Cisterna, Bruno A., Vargas, Aníbal A., Puebla, Carlos, Fernández, Paola, Escamilla, Rosalba, Lagos, Carlos F., Matus, María F., Vilos, Cristian, Cea, Luis A., Barnafi, Esteban, Gaete, Hugo, Escobar, Daniel F., Cardozo, Christopher P., Sáez, Juan C. |
Active acetylcholine receptors prevent the atrophy of skeletal muscles and favor reinnervation |
Denervation of skeletal muscles induces severe muscle atrophy, which is preceded by cellular alterations such as increased plasma membrane permeability, reduced resting membrane potential and accelera... |
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Vicencio, Emiliano, Cordero, Esteban M., Cortés, Bastián I., Palominos, Sebastián, Parra, Pedro, Mella, Tania, Henrríquez, Constanza, Salazar, Nelda, Monasterio, Gustavo, Cafferata, Emilio A., Murgas, Paola, Vernal, Rolando, Cortez, Cristian |
Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans Induces Autophagy in Human Junctional Epithelium Keratinocytes |
The adverse environmental conditions found in the periodontium during periodontitis pathogenesis stimulate local autophagy responses, mainly due to a continuous inflammatory response against the dysbi... |
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Calvo, M., Inostroza, J., Bastías, M., Dabanch, J., Cerda, J., González, C., Saldaña, A., Díaz, E., Endeiza, M.L., Rodríguez, J., Santillana, S., Acevedo, J. |
CAVEI recommendation for pneumococcal vaccine use in adults |
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Dabanch, J., Bastías, M., González, C., Calvo, M., Acevedo, J., Cerda, J., Rodríguez, J., Endeiza, M.L., Inostroza, J., Santillana, S., Saldaña, A., Díaz, E. |
CAVEI recommendation for the introduction of varicella vaccine into the national immunization programme |
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Díaz, L.A., López, M., Sin, P., Wolff, R., González, G., Muñoz, M.P., Uribe, M., Ananias, Á., Bezama, I., Zañartu, N., Buckel, E., Innocenti, F., Pattillo, J.C., Jarufe, N., Martínez, J., Guerra, J.F., Elgueta, S., Gana, J.C. |
Current situation of pediatric liver transplantation in Chile. Inequities associated with the MELD/PELD prioritization system |
Background: The Chilean allocation system for liver transplantation (LT) uses the MELD/PELD score to prioritize candidates on the waiting list. Aim: To assess if the Chilean allocation system for LT i... |
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Olsen, Sonja J., Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo, Budd, Alicia P., Brammer, Lynnette, Sullivan, Sheena, Pineda, Rodrigo F., Cohen, Cheryl, Fry, Alicia M. |
Decreased influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic-United States, Australia, Chile, and South Africa, 2020 |
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Escobar, Daniel F., Diaz-Dinamarca, Diego A., Hernández, Carlos F., Soto, Daniel A., Manzo, Ricardo A., Alarcón, Pedro I., Pinto, Camila H., Bastias, Diego N., Oberg-Bravo, Carolayn N., Rojas, Robert, Illanes, Sebastián E., Kalergis, Alexis M., Vasquez, Abel E. |
Development and analytical validation of real-time PCR for the detection of Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women |
BACKGROUND: Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of invasive neonatal infection. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the analytical validation of qualitative real-time polymerase chain rea... |
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Ortiz, Manuel S., Cabieses, Baltica, Oyarte, Marcela, Repetto, Paula |
Disentangling socioeconomic inequalities of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chile: A population-based analysis |
INTRODUCTION: Chile experiences a growing prevalence of DM2 in its adult population over time. The country has prioritised the diagnosis and treatment of DM2 through a universal health care package, l... |
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Figueroa, D.P., Scott, S., González, C.R., Bizama, G., Flores-Mara, R., Bustamante, R., Canals, M. |
Estimating the climate change consequences on the potential distribution of culex pipiens l. 1758, to assess the risk of west nile virus establishment in chile |
Climate change affects the dynamics of vector-borne diseases. Culex pipiens Linnaeus is the main vector of West Nile fever, a widely distributed arbovirus, it is continuously increasing its distributi... |
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Tapia, Teresa, Stenos, John, Flores, Roberto, Duery, Oscar, Iglesias, Rodrigo, Olivares, Maria Fernanda, Gallegos, Doris, Rosas, Cristian, Wood, Heidi, Acevedo, Johanna, Araya, Pamela, Graves, Stephen R., Hormazabal, Juan Carlos |
Evidence of Q Fever and Rickettsial Disease in Chile |
Q fever and rickettsial diseases occur throughout the world and appear to be emergent zoonoses in Chile. The diagnosis of these diseases is currently uncommon in Chile, as their clinical presentations... |
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Leite, Juliana Almeida, Resende, Paola, Araya, Jenny Lara, Barrera, Gisela Badillo, Baumeister, Elsa, Caicedo, Alfredo Bruno, Coppola, Leticia, de Mello, Wyller Alencar, de Mora, Domenica, Cordeiro Dos Santos, Mirleide, Fasce, Rodrigo, Fernández, Jorge, Goñi, Natalia, Martínez, Irma López, Mayhua, Jannet Otárola, Motta, Fernando, Nuñez, Maribel Carmen Huaringa, Ojeda, Jenny, Ortega, María José, Ospitia, Erika, Paiva, Terezinha Maria de, Pontoriero, Andrea, Porras, Hebleen Brenes, Quinonez, Jose Alberto Diaz, Ramas, Viviana, Ramírez, Juliana Barbosa, Santos, Katia Correa de Oliveira, Siqueira, Marilda Mendonça, Vàzquez, Cynthia, Palekar, Rakhee |
Genetic evolution of influenza viruses among selected countries in Latin America, 2017-2018 |
OBJECTIVE: Since the 2009 influenza pandemic, Latin American (LA) countries have strengthened their influenza surveillance systems. We analyzed influenza genetic sequence data from the 2017 through 20... |
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Wang, Xin, Li, You, O'Brien, Katherine L., Madhi, Shabir A., Widdowson, Marc-Alain, Byass, Peter, Omer, Saad B., Abbas, Qalab, Ali, Asad, Amu, Alberta, Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo, Bassat, Quique, Abdullah Brooks, W., Chaves, Sandra S., Chung, Alexandria, Cohen, Cheryl, Echavarria, Marcela, Fasce, Rodrigo A., Gentile, Angela, Gordon, Aubree, Groome, Michelle, Heikkinen, Terho, Hirve, Siddhivinayak, Jara, Jorge H., Katz, Mark A., Khuri-Bulos, Najwa, Krishnan, Anand, de Leon, Oscar, Lucero, Marilla G., McCracken, John P., Mira-Iglesias, Ainara, Moïsi, Jennifer C., Munywoki, Patrick K., Ourohiré, Millogo, Polack, Fernando P., Rahi, Manveer, Rasmussen, Zeba A., Rath, Barbara A., Saha, Samir K., Simões, Eric Af, Sotomayor, Viviana, Thamthitiwat, Somsak, Treurnicht, Florette K., Wamukoya, Marylene, Yoshida, Lay-Myint, Zar, Heather J., Campbell, Harry, Nair, Harish, Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network |
Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study |
BACKGROUND: Seasonal influenza virus is a common cause of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in young children. In 2008, we estimated that 20 million influenza-virus-associated ALRI and 1 millio... |
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Mungwira, Randy G., Guillard, Christine, Saldaña, Adiela, Okabe, Nobuhiko, Petousis-Harris, Helen, Agbenu, Edinam, Rodewald, Lance, Zuber, Patrick L. F. |
Global landscape analysis of no-fault compensation programmes for vaccine injuries: A review and survey of implementing countries |
To update the landscape analysis of vaccine injuries no-fault compensation programmes, we conducted a scoping review and a survey of World Health Organization Member States. We describe the characteri... |
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Cabieses, Baltica, Oyarte, Marcela |
Health access to immigrants: identifying gaps for social protection in health |
OBJECTIVE: To compare the access to and effective use of health services available among international migrants and Chileans. METHODS: Secondary analysis of the National Socioeconomic Characterization... |
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Chadha, Mandeep, Hirve, Siddhivinayak, Bancej, Christina, Barr, Ian, Baumeister, Elsa, Caetano, Braulia, Chittaganpitch, Malinee, Darmaa, Badarch, Ellis, Joanna, Fasce, Rodrigo, Kadjo, Herve, Jackson, Sandra, Leung, Vivian, Pisareva, Maria, Moyes, Jocelyn, Naguib, Amel, Tivane, Almiro, Zhang, Wenqing, WHO RSV Surveillance Group |
Human respiratory syncytial virus and influenza seasonality patterns-Early findings from the WHO global respiratory syncytial virus surveillance |
BACKGROUND: Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes illnesses among all age groups and presents a burden to healthcare services. To better understand the epidemiology and seasonality of RSV in ... |
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Cornejo, Javiera, Araya, Pamela, Ibáñez, Daniel, Hormazabal, Juan Carlos, Retamal, Patricio, Fresno, Marcela, Herve, Luis Pablo, Lapierre, Lisette |
Identification of Coxiella burnetii in Tank Raw Cow Milk: First Findings from Chile |
Coxiella burnetii causes Q fever, an important zoonotic disease, and exposure is mainly associated with inhalation of contaminated aerosols. In South America, no systematic studies have been carried o... |
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Álvarez Duarte, Eduardo, Salas, Valentina |
In vitro activity of isavuconazole against clinically isolated yeasts from Chile |
Isavuconazole is the last antifungal agent approved by the FDA and available for treatment of fungal infections. In the present study, the in vitro activity of isavuconazole against several yeasts was... |
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Rodríguez, A.A., Escanilla, D.E., Caroca, L.A., Albornoz, C.E., Marshall, P.A., Molenbroek, J.F.M., Castellucci, H.I. |
Level of match between facial dimensions of Chilean workers and respirator fit test panels proposed by LANL and NIOSH |
The facial fit of respirators is crucial for determining how effectively respirators may protect users from exposure to airborne contaminants, when their use is required in the workplace. In the Chile... |
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Minoletti, A., Soto-Brandt, G., Sepúlveda, R., Toro, O., Irarrázaval, M. |
Mental health response capacity in primary care in Chile: A contribution to Alma-Ata |
This article identifies strategies that have contributed to the development of mental health response capacity in primary care in Chile and analyzes some lessons learned from this process. It highligh... |
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Covarrubias, N., Sandoval, S., Vera, J., Núñez, C., Alfaro, C., Lutz, M. |
Moisture, protein and mineral content of ten varieties of chilean quinoa grown in different geographic zones |
The intake of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) has increased worldwide. Its revival has renewed interest in its composition and nutritional value. The aim of this study was to determine the contents ... |
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