Publications by authors named "J L Coloma"
Latin America is experiencing an unprecedented dengue outbreak, causing an increased health burden. We document the cocirculation of dengue viruses 1-4 in Putumayo, a remote, underserved region at the border between Ecuador and Colombia. Dengue circulation in this largely unexplored territory represents a threat to public health in Putumayo and neighboring areas.
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- The PROGRESER study is a 3-year, multicenter observational study in Spain aiming to identify risk factors for the progression of stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD), specifically comparing patients with and without diabetes mellitus.
- A total of 462 patients (average age 66.5) were monitored biannually for clinical data, with biological samples collected for analysis.
- Results showed that approximately two-thirds of patients experienced renal damage progression, with similar rates in diabetic (67.3%) and non-diabetic (65.3%) patients, suggesting that diabetes did not significantly increase the risk of CKD progression compared to other factors like hypertension.
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- Infectious diseases like dengue fever are often categorized by urban or rural settings, but research tends to overlook what these terms truly mean and how they affect disease spread.
- Through interviews with residents and health professionals in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, researchers discovered that local definitions of urban and rural are linked to factors like access to services and environmental conditions, such as unmanaged weeds.
- This study suggests that a nuanced understanding of community perceptions of space and risk can lead to more effective public health strategies, moving beyond the simplistic urban-rural dichotomy used by national statistics.
Aedes mosquitoes, as vectors of medically important arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), constitute a major public health threat that requires entomological and epidemiological surveillance to guide vector control programs to prevent and reduce disease transmission. In this study, we present the collaborative effort of 1 year of Aedes ageypti (Linnaeus, 1762) mosquito-based arbovirus surveillance in 2 geographically distinct regions of Latin America (Nicaragua and Ecuador). Adult female mosquitoes were collected using backpack aspirators in over 2,800 randomly selected households (Nicaragua, Ecuador) and 100 key sites (Nicaragua) from 8 distinct communities (Nicaragua: 2, Ecuador: 6).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused over 68.7 million infections and 1.35 million deaths in South America.
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