CD1b Tetramers Broadly Detect T Cells That Correlate With Mycobacterial Exposure but Not Tuberculosis Disease State by Kattya Lopez, Kattya Lopez, Sarah K. Iwany, Sara Suliman, Josephine F. Reijneveld, Josephine F. Reijneveld, Tonatiuh A. Ocampo, Judith Jimenez, Roger Calderon, Leonid Lecca, Megan B. Murray, D. Branch Moody, Ildiko Van Rhijn, Ildiko Van Rhijn

“…Here we used CD1b tetramers loaded with mycolic acid or glucose monomycolate to study polyclonal T cells from 150 Peruvian subjects. We found that CD1b tetramers loaded with mycolic acid or glucose monomycolate antigens stained TRAV1-2+ GEM T cells or TRBV4-1+ LDN5-like T cells in the majority of subjects tested, at rates ~10-fold lower than NKT cells. …”
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Low cigarette smoking prevalence in peri-urban Peru: results from a population-based study of tobacco use by self-report and urine cotinine by Brooks W. Morgan, Kathryn M. Leifheit, Karina M. Romero, Robert H. Gilman, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, J. Jaime Miranda, Harold I. Feldman, John J. Lima, William Checkley, CRONICAS Cohort Study

“…Material and Methods Data are from the CRONICAS Cohort Study, a population-based longitudinal study in four low-resource Peruvian settings, which began in 2010. Of a baseline cohort of 2978 adults, we prospectively followed 2583 (87%) to determine prevalence of chronic illness. …”
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Diseño y validación de la escala de motivación para publicar un artículo científico en universitarios peruanos (MOPu-AC) by Oscar Mamani-Benito, Kristel Hilasaca-Mamani, Madona Tito-Betancur, Edison Effer Apaza Tarqui

“…The objective of this study was to design and validate the scale of motivation to publish a scientific article in Peruvian university students. Methods: Cross-sectional instrumental study, in which 417 university students of health sciences (58.0% women), aged 18 to 35 years (SD = 20.77, SD = 3.49), who were selected under a non-probabilistic convenience sampling, participated. …”
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Epidemiological transitions in maternal and child health in Peru: 1990–2013 by C Watson, BS, G Kang, MPH, K Redican, PhD, K Abbas, PhD

“…Postpartum deaths fell by 61% in the study period. The Peruvian government has prioritised access for pregnant women to health facilities and prenatal and postnatal care, including culturally adapted health services. …”
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Caracterización de bacterias halófilas productoras de amilasas aisladas de las Salinas de San Blas en Junín by Pamela Elizabeth Canales Mormontoy, Elizabeth Liz Chávez Hidalgo, Amparo Iris Zavaleta Pesantes

“…Abstract: The aim of this study was to characterize halophilic amylolytic bacteria from San Blas Salterns-Junin, located in the Peruvian Andes at approximately 4 100 m of altitude. …”
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Publicación de los trabajos presentados a los congresos científicos de estudiantes de medicina, Perú 2002-2009: características y factores asociados. Publication of summaries prese... by Miguel Toro-Polo, Reneé Pereyra-Elías, Ayar Nizama-Vía, Luis Fernando Ng-Sueng, Eduardo Vélez-Segovia, Edén Galán-Rodas, Percy Mayta-Tristán

“…All of them were published in Peruvian journals written in Spanish. The most important journal in which they were published was Ciencia e Investigación Médica Estudiantil Latinoamericana (CIMEL) (13/52). …”
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A sex-specific evolutionary interaction between ADCY9 and CETP by Isabel Gamache, Marc-André Legault, Jean-Christophe Grenier, Rocio Sanchez, Eric Rhéaume, Samira Asgari, Amina Barhdadi, Yassamin Feroz Zada, Holly Trochet, Yang Luo, Leonid Lecca, Megan Murray, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Jean-Claude Tardif, Marie-Pierre Dubé, Julie Hussin

“…Furthermore, we identified a variant in CETP, rs158477, which is in long-range linkage disequilibrium with rs1967309 in the Peruvian population. The signal is mainly seen in males, a sex-specific result that is replicated in the LIMAA cohort of over 3400 Peruvians. …”
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Posesión, retención y uso de mosquiteros tratados con insecticidas de larga duración luego de un año de su distribución en Loreto, Perú Long-lasting insecticide - treated bednet ow... by Angel Rosas-Aguirre, Mitchel Guzmán-Guzmán, Diamantina Moreno-Gutierrez, Hugo Rodriguez-Ferrucci, Daniel Vargas-Pacherrez, Ysabel Acuña-González

“…From July to September 2007, 26,185 LLITNs Olyset Net ® were delivered in 194 targeted communities in the Peruvian Amazon region, covering 45,331 people. Two cross-sectional community-based surveys in December 2007 and July 2008 were undertaken in a sample of 60 targeted communities (30.9% out of the total). …”
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Risk factors for the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome in mechanically ventilated adults in Peru: a multicenter observational study by Ena Gupta, Shakir Hossen, Matthew R. Grigsby, Phabiola Herrera, Rollin Roldan, Enrique Paz, Amador A. Jaymez, Eduardo E. Chirinos, Jose Portugal, Rocio Quispe, Roy G. Brower, William Checkley, INTENSIVOS Cohort Study

“…We conducted an observational study in five Peruvian ICUs to characterize differences between ARDS at MV onset and after MV onset and identify risk factors for the development of ARDS after MV onset. …”
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Sustainability of livestock farms: The case of the district of Moyobamba, Peru by Giovanna Patricia Torres Jara de García, Luz Marlene Durand-Chávez, Hurley Abel Quispe-Ccasa, Jaime Lizardo Linares-Rivera, Gleni Tatiana Segura Portocarrero, René Calderón Tito, Héctor Vladimir Vásquez Pérez, Jorge Luis Maicelo Quintana, Gustavo Ampuero-Trigoso, Rafael René Robles Rodríguez, José Américo Saucedo-Uriarte

“…The Peruvian Amazon is a geographical area with great biodiversity, where the main economic activities are agricultural crops and grazing animals. …”
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Norovirus-specific immunoglobulin A in breast milk for protection against norovirus-associated diarrhea among infants by Hannah Karen Mina Labayo, Monica J. Pajuelo, Kentaro Tohma, Lauren A. Ford-Siltz, Robert H. Gilman, Lilia Cabrera, Holger Mayta, Gerardo J. Sanchez, Anniuska Toledo Cornejo, Caryn Bern, Clyde Dapat, Tomonori Nochi, Gabriel I. Parra, Hitoshi Oshitani, Mayuko Saito

“…Methods: Ninety-five breast milk samples collected from mothers enrolled in a 2016–2017 Peruvian birth cohort study were tested for total IgA and NV-IgA by ELISA using GII·4 variants and non-GII·4 genotype virus-like particles (VLPs). …”
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New approach of the actors in the building process in Peru between comparative analyses with Spanish model = Nueva visión de los agentes del proceso edificatorio en Perú a través d... by Rafael Vicente Lozano, Yesenia Kim Guzman, Silvana Sierra

“…To do this, a normative - comparative -qualitative analysis of both building processes (Spanish and Peruvian) has been carried out, through its normative application benchmarks, to find the differences, gaps and possible improvements in the processes and the actors that intervene in them, to achieve better control of the building process. …”
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Proyección de trabajo en el interior del país y factores asociados en médicos recién colegiados de Lima, Perú 2010 Labor projection in the countryside and associated factors in new... by Percy Mayta-Tristán, Christian R. Mejia, Pedro Riega-Lopez, Leonardo Rojas-Mezarina, Margarita Posso, Edward Mezones-Holguín

“…We conducted a cross-sectional study of 782 physicians who were surveyed during their affiliation at Peruvian Medical College during March and April 2010. …”
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Cansancio y somnolencia en conductores de ómnibus interprovinciales: estudio comparativo entre formalidad e informalidad Fatigue and sleepiness in interprovincial road bus drivers:... by Gustavo R. Liendo, Carla L. Castro, Jorge Rey de Castro

“…The survey included one questionnaire and a Peruvian validated version of the Epworth sleepiness scale. …”
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Durabilidad de la respuesta inmune antihepatitis B en trabajadores de la salud peruanos con 6 años de vacunados by Antonio González Griego, Victoria Ramírez Albajés, Ricardo Almeida Varela, Eduardo Zumaeta, Jorge Ferrandiz, A Villanueva, Víctor Soto, Alina Alerm González, René Díaz, Manuel Antón Lolo

“…Se recomendó evaluar la memoria pos-refuerzo en los casos de seroconversión, no seroprotegidos, y extender el trabajo con ESSALUD a otros hospitales del país<br>On the basis of the importance given by the Health World Organization and the Disease Control Center to the protection of health workers against viral hepatitis B(HBV), the Peruvian Institute of Social Security(presently ESSALUD) instructed in 1993 the vaccination of health personnel at risk in 4 national hospitals by using the Cuban vaccine called Herberbiovac HB(20 mg, 0,1,and 2 month schedule). …”
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Landscape of germline BRCA1/BRCA2 variants in breast and ovarian cancer in Peru by Yomali Ferreyra, Gina Rosas, Alicia M. Cock-Rada, Jhajaira Araujo, Leny Bravo, Franco Doimi, Jhoysi Casas, María de los Ángeles Clavo, Joseph A. Pinto, Carolina Belmar-López, Carolina Belmar-López

“…We found that BRCA2 c.8023A&gt;G, c.6024dupG, and c.9235delG were not previously reported in Peruvian patients. BRCA1 c.2344dupA is a novel mutation that has not been previously reported in any database. …”
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The Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) group of ticks: phenotypic plasticity or incipient speciation? by Paula Lado, Santiago Nava, Leonardo Mendoza-Uribe, Abraham G. Caceres, Jesus Delgado-de la Mora, Jesus D. Licona-Enriquez, David Delgado-de la Mora, Marcelo B. Labruna, Lance A. Durden, Michelle E. J. Allerdice, Christopher D. Paddock, Matias P. J. Szabó, José M. Venzal, Alberto A. Guglielmone, Lorenza Beati

“…Ticks from the two remaining morphotypes, south-eastern South America and Peruvian, corresponded to two distinct clades. Conclusions Given the paucity of morphological characters, the minimal genetic distance separating morphotypes, and more importantly the fact that two morphotypes are genetically indistinguishable, our data suggest that A. maculatum and A. triste should be synonymized and that morphological differences merely reflect very recent local adaptation to distinct environments in taxa that might be undergoing the first steps of speciation but have yet to complete lineage sorting. …”
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Diferencias en la nota del ENAM y el promedio ponderado universitario en postulantes al servicio rural peruano, 2008-2015 by Giuston Mendoza-Chuctaya, Christian R. Mejia, Juan Cano-Pucapuca

“…Results: From the 21,296 evaluated, the range of grades of the final average in the Peruvian universities was 10.3-12.7 (PPP: 12.7-14.0 and ENAM: 9.3-12.3). …”
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Fluctuación y distribución espacio-temporal de Tuthillia cognata (Hemiptera, Psyllidae) y de Ocyptamus persimilis (Diptera, Syrphidae) en el cultivo de camu-camu Myrciaria dubia (M... by Diana Pérez, José Iannacone

“…Mc Vaugh (Myrtaceae) in the Peruvian Amazon. The aim of the current research was to evaluate the fluctuation and spatial and temporal distribution of T. cognata and biological control by Ocyptamus persimilis (Curran, 1930) (Diptera, Syrphidae), from January to November 2004 at San Juan and Padre Bernardo villages, Pucallpa, Ucayali, Peru. …”
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Metabolic Cost of the Immune Response During Early Ontogeny of the Scallop Argopecten purpuratus by Isis Rojas, Isis Rojas, Georgina A. Rivera-Ingraham, Georgina A. Rivera-Ingraham, Claudia B. Cárcamo, Claudia B. Cárcamo, Katherine Jeno, Erwin de la Fuente-Ortega, Paulina Schmitt, Katherina Brokordt, Katherina Brokordt, Katherina Brokordt

“…The scallop Argopecten purpuratus is an important resource for Chilean and Peruvian aquaculture. Seed availability from commercial hatcheries is critical due to recurrent massive mortalities associated with bacterial infections, especially during the veliger larval stage. …”
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