Dettoni Vdo V, Johnson JL, Riley LW, Maciel EL. Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains and Host Risk Factors in a Large Urban Setting in Brazil.
CGPH FACULTY: Aubree Gordon, Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 2013 REGION: Central America (Nicaragua) REFERENCE: Gordon A, Kuan G, Mercado JC, Gresh L, Avilés W, Balmaseda A, Harris E. The nicaraguan pediatric dengue cohort study: incidence of inapparent and symptomatic dengue. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 Sep 26;7(9):e2462.  virus infections, 2004-2010. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Dengue, caused
CGPH FACULTY: Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2013 REGION: Central America (Managua, Nicaragua) REFERENCE: Gutiérrez G, Gresh L, Pérez MÁ, Elizondo D, Avilés W, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Harris E. Evaluation of the diagnostic utility of the traditional and revised WHO dengue case definitions. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 Aug 22;7(8):e2385. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002385. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT:
CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2013 REGION: South America (Brazil) REFERENCE: Reis-Santos B, Gomes T, Macedo LR, Horta BL, Riley LW, Maciel EL. Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among tuberculosis patients in Brazil: a cross-sectional study. Int J Equity Health. 2013 Aug 20;12(1):61. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The number of subjects with tuberculosis (TB) presenting