Publications by authors named "L E Ecker"
Article Synopsis
- - Norovirus accounts for 18% of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) cases globally, and this study focuses on its incidence in Lima, Peru, while exploring the potential effects of introducing a norovirus vaccine.
- - In a 6-month study involving 498 healthy children aged 5 to 18 months, researchers found that 32% of AGE cases were positive for norovirus, with a significant number of co-infections from bacteria like Campylobacter and Salmonella.
- - The findings indicate that norovirus is a major cause of AGE in this population, highlighting the need for an effective vaccine to improve public health outcomes, especially given the high coverage of the oral rotavirus vaccine among the children studied.
Steroid hormone metabolism by the gut microbiome has multiple implications for mammalian physiology, but the underlying mechanisms and broader significance of this activity remains largely unknown. Here, we isolate a novel human gut bacterium, strain HCS.1, that reduces cortisol, progesterone, testosterone, and related steroid hormones to 3β,5β-tetrahydrosteroid products.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To characterize factors associated with parental willingness for their children participation in a COVID-19 vaccine trial, use of different COVID-19 vaccines and acceptance of a third vaccine dose.
Methods: Parents of children aged 12-17 years in Lima, Perú were asked to complete an online questionnaire via social networks, from November 9, 2021, to April 23, 2022. We calculated crude and adjusted prevalence ratios with 95% confidence intervals to compare factors with the mentioned outcomes.
Short-, mid-, and long-term complications after multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children over a 24-month follow-up period in a hospital in Lima-Peru, 2020-2022.
Front Pediatr
November 2023
Objective: To determine the short-, mid-, and long-term complications after multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) over a 24-month follow-up period in a hospital in Lima, Peru, 2020-2022, and to explore differences according to the immunomodulatory treatment received and type of SARS-CoV-2 virus circulating.
Methods: Ambispective 24-month follow-up study in children <14 years of age diagnosed with MIS-C at the Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins (HNERM).
Results: A total of 62 children were admitted with MIS-C.
Psychiatric genetic counseling (pGC) has been demonstrated to have meaningful positive outcomes for people with psychiatric conditions and their families. However, it is not widely accessed, and clinical genetics services tend to receive few referrals for these indications. Little research has evaluated psychiatrists' perceptions of and experience with interfacing with pGC.
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