Search Results - "Pajuelo, Monica J"
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Automatic classification of pediatric pneumonia based on lung ultrasound pattern recognition
Published in PloS one (05-12-2018)“…Pneumonia is one of the major causes of child mortality, yet with a timely diagnosis, it is usually curable with antibiotic therapy. In many developing…”
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Delays in seeking and receiving health care services for pneumonia in children under five in the Peruvian Amazon: a mixed-methods study on caregivers' perceptions
Published in BMC health services research (01-03-2018)“…Delays in receiving adequate care for children suffering from pneumonia can be life threatening and have been described associated with parents' limited…”
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Market Chickens as a Source of Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli in a Peri-Urban Community in Lima, Peru
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (02-03-2021)“…The widespread and poorly regulated use of antibiotics in animal production in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is increasingly associated with the…”
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Urban informal settlements as hotspots of antimicrobial resistance and the need to curb environmental transmission
Published in Nature microbiology (01-06-2020)“…Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health challenge that is expected to disproportionately burden lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in…”
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Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Using Reverse Transcription Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RT-RPA) with Lateral Flow for N-Protein Gene and Variant-Specific Deletion-Insertion Mutation in S-Protein Gene
Published in Viruses (26-05-2023)“…Rapid molecular testing for severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants may contribute to the development of public health measures,…”
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Effects of breastfeeding on children's gut colonization with multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales in peri-urban Lima, Peru
Published in Gut microbes (2024)“…Children living in low-resource settings are frequently gut-colonized with multidrug-resistant bacteria. We explored whether breastfeeding may protect against…”
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Identification and Characterization of Microsatellite Markers Derived from the Whole Genome Analysis of Taenia solium
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-12-2015)“…Infections with Taenia solium are the most common cause of adult acquired seizures worldwide, and are the leading cause of epilepsy in developing countries. A…”
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Epidemiology of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and impact on the growth of children in the first two years of life in Lima, Peru
Published in Frontiers in public health (2024)“…Enterotoxigenic (ETEC) is a leading cause of diarrheal morbidity and mortality in children, although the data on disease burden, epidemiology, and impact on…”
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Viral intra-host evolution in immunocompetent children contributes to human norovirus diversification at the global scale
Published in Emerging microbes & infections (01-01-2021)“…Norovirus is a major cause of acute gastroenteritis. Human noroviruses present >30 different genotypes, with a single genotype (GII.4) predominating worldwide…”
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Norovirus-specific immunoglobulin A in breast milk for protection against norovirus-associated diarrhea among infants
Published in EClinicalMedicine (01-10-2020)“…Norovirus (NV) causes acute gastroenteritis in infants. Humoral and fecal immunoglobulin A (IgA) responses have been correlated with protection against NV;…”
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First Detection and Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 Lambda (C.37) Variant in Symptomatic Domestic Cats in Lima, Peru
Published in Frontiers in veterinary science (17-09-2021)“…The role of domestic cats in the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 remains poorly characterized, especially in epidemiologic contexts of countries with high viral…”
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Epidemiology of Sapovirus Infections in a Birth Cohort in Peru
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (01-06-2018)“…Sapovirus is one of the primary viral causes of acute gastroenteritis (AGE), especially where rotavirus vaccination has been implemented. The characteristics…”
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HIV and Chagas Disease: An Evaluation of the Use of Real-Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction to Measure Levels of Trypanosoma cruzi Parasitemia in HIV Patients in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-09-2021)“…This cross-sectional study evaluated epidemiologic characteristics of persons living with HIV (PWH) coinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi in Cochabamba, Bolivia,…”
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Molecular Detection of Taeniid Eggs in Beetles Collected in an Area Endemic for Taenia solium
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-01-2018)“…The aim of this study was to demonstrate the presence of eggs in beetles collected from sources within the natural environment through molecular techniques…”
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"Knocking on Doors that Don't Open": experiences of caregivers of children living with disabilities in Iquitos and Lima, Peru
Published in Disability and rehabilitation (09-10-2019)“…Background: More than one billion people worldwide live with a disability. Despite advances in recognising inequalities experienced by people with…”
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Household Contamination of Baby Bottles and Opportunities to Improve Bottle Hygiene in Peri-Urban Lima, Peru
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-01-2019)“…Feeding of infant formula using contaminated bottles may be an important transmission pathway of enteric pathogens during early life. Determinants of…”
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Changes in the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Infants With Cleft Lip and/or Palate Before and After Surgical Treatment
Published in The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal (01-01-2022)“…Objective: To assess oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) changes before and after the primary surgical treatment in infants with cleft lip and/or…”
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Characterization of a novel cathepsin L-like protease from Taenia solium metacestodes for the immunodiagnosis of porcine cysticercosis
Published in Veterinary parasitology (01-03-2019)“…•Identifying a novel cathepsin L-like cysteine protease (TsolCL) from Taenia solium.•Cloning and expression of an active TsolCL in baculovirus-insect cell…”
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A novel enolase from Taenia solium metacestodes and its evaluation as an immunodiagnostic antigen for porcine cysticercosis
Published in Experimental parasitology (01-08-2018)“…Cysticercosis is a worldwide parasitic disease of humans and pigs principally caused by infection with the larvae of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. Through…”
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Genetic variability of Taenia solium cysticerci recovered from experimentally infected pigs and from naturally infected pigs using microsatellite markers
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-12-2017)“…The adult Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, usually lives as a single worm in the small intestine of humans, its only known definitive host. Mechanisms of…”
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