Publications by authors named "J Insua"

This dataset covers national and subnational non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas. Prior to the development of a vaccine, NPI were governments' primary tools to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Variation in subnational responses to COVID-19 is high and is salient for health outcomes.

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Introduction: Teenage pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy occurring between ages 10 and 19 (Loredo-Abdlá et al., 2017; Belitzky, 1985; Kaplanoglu et al., 2015), and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality for both mother and child.

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Many bacterial pathogens antagonize host defense responses by translocating effector proteins into cells. It remains an open question how those pathogens not encoding effectors counteract anti-bacterial immunity. Here, we show that Klebsiella pneumoniae exploits the evolutionary conserved innate protein SARM1 to regulate negatively MyD88- and TRIF-governed inflammation, and the activation of the MAP kinases ERK and JNK.

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Article Synopsis
  • Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) like stay-at-home orders are key in countries with limited vaccine access, especially in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The study analyzed daily public health measures across various countries, revealing significant variation in how these interventions were adopted at the subnational level.
  • Results highlighted the necessity of having coordinated national policies while allowing subnational governments the flexibility to adapt responses based on local needs and conditions.
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