Search Results - "Concha, Gustavo"
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Chagas disease: Medical and ECG related findings in an Indigenous population in Colombia
Published in Tropical medicine and infectious disease (29-05-2023)“…Chagas Disease (CD) is highly prevalent among the indigenous populations in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Villages examined show prevalence rates…”
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Comparison of the Serion IgM ELISA and Microscopic Agglutination Test for diagnosis of Leptospira spp. infections in sera from different geographical origins and estimation of Leptospira seroprevalence in the Wiwa indigenous population from Colombia
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (06-06-2022)“…Leptospirosis is among the most important zoonotic diseases in (sub-)tropical countries. The research objective was to evaluate the accuracy of the Serion IgM…”
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Gastrointestinal Pathogens in Multi-Infected Individuals: A Cluster Analysis of Interaction
Published in Microorganisms (Basel) (01-10-2023)“…Indigenous people live in remote areas of Colombia. Multiple infections with bacteria, protozoa and/or helminths are common, as well as colonization in various…”
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Direct and Indirect Proof of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Indigenous Wiwa Communities in North-Eastern Colombia—A Cross-Sectional Assessment Providing Preliminary Surveillance Data
Published in Vaccines (Basel) (01-10-2021)“…To provide initial data on local SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology and spread in indigenous communities in north-eastern Colombia, respiratory swabs and serum samples…”
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In-depth analysis of the medical supply for indigenous people in North-Eastern Colombia: a dominance of infectious diseases and only insufficient therapeutic options
Published in Archives of public health = Archives belges de santé publique (31-07-2024)“…Colombian indigenous Wiwas are exposed to a variety of partly complex medical conditions with a predominance of infectious diseases. The study provided here…”
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Diagnosis and Prevalence of Chagas Disease in an Indigenous Population of Colombia
Published in Microorganisms (Basel) (14-07-2022)“…Chagas disease (CD) is one of the leading neglected tropical diseases. In the Americas, CD is endemic in about 21 countries, but only less than 1% of the…”
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Comparative Assessment of Two Commercial Real-Time PCR Assays for the Diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Serum
Published in Microorganisms (Basel) (30-03-2023)“…This study was performed to comparably assess two commercial real-time PCR assays for the identification of DNA in serum. A total of 518 Colombian serum…”
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Enteric Bacteria and Parasites with Pathogenic Potential in Individuals of the Colombian Indigenous Tribe Kogui
Published in Microorganisms (Basel) (01-09-2022)“…The Kogui tribe is an indigenous population living in Colombia. The prevalence values of some enteric bacteria, parasites and microsporidia in Kogui stool…”
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Comparison of the Influence of Different Nucleic Acid Extraction Assays on the Sensitivity of Trypanosoma cruzi-Specific Real-Time PCR
Published in Microorganisms (Basel) (31-07-2022)“…For the molecular diagnosis of Chagas disease by real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction), optimization of diagnostic accuracy is desirable. The detection…”
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Seasonal Differences in Cyclospora cayetanensis Prevalence in Colombian Indigenous People
Published in Microorganisms (Basel) (18-03-2021)“…Fecal-orally transmitted cyclosporiasis is frequent in remote resource-limited settings in Central and South America with poor hygiene conditions. In this…”
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Prevalence of Common Diseases in Indigenous People in Colombia
Published in Tropical medicine and infectious disease (18-06-2022)“…The Indigenous tribe called the Wiwa lives retracted in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Little is known about their health status and whether the…”
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High Prevalence of Intestinal Pathogens in Indigenous in Colombia
Published in Journal of clinical medicine (28-08-2020)“…Background: Intestinal infections remain a major public health burden in developing countries. Due to social, ecological, environmental, and cultural…”
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Only Low Effects of Water Filters on the Enteric Carriage of Gastrointestinal Pathogen DNA in Colombian Indigenous People
Published in Microorganisms (Basel) (19-03-2022)“…Water filtration is a common strategy of water sanitation in resource-poor tropical settings. Here, we assessed the intermediate term effect of this preventive…”
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The Gut Microbiome of an Indigenous Agropastoralist Population in a Remote Area of Colombia with High Rates of Gastrointestinal Infections and Dysbiosis
Published in Microorganisms (Basel) (28-02-2023)“…An Indigenous agropastoralist population called the Wiwa from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in North-East Colombia, shows high rates of gastrointestinal…”
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Seasonal Patterns of Enteric Pathogens in Colombian Indigenous People-A More Pronounced Effect on Bacteria Than on Parasites
Published in Pathogens (Basel) (06-02-2022)“…Enteric pathogens, which are frequently food- and waterborne transmitted, are highly abundant in Indigenous people living in remote rural areas of Colombia. As…”
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Humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and endemic coronaviruses in urban and indigenous children in Colombia
Published in Communications medicine (20-10-2023)“…Background Although anti-SARS-CoV-2 humoral immune responses and epidemiology have been extensively studied, data gaps remain for certain populations such as…”
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Constraining über gravity with recent observations and studying the H0 problem
Published in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields (26-05-2023)“…This paper studies both Λ CDM and CDM models under the über gravity theory, named ü Λ CDM and üCDM respectively. We report bounds over their parameter…”
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Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii in an Indigenous Population from the Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Colombia
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (03-01-2024)“…Coxiella burnetii is an underreported zoonotic pathogen in many rural regions globally. We investigated C. burnetii exposure in a remote indigenous tribe…”
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Seroprevalence of Rickettsia Spp. and Orientia tsutsugamushi in Indigenous Populations from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Published in Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) (01-10-2024)“…spp. are vector-borne zoonotic pathogens that cause febrile illness in humans. Rickettsioses is not included in the Colombian national surveillance system and…”
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Chagas Disease: Comparison of Therapy with Nifurtimox and Benznidazole in Indigenous Communities in Colombia
Published in Journal of clinical medicine (01-05-2024)“…: For indigenous people in Colombia, high infection rates with Chagas disease (CD) are known. : In 2018 and 2020, nine villages were screened for CD…”
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