Publications by authors named "R Ayarza"

Background: Adaptation of daily behaviours can play a significant role in disease prevention. Behaviour Insight Shadowing (BIS) is a novel qualitative methodology, designed and used for the first time in this study, which applies the Behaviour Settings Theory as a framework for interrogating daily life patterns and identifying optimal opportunities for behaviour change.

Methods: Nine participant households were shadowed for a day, in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea Bissau.

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The introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV7 and PCV13) in children has led to a change in the pattern of pneumococcal serotypes causing pneumococcal disease in adults. The aim of this study is to analyze the distribution of pneumococcal serotypes in adults with bacteremic pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia (BPP) after the introduction of PCVs in childhood, and the impact of age and comorbidity on this distribution. We conducted an observational study of all adults hospitalized with BPP between 2001 and 2014, in two tertiary hospitals.

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Background: There is scarcity of data about the prevalence of non-AIDS defining comorbidities among stable HIV-infected patients in Peru.

Objective: We aimed to describe the most frequent cardiometabolic comorbidities found among ambulatory adults on ARV in Peru.

Methods: A review of records for patients attending regular visits at 5 clinics in Lima-Callao in January-February 2016 is presented.

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