Clinical-radiological approach for the diagnosis of cleidocranial dysplasia in adults: A familial cases series.

Cleidocranial dysplasia is a rare disease with an autosomal-dominant inheritance that mainly affects the bones of the axial skeleton. In this report, we discuss the clinical and radiological signs of a case series comprising three sisters and the son of one of the sisters, all with suspected bone dysplasia.

Evidence of Oropouche Orthobunyavirus Infection, Colombia, 2017.

We describe an Oropouche orthobunyavirus infection in a women 28 years of age in Colombia. We confirmed the diagnosis by viral isolation, quantitative reverse transcription PCR, and phylogenetic analysis of the small, medium, and large genomic segments. The virus is related to a strain isolated in Ecuador in 2016.

A colorimetric bioassay for quantitation of both basal and insulin-induced glucose consumption in 3T3-L1 adipose cells.

Introduction: The quantitation of glucose consumption in animal cell cultures is mainly based on the use of radiolabeled or fluorescent analogues, resulting in expensive and tedious procedures, requiring special equipment and, sometimes, with potential health and environmental risks.

Objectives: The objective of this work was to evaluate the application of a blood plasma colorimetric assay to quantify glucose consumption in cultures of adipose cells.

Methods: We worked with 3T3-L1 adipose cells differentiated by 7-8 days, which were exposed to different initial glucose concentrations (5.

Frequency of common polymorphisms in ( ) gene in adults with high serum triglycerides from Colombian Caribbean Coast.

Background: Caveolin 1 gene () has been associated with insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and hypertension in humans. Also, it has been related to high serum triglycerides in rodents, however there is little evidence of this relation in humans.

Aim: To describe frequencies of common variations in in adults with high serum triglycerides.

Analysis of Health Indicators in Two Rural Communities on the Colombian Caribbean Coast: Poor Water Supply and Education Level Are Associated with Water-Related Diseases.

Water-related diseases are closely linked with drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) indicators, socioeconomic status, education level, or dwelling's conditions. Developing countries exhibit a particular vulnerability to these diseases, especially rural areas and urban slums. This study assessed socioeconomic features, WASH indicators, and water-related diseases in two rural areas of the Colombian Caribbean coast.

[Phylogenetic analysis of South American sequences of the nonstructural protein-1 (ns1) of dengue serotype 2 associated with severe clinical bleeding].

Objective The objective of this in silico study was to compare nucleotide and amino acids DENV-2-NS1 sequences isolated from febrile patients, with and without disease severity, from different South American countries. Matherials and Methods A bayesian MCMC phylogenetic analysis was carried out using 28 complete sequences of the gene NS1 of the DENV-2 serotype (1 056 bp), using MrBayes v.3.

[Sexual and reproductive health in university students at an institution of higher learning in Colombia].

Objective: To investigate the state of sexual and reproductive health in students at a public university in the Colombian Caribbean, with an emphasis on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), fertility, sexuality, pregnancy and violence.

Methods: Cross-sectional survey study. University students, enrolled in the second semester of 2010 and who completed a self-administered survey based on the Reproductive Health survey of the Pan American Health Organization, were selected.