| Kelahan, Linda C.; Fong, Allan; Blumenthal, Joseph; Kandaswamy, Swaminathan; Ratwani, Raj M.; Filice, Ross W. |
The Radiologist's Gaze: Mapping Three-Dimensional Visual Search in Computed Tomography of the Abdomen and Pelvis |
A radiologist's search pattern can directly influence patient management. A missed finding is a missed opportunity for intervention. Multiple studies have attempted to describe and quantify search pat... |
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| Muiño, Laura; Rodrigo, Donoso; Villegas, Rodrigo; Romero, Pablo; Peredo, Daniel E.; Vargas, Rafael A.; Liempi, Daniela; Osuna, Antonio; Jercic, María Isabel |
Effectiveness of sampling methods employed for Acanthamoeba keratitis diagnosis by culture |
PURPOSE: This retrospective, observational study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the sampling methods commonly used for the collection of corneal scrapes for the diagnosis of Acanthamoeb... |
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| Oliva Thomsen, P.; Adiela Saldaña, V.; Jaime Cerda, L.; Villaseca, K.A. |
Vaccine safety: Description of the adverse events reported to the surveillance system in Chile, 2014 to 2016 |
Background: Passive surveillance systems for adverse events following immunization (AEFI) allow the monitoring of known adverse effects (AE) and the investigation of infrequent AE. Aim: To describe th... |
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| Dabanch, J.; González, C.; Cerda, J.; Acevedo, J.; Calvo, M.; Díaz, E.; Endeiza, M.; Inostroza, J.; Rodríguez, J.; Saldaña, A.; Santillana, S.; El Omeiri, N.; Bastías, M. |
Chile's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (CAVEI): Evidence-based recommendations for public policy decision-making on vaccines and immunization |
A National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) provides independent, evidence–based recommendations to the Ministry of Health for immunization programmes and policy formulation. In this ar... |
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| Ríos, J.A.; Alcalde, E.; Ramírez, E.; Campbell, M.; Labbé, T.P.; Becerra, S.; Santander, S.; Cabrera, M.E. |
The implementation of a Biobank network for Chile |
The concept "Biobank" is relatively new in the scientific literature, and is not yet consensually defined, even for the World Health Organization (WHO). However, the use of human samples in biomedical... |
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| Valenzuela, M.T.; Mañalich, J.; Díaz, J.; Linazasoro, I.; Castillo, L.; Morales, A.M.; Villena, R. |
National action plan for the emergence of invasive meningococcal disease in Chile, 2012-2013 |
Invasive meningococcal disease is challenging for public health, mainly when it manifests with sudden changes in incidence, serogroups and hypervirulent clones that spread in the population, causing g... |
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| Préndez, M.; Araya, M.; Criollo, C.; Egas, C.; Farías, I.; Fuentealba, R.; González, E. |
Urban trees and their relationship with air pollution by particulate matter and ozone in Santiago, Chile |
Most Latin American cities have air quality problems owing to high levels of particulate matter and ozone. By 2050, it is expected that more than 80% of Latin Americans will live in urban areas, leadi... |
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| Duffau, B.E.; Alcamán, K. |
Analysis of three main cannabinoids in seized marijuana by densitometric high-performance thin-layer chromatography |
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| Faruqui, Nilofar; Kummrow, Andreas; Fu, Boqiang; Divieto, Carla; Rojas, Fabiola; Kisulu, Florence; Cavalcante, Janaina J. V.; Wang, Jing; Campbell, Jonathan; Martins, Juliana L.; Choi, Jun-Hyuk; Sassi, Maria Paola; Zucco, Massimo; Vonsky, Maxim; Vessillier, Sandrine; Zou, Shan; Fujii, Shin-Ichiro; Ryadnov, Maxim G. |
Cellular Metrology: Scoping for a Value Proposition in Extra- and Intracellular Measurements |
The symptomatic irreproducibility of data in biomedicine and biotechnology prompts the need for higher order measurements of cells in their native and near-native environments. Such measurements may s... |
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| Saldaña, A.; Santillana, S.; Valenzuela, M.T.; Dabanch, J.; González, C.; Cerda, J.; Acevedo, J.; Calvo, M.; Díaz, E.; Endeiza, M.L.; Inostroza, J.; Rodríguez, J. |
CAVEI considerations for the promotion of vaccination adherence |
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| Foerster, Claudia; Muñoz, Katherine; Delgado-Rivera, Lorena; Rivera, Andrea; Cortés, Sandra; Müller, Andrea; Arriagada, Gabriel; Ferreccio, Catterina; Rios, Gisela |
Occurrence of relevant mycotoxins in food commodities consumed in Chile |
The aims of this study were to analyse the occurrence of aflatoxins, aflatoxin M1 (AFM1), fumonisins, ochratoxin A (OTA), patulin (PAT), zearalenone (ZEN) and deoxynivalenol (DON) in foodstuffs consum... |
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| Faruqui, Nilofar; Kummrow, Andreas; Fu, Boqiang; Divieto, Carla; Rojas, Fabiola; Kisulu, Florence; Cavalcante, Janaina J. V.; Wang, Jing; Campbell, Jonathan; Martins, Juliana L.; Choi, Jun-Hyuk; Sassi, Maria Paola; Zucco, Massimo; Vonsky, Maxim; Vessillier, Sandrine; Zou, Shan; Fujii, Shin-Ichiro; Ryadnov, Maxim G. |
Cellular Metrology: Scoping for a Value Proposition in Extra- and Intracellular Measurements |
The symptomatic irreproducibility of data in biomedicine and biotechnology prompts the need for higher order measurements of cells in their native and near-native environments. Such measurements may s... |
2019 |
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| Jercic, María Isabel; Santillan, Graciela; Elola, Susana; Quispe Paredes, William; Conza Blanco, Lidia B.; Morel, Noelia; Villegas, Rodrigo; Molina Flores, Baldomero; Gavidia, Cesar M.; Cabrera, Marta; Dos Santos, Alexandre Guerra; Sanchez-Vazquez, Manuel J.; Maxwell, Melody J.; Vigilato, Marco A.; Larrieu, Edmundo; Del Rio Vilas, Víctor J. |
First inter-laboratory comparison of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato diagnosis in Latin America |
Objective: To compare the performance of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests for diagnosing Echinococcus granulosus in dog feces among national referenc... |
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| Rama, Kishan; Canhão, Helena; Carvalho, Alexandra M.; Vinga, Susana |
AliClu - Temporal sequence alignment for clustering longitudinal clinical data |
BACKGROUND: Patient stratification is a critical task in clinical decision making since it can allow physicians to choose treatments in a personalized way. Given the increasing availability of electro... |
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| Fica, Alberto; Pinto, Francisco; Sotomayor, Viviana; Fasce, Rodrigo; Andrade, Winston; Dabanch, Jeannette; Soto, Andrés; Triantafilo, Vjera |
Host characteristics predict outcome among adult patients admitted by severe acute respiratory infection |
BACKGROUND: Except for influenza pandemics, different observational studies have failed to demonstrate differences in mortality between various etiologies in adult patients hospitalized for respirator... |
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| Ayala, Salvador; Alvarado, Sergio; Cáceres, Dante; Zulantay, Inés; Canals, Mauricio |
[Effects of climate change on reproductive number of Chagas disease] |
BACKGROUND: Reproductive number (R0)-maps estimate risk zones of vector-borne diseases and geographical distribution changes under climate change. AIM: To map R0 aiming to estimate the epidemiological... |
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| Reyes, Rodolfo; Yohannessen, Karla; Ayala, Salvador; Canals, Mauricio |
[Estimates of the spatial distribution of the relative risk of mortality of the main zoonoses in Chile: Chagas disease, hydatidosis, Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome and leptospirosis] |
BACKGROUND: Zoonoses are infections caused by all types of etiological transmissible agents from vertebrate animals to humans. During the last decades, the risk to health caused by different zoonoses ... |
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| Ulloa, Soledad; Arata, Loredana; Alarcón, Pedro; Araya, Pamela; Hormazábal, Juan Carlos; Fernández, Jorge |
[Genetic characterization of Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated during 2007-2014 in Chile] |
BACKGROUND: Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that causes listeriosis, a disease that can present as febrile gastroenteritis or as an invasive form that has high mortality rates. So far, ... |
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| Covián, Camila; Fernández-Fierro, Ayleen; Retamal-Díaz, Angello; Díaz, Fabián E.; Vasquez, Abel E.; Lay, Margarita K.; Riedel, Claudia A.; González, Pablo A.; Bueno, Susan M.; Kalergis, Alexis M. |
BCG-Induced Cross-Protection and Development of Trained Immunity: Implication for Vaccine Design |
The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a live attenuated tuberculosis vaccine that has the ability to induce non-specific cross-protection against pathogens that might be unrelated to the target disea... |
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| Caldas-de-Almeida, José Miguel |
Four reflections on the new global mental health priorities |
The discussion of the achievements and limitations of the strategies prioritised in global mental health that has taken place in recent years contributed to a unified vision for action that addresses ... |
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