Aracelis Miranda, R. C. Carrasco, Hector Marino Pérez Paz, Juan Miguel Pascale, Franklyn Samudio, Azäel Saldaña, Giovanna Santamaría, Yaxelis Mendoza, Igor Calzada,
American tegumentary leishmaniasis is an increasing public health problem in Panama. This study describes the clinical characteristics and the molecular epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Panama over a 5-year period (2004–2008). Additionally, we applied a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)–based assay to identify Leishmania species in clinical isolates, skin scrapings, and sandflies specimens. Whereas 60.3% of cases were detected with conventional parasitologic ...
Tópico(s): Parasites and Host Interactions
2009 - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Franklyn Samudio, Ana María Santamaría, Nicanor Obaldía, Juan Miguel Pascale, Vicente Bayard, José E. Calzada,
A molecular epidemiology study was conducted to determine the distribution of antimalarial drug resistance alleles among field isolates of Plasmodium falciparum. Samples were obtained during an epidemic affecting Kuna Amerindians in Panama. A high prevalence of mutations associated with chloroquine, pyrimethamine, and sulfadoxine was observed. Genotype analysis of msp2 revealed a low genetic diversity of P. falciparum parasites circulating in the studied area. The public health implications of these ...
Tópico(s): Trypanosoma species research and implications
2005 - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Jose E. Calzada, Franklyn Samudio, Vicente Bayard, Nicanor Obaldía, Itza Barahona de Mosca, Juan Miguel Pascale,
Panama is the first country in the Central American region that has officially discarded chloroquine as a first-line drug to treat Plasmodium falciparum cases. Here we describe the clinical and molecular findings from autochthonous P. falciparum fatal cases, and the epidemiological situation that led to a change in the national antimalarial drug policy. Our results illustrate the potential pathogenicity of the strain of P. falciparum circulating in the country and provide molecular evidence of parasite ...
Tópico(s): Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
2008 - Oxford University Press | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Amanda Cristina Guerrero Hernández, Margarita Samudio, Miguel Scalamogna, Fatima Correa,
El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar el tamaño del disco óptico por tomografÃa de coherencia óptica (TCO), en una población mayor de 40 años, que asistió a control rutinario oftalmológico desde noviembre el 2015 a febrero del 2016 y que no tenÃan antecedentes conocidos de glaucoma ni de enfermedades sistémicas. Fueron incluidos en el estudio 52 pacientes que asistieron a la consulta externa de oftalmologÃa de la Fundación Visión, por un examen de rutina. Se le diligenció una historia ...
Tópico(s): Retinal Diseases and Treatments
2016 - Universidad Nacional de Asunción | Memorias del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Renata Bortolasse Miguel, José Rodrigues Coura, Franklyn Samudio, Martha Cecília Suárez-Mútis,
Asymptomatic Plasmodium infection is a new challenge for public health in the American region. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the best method for diagnosing subpatent parasitemias. In endemic areas, blood collection is hampered by geographical distances and deficient transport and storage conditions of the samples. Because DNA extraction from blood collected on filter paper is an efficient method for molecular studies in high parasitemic individuals, we investigated whether the technique ...
Tópico(s): Parasites and Host Interactions
2013 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Gloria Aguilar, Aníbal Kawabata, Tania Samudio, Carlos Miguel Ríos-González,
Introducción: El VIH no es solo un problema de salud pública, puesto que una vez generalizada, la epidemia tiene consecuencias de largo alcance para todos los sectores sociales y para el desarrollo mismo. Puede diezmar a la fuerza laboral, crear grandes cantidades de huérfanos, exacerbar la pobreza y la desigualdad, y ejercer una tremenda presión sobre los servicios sociales y de salud.
Tópico(s): HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations
2018 - | Revista de salud publica del Paraguay
Puja J. Umaretiya, Joanne Wolfe,
... Aguilar; Enrique Lopez; Roberta Ortiz; Diana Cedeño; Angelica Samudio; Jazmin Servin; Cecilia Ugaz Olivares; Fabiana Morosini; Alejandra Chacon; Lilliana Barragan; Ruth María Castro; Juliana Lopera; Miguel Bayona; Diana Lorena Valencia Libreros; Natalia Perdomo; Jeyni ...
Tópico(s): Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
2022 - American Medical Association | JAMA Network Open
Michael J. McNeil, Bella S. Ehrlich, Huiqi Wang, Yuvanesh Vedaraju, Marisol Bustamante, Verónica Dussel, Paola Friedrich, Ximena García, Srinithya R. Gillipelli, Wendy Gómez García, Dylan E. Graetz, Erica C. Kaye, Monika L. Metzger, Carla Vittoria Sabato Danon, Meenakshi Devidas, Justin N. Baker, Asya Agulnik, Florencia Moreno, Beatriz Salas, Rosa L. Moreno, Cinthia Cespedes, Gissela Sanchez, Soad Fuentes, Silvia Rivas, Pascale Gaussant, Clarissa Aguilar, Enrique Lopez, Roberta Ortiz, Diana Cedeño, Angélica Samudio, Jazmin Servin, Cecilia Ugaz Olivares, Fabiana Morosini, Alejandra Chacon, Lilliana Barragan, Ruth María Castro, Juliana Lopera, Miguel Bayona, Diana Lorena Valencia Libreros, Natalia Perdomo, Jeyni Vega, Wendy Yamilet Matute Rivera, Rosa Vanessa Cabrera, Emmanuel Guerrero, Soledad Jimenez, Libeth Bosh, Doris Calle, Sergio Quintanilla, Sandra Felix, Susana Anaya, Judith Conejo Barrera, Lilliana Gallegos, Martha Valdez, Valentine Jimenez, Susana Juarez, Berenice Aguilar, Adolfo Pineda, Isodoro Romero, Norma Arecil Lopez Facundo, Gelis Ruis Piña, Edgar Francisco Ortiz, Norma Llamas, Rosario Batista,
The World Health Organization (WHO) designates early integration of palliative care as an ethical responsibility in the treatment of children with serious illness. Although structural barriers may influence provision of pediatric palliative care (PPC) for children with cancer in resource-limited settings, underlying physician perceptions may also impede early integration of PPC in cancer care. To investigate perceptions among physicians in Latin America about the integration of palliative care for ...
Tópico(s): Palliative and Oncologic Care
2022 - American Medical Association | JAMA Network Open
Maribel Tribaldos, Yamitzel Zaldívar, Sergio E. Bermúdez, Franklyn Samudio, Yaxelis Mendoza, Alexander A. Martínez, Rodrigo Villalobos, Marina E. Eremeeva, Christopher D. Paddock, Kathleen R. Page, Rebecca E. Smith, Juan Miguel Pascale,
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne infection caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. We report a cluster of fatal cases of RMSF in 2007 in Panama, involving a pregnant woman and two children from the same family. The woman presented with a fever followed by respiratory distress, maculopapular rash, and an eschar at the site from which a tick had been removed. She died four days after disease onset. This is the second published report of an eschar in a patient confirmed by PCR to be infected ...
Tópico(s): Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
2011 - Open Learning on Enteric Pathogens | The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Aracelis Miranda, Kadir González, Franklyn Samudio, Vanessa Pineda, José E. Calzada, Zeuz Capitan-Barrios, Ana Isabel Jiménez, Juan Antonio Castillo, Yaxelis Mendoza, José Antonio Suárez, Betsi Ortiz, J. Méndez, Juan Miguel Pascale, Max Grögl, Néstor Sosa, Azäel Saldaña,
Isolates from 475 cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) patients from three endemic regions were studied by three typing techniques. The molecular analysis from lesion scrapings based on hsp70 PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) showed that 78.1% (371/475) restriction patterns corresponded to Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis, 19% (90/475) to Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis, and 3.0% (14/475) to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. Promastigotes isolated by culture from lesions of 228 patients (48.0%, ...
Tópico(s): Insect Resistance and Genetics
2021 - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Michael J. McNeil, Bella S. Ehrlich, Huiqi Wang, Marisol Bustamante, Verónica Dussel, Paola Friedrich, Ximena García, Srinithya R. Gillipelli, Wendy Gómez García, Dylan E. Graetz, Erica C. Kaye, Monika L. Metzger, Carla Vittoria Sabato Danon, Meenakshi Devidas, Justin N. Baker, Asya Agulnik, Florencia Moreno, Beatriz Salas, Rosa L. Moreno, Cinthia Cespedes, Gissela Sanchez, Soad Fuentes, Silvia Rivas, Pascale Gaussant, Clarissa Aguilar, Enrique Lopez, Roberta Ortiz, Diana Cedeño, Angélica Samudio, Jazmin Servin, Cecilia Ugaz Olivares, Fabiana Morosini, Alejandra Chacon, Lilliana Barragan, Ruth María Castro, Juliana Lopera, Miguel Bayona, Diana Lorena Valencia Libreros, Natalia Perdomo, Jeyni Vega, Wendy Yamilet Matute Rivera, Rosa Vanessa Cabrera, Emmanuel Guerrero, Soledad Jimenez, Libeth Bosh, Doris Calle, Sergio Quintanilla, Sandra Felix, Susana Anaya, Judith Conejo Barrera, Lilliana Gallegos, Martha Valdez, Valentine Jimenez, Susana Juarez, Berenice Aguilar, Adolfo Pineda, Isodoro Romero, Norma Arecil Lopez Facundo, Gelis Ruis Piña, Edgar Francisco Ortiz, Norma Llamas, Rosario Batista,
Importance Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) for children with cancer is critical for the quality of life of both patient and family. To improve access to PPC in resource-limited settings, barriers to early integration must be understood. Objectives To evaluate the ideal vs actual timing of PPC integration for children with cancer and to uncover barriers to early integration identified by physicians in Latin America. Design, Setting, and Participants The Assessing Doctors’ Attitudes ...
Tópico(s): Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
2023 - American Medical Association | JAMA Network Open
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Gloria Aguilar, Gladys Estigarribia, Analía Ortiz, Angélica Espinosa Miranda, Willi McFarland, Aníbal Kawabata, Sergio Muñoz, Julieta Méndez, Carlos Miguel Ríos-González, Tania Samudio,
Background The objective of this study was to measure the prevalence of syphilis among women of reproductive age from 5 distinct indigenous populations in Paraguay. We also sought to identify the demographic profile and behaviors of women with elevated prevalence of syphilis. Methods We conducted a population-based, cross-sectional survey among women aged 15 to 49 years from 5 distinct language families in Paraguay in 2016. The 5 language families were Guaraní, Maskoy, Mataco, Guaicurú, and Zamuco, ...
Tópico(s): Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
2018 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Luis Fernando Carvajal Kalil, Horacio Gómez Gómez, Carlos Guillermo Garcés Samudio, Miguel Antonio Ruiz Montes,
Las infecciones micóticas son cada vez más frecuentes en las unidades de cuidado intensivo y aumentan la tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad. En años recientes se han desarrollado nuevos antimicóticos, entre ellos el voriconazol que es, en el momento actual, el tratamiento de elección para los casos de aspergilosis en pacientes adultos y niños mayores de dos años y se considera una opción terapeútica en otras infecciones micóticas. A pesar de esto, la experiencia de su uso en neonatos es escasa y aún ...
Tópico(s): Ocular Infections and Treatments
2011 - Universidad de Antioquia | IATREIA
Paola Taveras Plasencia, Ángel Hernán Tumbaco Ibarra, Amanda Guerrero, Margarita Samudio, Miguel Scalagmona, Luis Pereira, M. Fleitas,
Introducción: las dos condiciones que causan ceguera y que pueden frecuentemente coexistir en el mismo paciente son glaucoma y catarata. La cirugía de catarata más trabeculectomía es de gran utilidad en países de América Latina por los buenos resultados visuales y el bajo costo para pacientes de escasos recursos económicos. Siendo una alternativa costo efectiva para este tipo de población. Objetivo: describir los resultados de la cirugía de catarata por pequeña incisión combinada con trabeculectomía ...
Tópico(s): Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies
2024 - Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción | Revista del Nacional (Itaguá)
Dora Montiel, Estela Torres, Margarita Samudio, Miguel López, Luis Duarte, Patricia Sobarzo, Diana Estela Zárate Gaona, Paola Elizabeth Duarte, José Carlos Dávalos Ortiz, Margaret Torres, Lilian Páez,
Algunos estudios han encontrado que la severidad de la COVID-19 se asocia con una alta carga viral determinada por los números de ciclos (Ct) de amplificación de ADN de SARS-CoV-2. El objetivo fue determinar la relación entre el umbral de ciclos de PCR de SARS-CoV-2 y la severidad de la infección por el virus SARS-COV-2 en pacientes internados y ambulatorios en un hospital de referencia entre marzo a junio del 2021. Estudio retrospectivo observacional analítico de corte trasverso de pacientes adultos ...
Tópico(s): SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
2022 - Universidad Nacional de Asunción | Memorias del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud
Gloria Aguilar, Tania Samudio, Gladys Galvis López, L. Margarita Jimenez, Erin C. Wilson, Willi McFarland, Carlos Miguel Ríos-González, Sergio Muñoz,
Transgender women have been understudied and underserved in Paraguay; data are urgently needed to understand their HIV prevention and care needs. To estimate HIV prevalence and related risk and preventive behaviors among trans women in Paraguay, we conducted a cross-sectional survey in 2017. We employed starfish sampling – a hybrid venue-based and peer-referral method combining recruitment at randomly sampled venues and randomly selected clients from program lists, followed by short-chain referrals ...
Tópico(s): Sex work and related issues
2020 - SAGE Publishing | International Journal of STD & AIDS
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Gloria Aguilar, Angélica Espinosa Miranda, George W. Rutherford, Sergio Muñoz, Nancy K. Hills, Tania Samudio, F Galeano, Aníbal Kawabata, Carlos Miguel Ríos-González,
We estimated mortality rate and predictors of death in children and adolescents who acquired HIV through mother-to-child transmission in Paraguay. In 2000–2014, we conducted a cohort study among children and adolescents aged < 15 years. We abstracted data from medical records and death certificates. We used the Cox proportional hazards model for the multivariable analysis of mortality predictors. A total of 302 subjects were included in the survey; 216 (71.5%) were younger than 5 years, 148 (51.0%) ...
Tópico(s): Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
2018 - Springer Science+Business Media | AIDS and Behavior
Gloria Aguilar, Tania Samudio, Gladys Galvis López, Liliana Giménez, Carlos Miguel Ríos-González, Gabriela Sanabria,
Introducción: En Paraguay, la epidemia del VIH se encuentra concentrada en población clave. La ruta principal de transmisión de las infecciones de transmisión del VIH y la SÃfilis es la sexual. Las mujeres trabajadoras sexuales (MTS) presentan riesgo incrementado debido a su trabajo sexual y sus comportamientos de riesgo.
Tópico(s): HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
2019 - | Revista de salud publica del Paraguay
Gloria Aguilar, Hong‐Ha M. Truong, Patricia Ovelar, Tania Samudio, Gladys Galvis López, Claudia García‐Morales, Daniela Tapia‐Trejo, Dulce María López-Sánchez, Santiago Ávila‐Ríos, Amalia Girón, Antonieta Rojas de Árias, Carlos Miguel Ríos-González, Willi McFarland,
Abstract Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drug resistance increases mortality and morbidity and antiretroviral therapy (ART) costs. We describe Paraguay's first nationally representative survey on pretreatment drug resistance (PDR) conducted among persons who initiated or reinitiated ART in 2019. We conducted a cross‐sectional survey of antiretroviral (ARV) drug resistance in Paraguay in 2019. Participants were sampled at four comprehensive care clinics where 90% of patients with HIV in Paraguay initiate ...
Tópico(s): HIV Research and Treatment
2022 - Wiley | Journal of Medical Virology
Iván Landires, Virginia Núñez-Samudio, Juan Miguel Pascale,
Tópico(s): Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
2006 - Elsevier BV | Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica
Junior Santiago Gaona Samudio, Carlos Miguel Ríos-González,
Introducción: El virus chikungunya (CHIKV), es un alfavirus con genoma de ARN monocatenario, perteneciente a la familia Togaviridae, transmitido a través de la picadura de mosquitos del género Aedes sp., caracterizada por fiebre y dolores articulares incapacitantes. Objetivo: Determinar las características clínicas y epidemiológicas del virus chikungunya en pacientes pediátricos que acudieron a un Hospital Regional de Paraguay entre enero y junio del 2023. Material y Métodos: Estudio cuantitativo, ...
Tópico(s): Mosquito-borne diseases and control
2024 - Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción | Anales de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Asunción)
Zoilo Morel, Gloria Aguilar, Tania Samudio, Gladys Galvis López, Carlos Miguel Ríos-González, Liliana Giménez, Christian E. Schaerer, Santiago Gómez, Teresita Báez, Gladys Estigarribia, Julieta Méndez, Sergio Muñoz, Willi McFarland,
Abstract Introduction HIV prevalence among transgender women is high worldwide. The objectives of the present study were to estimate the current prevalence of HIV and identify factors associated with high HIV burden among transgender women in Paraguay. Methods Transgender women aged ≥15 years in four regions of Paraguay were recruited by Starfish sampling between February and March 2021. Results In total, 322 transgender women were included. Mean age was 31 years (range 15–67), and 102 had positive ...
Tópico(s): HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
2023 - Wiley | HIV Medicine
Kadir González, Santiago S. De León, Vanessa Pineda, Franklyn Samudio, Zeuz Capitan-Barrios, José Antonio Suárez, Adriana Weeden, Betsi Ortiz, Margarita Ríos, Brechla Moreno, Nathan Gundacker, Juan Miguel Pascale, Sandra López‐Vergès, Néstor Sosa, Azäel Saldaña, Leyda Ábrego,
We detected Leishmania RNA virus 1 (LRV1) in 11 isolates of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis collected during 2014-2019 from patients from different geographic areas in Panama. The distribution suggested a spread of LRV1 in L. (V.) panamensis parasites. We found no association between LRV1 and an increase in clinical pathology.
Tópico(s): Intimate Partner and Family Violence
2023 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Emerging infectious diseases
Silvana Patricia Torres Rivas, Amanda Guerrero, Margarita Samudio, G Díaz, Miguel Scalamogna, Luis Pereira, M. Fleitas, Andrea Bolaños,
Introduction. Glaucoma is still a public health problem due to its high prevalence, the socioeconomic impact it entails for the patient who suffers from it, which decreases the quality of life. Objective: To determine the direct costs and quality of life of adult patients treated WITH glaucoma in the Fundación Visión Central Clinic from November 2022 to February 2023. Material and methods: observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study that included patients diagnosed with glaucoma by sampling ...
Tópico(s): Public Health in Brazil
2023 - | Revista científica ciencias de la salud
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Jonas Miguel Pires Samudio, João Luíz Leitão Paravidini,
Propomo-nos, por meio da Psicanálise e da Teoria Literária, articular as noções de corpo e de feminino com a proposição llansoliana das figuras, compreendendo que, assim como, para a psicanálise o singular de cada sujeito emerge para além das identidades de uma “unidade do eu”, na escrita de Maria Gabriela Llansol cada figura define-se pelo esvaziamento e pela possibilidade de existência para além da fixidez e do fechamento no espelho, como corpos femininos, contornados e abertos.
Tópico(s): Linguistics and Language Studies
2014 - PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE MINAS GERAIS | Scripta
Produção Nacional
Propomos a leitura de um fragmento da obra <em>Causa amante</em> (1996), de Maria Gabriela Llansol, cotejada com outros textos da autora – como fragmentos dos diários –, considerando sua proposição do conceito e da experiência de tempo, marcada pela escrita. Para tanto, recorremos a Giorgio Agamben (2009, 2012), Walter Benjamin (2012) e Martin Heidegger (1991), sublinhando que tais autores apresentam reflexões que possibilitam um questionamento da noção tradicional de tempo cronológico, auxiliando- ...
Tópico(s): Psychology and Mental Health
2013 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS | Em Tese
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
RESUMO: Investigamos, neste trabalho, a partir da afirmacao da poeta Hilda Hilst, de que a busca de Deus seria seu principal motivo poetico, a relacao entre a experiencia mistica e a poetica, conforme esta se apresenta na lirica hilstiana. Para tanto, realizamos pesquisa bibliografica sobre os temas expostos, recorrendo, em temas especificos, a textos de autoras misticas. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Experiencia Mistica. Poesia Contemporânea. Hilda Hilst. ABSTRACT: In this work we investigated from the assertion ...
Tópico(s): Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies
2013 - Programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia (PPGEO) | Travessias Interativas
The article realizes a study about “A misericordia”, from Lucia Castello Branco, in conjunction with images of other tales from Preces para aamigasubmersa (2013), from the resurrection image; with this there is no religious thematization, but a reading that deals of the writing experience. For that, we understand the “resurrection” as motion disruptive continuity: the text-resurrection meets the uniqueness of the one who read with his body.
Tópico(s): Urban and sociocultural dynamics
2015 - | Revista Relicário
Resumo O artigo realiza uma leitura do conto “A misericordia”, de Lucia Castello, cotejando-o com imagens de outros contos do livro Preces para a amiga submersa (2013), a partir da imagem da ressurreicao; com isso, nao ha tematizacao religiosa, mas uma leitura que trata da experiencia da escrita. Para isso, compreendemos “ressurreicao” como movimento de continuidade disruptiva: o texto-ressurreicao se encontra com a singularidade daquele que, por seu corpo, le. Palavras-chave : Texto. Ressurreicao. Lucia ...
Tópico(s): Linguistics and Education Research
2016 - | Revista Relicário
Resumo O texto, comemorando a abertura do MAS: Museu de Arte Sacra de Uberlândia, propoe uma reflexao do “museu” como lugar de acolhida de uma memoria inconclusa, a memoria do o- que-vem . Para isso, parte-se de dois fragmentos, de Giorgio Agamben e de Martin Heidegger, acerca da “comunidade” e do “tempo”. Palavras-chave : Memoria. Museu. O-que-vem. Abstract The text, celebrating the opening of the MAS: Museum of Sacred Art of Uberlândia, proposes a reflection about the “museum” as a place of welcome of ...
Tópico(s): Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
2016 - | Revista Relicário