In defense of the title as “Carrion Disease” for the human Bartonellosis caused by Bartonella bacilliformis.

Pyrethroids susceptibility of Lutzmoyia verrucarum in endemic areas of<br /> Carrion disease from Ancash

Carrion disease is an endemic vector-borne infection of Peru, the vector control of the [i]Lutzomyia verrucarum[/i] with insecticides is one of the most commonly used to reduce morbidity. It was determined the susceptibi...

Tendencia a la violencia e ideación suicida en adolescentes escolares en una ciudad de la Amazonía peruana

Tanto el suicidio como la violencia en adolescentes son fenómenos prevalentes en el mundo. [b]Objetivos.[/b] Determinar la prevalencia de la ideación suicida y su asociación con tendencia a la violencia dirigida hacia ot...

Hepatitis b virus and HIV coinfection management in Peru

In Peru, men who have sex with men (MSM) should be added to the groups at risk for hepatitis B (HBV) infection which include persons from endemic areas, health care workers and commercial sex workers. Given the shared se...

An approach to the health status of three Asháninka communities locate in Tambo and Ene rivers, 2006.

In May 2006 a cross-sectional study was conducted in three Ashaninka communities located in Ene and Tambo rivers, to describe their health status. Health status was defined based on five indicators: prevalence of child m...