Association between overall quality of macronutrients and incidence of overweight and obesity in the SUN (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra) cohort.

Introduction: no previous large prospective studies have assessed the global quality of macronutrients in association with the risk of overweight/obesity. Objective: to prospectively assess the association of an overall macronutrient quality index (MQI) with weight change and the incidence of overweight/obesity in the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) cohort. Methods: the diet of 9,344 Spanish university graduates free of overweight/obesity (mean age: 36.

Effectiveness of pars plana Ahmed® valve implantation in patients with refractory glaucoma.

Purpose: To evaluate the success rate and complications of the Ahmed FP7 valve implanted via Pars Plana in a group of vitrectomized patients with refractory glaucoma and anterior segment abnormalities from January 2018 to June 2023.

Methods: Quasi-experimental, prospective study. Eleven eyes with refractory glaucoma were included.

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Chagas a Neglected Tropical Disease in Rural Communities of the Colombian Caribbean, CHAGCOV Study.

Purpose: Chagas disease (CD) a Neglected Tropical Diseases is an important public health issue in countries where is still endemic, included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Traditionally restricted to rural areas with diverse routes of transmissions from vectorial to oral with acute manifestations but being more common diagnosed in chronic stages. The aim of this investigation was to characterize the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) related to Chagas disease (CD) in two rural settlements of the Colombian Caribbean with previous records of the disease and/or the parasite.

Evaluation of clinical and functional sequels of central serous chorioretinopathy. A case series analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical and functional sequelae of patients with a diagnosis of resolved CSC, through macular OCT, contrast sensitivity test, visual field 10-2 and Farnsworth D-15 color test.

Methods: 27 eyes of 26 individuals with CSC resolved by macular OCT were included and evaluated; the patients underwent a contrast sensitivity test with the Optec 6500 equipment, a 10-2 visual field with an Octopus 900 Haag-Streit, and a Farnsworth D-15 color test.

Results: Sequelae were observed in 20 eyes (74.

Validation of the color graduation scale in the optical nerve photograph, an alternative for qualitative classification.

Background: To validate objectively the proposed Teherán-Morales's color grading scale, comparing to the subjective readings of specialists in optic nerve photography.

Methods: Concordance study and diagnostic tests, in which 150 photographs of the optic nerve were evaluated, from three groups, glaucomatous neuropathy, neuropathy of other origin and control group with the Teherán-Morales's color scale and the analysis of three experts in optic nerve. Spearman's Rho correlation was performed between both analysis methods.

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.

Bacterial Genotyping Methods: From the Basics to Modern.

Bacterial genotyping methods have been used in several areas of microbiology and have facilitated the identification of bacterial strains, as well as the study of virulence and resistance factors, epidemiological surveillance, among others. Constituting, in this way, as complementary or alternative to phenotypic methods. This chapter reviews some of the methods of bacterial genotyping used nowadays, explains briefly how they are performed, and highlights some limitations and advantages they have.

[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.