Publications by authors named "Y Castillo"
First-generation Latinx immigrant youth from the Northern Triangle (NT; El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) face unique risks for experiencing stressors across the phases of migration, which could exacerbate their mental health. This study aimed to (a) identify and characterize unique latent profile groups based on response patterns to immigrant minority stress and psychosocial protective factor items and (b) examine the associations of latent profile membership with depression and anxiety symptoms among NT immigrant youth, controlling for study covariates (i.e.
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- - Neurocysticercosis is a significant parasitic disease, and diagnosing it often requires neuroimaging, which can be hard to access in poor rural areas.
- - A new, quick point-of-care (POC) test was developed to detect urinary antigens, improving diagnosis by identifying individuals who need further imaging.
- - The POC assay showed a 73.6% overall agreement with the standard Ag-ELISA, performing especially well in nonreactive and positive sample groups, making it a practical and noninvasive option for community screening.
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- The study investigated the link between hepatitis E serology and neurocysticercosis (NCC) in neurologic patients in Lima, Perú, from 2008 to 2012.
- It found that 23.8% of patients with NCC tested positive for anti-hepatitis E IgG, which was significantly higher than the 14.3% in a general rural population without NCC.
- Seropositive patients were older, with a median age of 44 years compared to 30 for seronegative patients, indicating potential common infection routes.
Background: Antigen detection in Taenia solium cysticercosis confirms viable infection in the intermediate host (either pig or human). The reference B158/B60 monoclonal antibody (mAb)-based Ag-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has acceptable levels of sensitivity and specificity in human neurocysticercosis with multiple brain cysts, although its sensitivity is lower in cases with single brain cysts, whereas in porcine cysticercosis the assay specificity is affected by its frequent cross-reaction with Taenia hydatigena, another common cestode found in pigs. Our group has produced 21 anti-T.
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