scholarly journals A probable association between HTLV-1 and endemic mycosis in Latin America

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (03) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
Mey Leon ◽  
Jorge Alave ◽  
Beatriz Bustamante ◽  
Eduardo Gotuzzo ◽  
Carlos Seas
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Endemic Mycosis

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scholarly journals PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS: CHALLENGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VACCINE AGAINST AN ENDEMIC MYCOSIS IN THE AMERICAS

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (suppl 19) ◽  
pp. 21-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos. P. TABORDA ◽  
M.E. URÁN ◽  
J. D. NOSANCHUK ◽  
L.R. TRAVASSOS
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Monoclonal Antibodies ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Therapeutic Vaccines ◽  
Endemic Mycosis ◽  
Paracoccidioides Spp ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Cellular Immune ◽  
Stimulation Of

SUMMARYParacoccidioidomycosis (PCM), caused by Paracoccidioides spp, is an important endemic mycosis in Latin America. There are two recognized Paracoccidioides species, P. brasiliensis and P. lutzii, based on phylogenetic differences; however, the pathogenesis and disease manifestations of both are indistinguishable at present. Approximately 1,853 (~51,2%) of 3,583 confirmed deaths in Brazil due to systemic mycoses from 1996-2006 were caused by PCM. Antifungal treatment is required for patients with PCM. The initial treatment lasts from two to six months and sulfa derivatives, amphotericin B, azoles and terbinafine are used in clinical practice; however, despite prolonged therapy, relapses are still a problem. An effective Th1-biased cellular immune response is essential to control the disease, which can be induced by exogenous antigens or modulated by prophylactic or therapeutic vaccines. Stimulation of B cells or passive transference of monoclonal antibodies are also important means that may be used to improve the efficacy of paracoccidioidomycosis treatment in the future. This review critically details major challenges facing the development of a vaccine to combat PCM.

scholarly journals Zika: the new arbovirus threat for Latin America

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (06) ◽  
pp. 684-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
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Digital Resources: The Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orchid Mazurkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
The World ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
College Libraries ◽  
Latin American And Caribbean

HAPI began as a local project at Arizona State University (ASU) in 1973. Its founder, Barbara G. Valk, the librarian responsible for Latin American materials at ASU, wanted to provide an index to the university’s periodical literature on the region, which was something that had been unavailable since the cessation of the OAS-sponsored Index to Latin American Periodicals in 1970. Following the success of the project, HAPI moved to the UCLA Latin American Center (now Latin American Institute) in 1976, where Valk used a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund further development of an annual printed edition of the index. This annual volume would continue to be published through 2008. HAPI was first searchable online via Telnet in 1991 and CD-ROM in 1992; its first website debuted in 1997. Now exclusively available online, HAPI is a self-supporting, not-for-profit publishing unit within UCLA, with subscribers (primarily university and college libraries) around the world. Free subscriptions are provided to institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. HAPI now contains over 300,000 citations to journal articles about Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latina/os in the United States and around the world. Articles date back to 1968 following an early retrospective indexing project to cover the gap between the last volume of the Index to Latin American Periodicals and the first volume of HAPI. Almost 400 journal titles are currently indexed and over 600 titles have been included since HAPI’s creation. Subject coverage includes the social sciences and the humanities; history titles represent the largest single subject area covered. HAPI aims to provide access to the most well-known and influential titles in Latin American studies as well as to regional titles that are less well known and often underrepresented in disciplinary indexes with limited Latin American and Caribbean content. Librarians (staff and volunteers) with relevant subject training examine each article and create bibliographic descriptions, subject headings, and keywords for multiple access points to the journal content. Searches can be carried out in English, Spanish, or Portuguese on HAPI’s trilingual website. HAPI has provided links to the online full-text content of many of its indexed titles since 2003. At that time, with university and college libraries spending heavily on commercial databases, students and scholars were increasingly expecting easy access to the full text of journal articles, but few Latin American and Caribbean journals were included in these commercial products. With limited financial and technological resources, HAPI was unable to become a full-text publisher; instead, HAPI staff focused on tracking down and linking to the full text of the indexed journals wherever they could find it, especially in two Open Access regional databases: Mexico’s Redalyc and Brazil’s SciELO. A vibrant Open Access movement in Latin America has led to a dramatic increase in the free online availability of the region’s journals and unprecedented access to this content for scholars around the world. Over 75 percent of the Latin American journals indexed by HAPI now include links to freely available full text.

scholarly journals CTX-M-32 beta-lactamase-producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated in Latin America

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (05) ◽  
pp. 432-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Araque ◽  
Beatriz Millán ◽  
Evelin Mendoza ◽  
Marianella Salas
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
Beta Lactamase

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scholarly journals JIDC and Latin America

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (09) ◽  
pp. 652-653
Author(s):  
Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales ◽  
Salvatore Rubino
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
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The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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