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A review of neurological health disparities in Peru.
Front Public Health
September 2023
Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Peru is a historically unique and culturally diverse Latin American country. As a low-to-middle-income country (LMIC), Peru faces health implications from the spread of communicable diseases as well as a growing rate of noncommunicable diseases, both of which have been worsened by the recent COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the national health system. Over the past two decades, the country has aimed to improve health access for its population through various efforts described in this review.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReviewing a Decade of Outpatient Tropical Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
April 2022
National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Tropical diseases cause significant morbidity among the world's poorest populations. Although more common in low- and middle-income countries, tropical diseases are also found among underserved populations living in high-income countries such as the United States. The National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and the Harris Health System founded a tropical medicine clinic-the Harris Health Tropical Medicine Clinic (HHTMC)-in Houston in 2011 in response to tropical disease-related morbidity in Texas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChagas Disease Prevalence in a Cohort of Neurocysticercosis Patients in a Nonendemic Setting.
Clin Infect Dis
September 2022
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
In a cohort of mostly Central American immigrants with confirmed neurocysticercosis (NCC), 3.1% were confirmed positive for Chagas disease (CD). The majority were diagnosed with NCC before age 50.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeglected Parasitic Infections: What Family Physicians Need to Know-A CDC Update.
Am Fam Physician
September 2021
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Chagas disease, cysticercosis, and toxoplasmosis affect millions of people in the United States and are considered neglected parasitic diseases. Few resources are devoted to their surveillance, prevention, and treatment. Chagas disease, transmitted by kissing bugs, primarily affects people who have lived in Mexico, Central America, and South America, and it can cause heart disease and death if not treated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSchistosomiasis, strongyloidiasis and Chagas disease: the leading imported neglected tropical diseases in Italy.
J Travel Med
February 2020
Department of Experimental & Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University and Hospital, Florence, 37024, Italy.
Background: In recent years, an increasing number of individuals affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have been observed in Italy, due to migration, international travels and climate changes. Reliable data on the current NTD epidemiology in Italy and the health system preparedness on this issue are not available.
Methods: We report the results of a survey on selected NTDs (schistosomiasis, strongyloidiasis, echinococcosis, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, cysticercosis, filariasis and scabies) in nine Italian sentinel centres, in order to investigate their occurrence throughout the country and identify which ones are a priority for public health interventions, development of protocols for case management, and training activities.
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