Publications by authors named "R A Acevedo"

Paracoccidioidomycosis is a severe systemic endemic mycosis caused by spp. which mainly affects individuals in Latin America. Progress in genomics has been slow, as evidenced by the incomplete reference databases available.

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Article Synopsis
  • Food insecurity and HIV-related stigma can worsen health outcomes for people living with HIV, and this study aimed to explore how food security interventions impact these issues.
  • The research was conducted in two HIV clinics in the Dominican Republic, involving a pilot trial where participants received training on urban gardening and peer nutritional counseling.
  • Results showed that participants in the intervention group experienced significant reductions in internalized stigma and HIV-related discrimination, as well as some improvement in social support, suggesting that such interventions could be beneficial, although further research is needed.
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Background: Philippines is one of the top ten countries of birth among individuals with tuberculosis in New York City (NYC). The NYC Health Department (HD) screened Filipino-born New Yorkers for latent TB infection (LTBI), but few of those tested positive completed evaluation and treatment.

Objective: To increase the proportion of Filipinos with a positive QuantiFeron-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) complete LTBI evaluation and treatment.

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Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension is a serious condition that carries a poor prognosis. While exertional dyspnea is the most common symptom, angina like chest pain, most often due to right ventricle ischemia, may occur at advanced stages. We present a patient with pulmonary hypertension symptomatic for dyspnea and angina in whom computed coronary tomography angiography showed compression of the left main coronary artery by a large pulmonary artery aneurysm.

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Objective: Explore participants' perceptions of urban gardens and peer nutritional counseling intervention for people with HIV and food insecurity on antiretroviral therapy in the Dominican Republic.

Methods: Semistructured endline interviews (n = 21) with intervention participants about their perceptions of diet, health, and quality of life. A codebook was applied to verbatim transcripts, and coded data were analyzed using matrices to identify themes.

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