Microfilaremic infection in canine filariosis in Colombia: a challenge in morphological and molecular diagnostics.

Canine filariosis is caused by filiform nematodes and affects several species of animals as well as humans. The disease produces a wide range of symptoms that can often be confused with other diseases, which increases the complexity of its diagnosis. The search for methodologies to facilitate its diagnosis is a challenge, and specific and differential identification of the parasite species causing the disease holds key to a successful diagnosis.

Current Situation of the Presence of in Dogs and Humans in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

The cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis caused by , is a vector-borne infection, which can be transmitted to humans. The main hosts are both domestic and wild canids. This species mainly occurs in tropical and subtropical climates, and temperature and humidity are the main factors that favor the presence and proliferation of culicid mosquitoes as vectors of the disease.

Prevalence and molecular typing of rotavirus in children with acute diarrhoea in Northeastern Colombia.

After the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine, the number of rotavirus-associated deaths and the predicted annual rotavirus detection rate had slightly declined worldwide. Taking in account that in Colombia, Rotarix vaccine was introduced in 2009, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the presence of rotavirus A in children under five years who were treated for acute diarrhoea in Bucaramanga, Colombia and, moreover, to determine the genotypes of rotavirus present in those children. We performed an analytical cross-sectional study of rotavirus A in faecal samples from children up to five years of age.

Statistical tools in published articles of a public health journal in 2013 and 2014: bibliometric cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Research projects use statistical resources to express in numerical or graphic terms different magnitudes like frequencies, differences or associations.

Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to describe the statistics tools utilization, with special emphasis in the use of conventional statistical tests and confidence intervals, to communicate results in a renowned public health peer reviewed journal in Colombia.

Methods: We included the 84 articles published in the journal between 2013 and 2014.