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  1. Article ; Online: Características sociodemográficas y factores de riesgo asociados a las bacteriurias significativas en un área de salud del sudeste español.

    Rodríguez Del Águila, M M / Sorlózano-Puerto, A / Fernández-Sierra, M A / Navarro Marí, J M / Gutiérrez Fernández, J

    Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia

    2022  Volume 35, Issue 4, Page(s) 382–391

    Abstract: Objective: To determine the epidemiological characteristics of significative bacteriuria (SB) and their relationship with sociodemographic factors and to analyze risk factors in inpatients.: Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study carried out on ... ...

    Title translation Sociodemographic characteristics and risk factors associated to significative bacteriuria in a Spanish health area.
    Abstract Objective: To determine the epidemiological characteristics of significative bacteriuria (SB) and their relationship with sociodemographic factors and to analyze risk factors in inpatients.
    Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study carried out on urine culture samples received between 2016-2020 in the Microbiology laboratory, differentiating between minors and adults. The dependent variable was the presence of SB and the independent variables were age, sex, year, type of sample and source of the sample. In urine cultures of inpatients, risk factors were evaluated from the Minimum Basic Data Set.
    Results: A total of 68,587 valid records (96.3% of the total) were analyzed. 40.8% (95% CI: 40.4%-41.2%) of urine cultures in adults and 33.8% (95% CI: 32.9%-34.7%) in children were positive, with an incidence that ranged in adults between 18.2 cases/1,000 inhabitants in 2016 and 14.6 cases/1,000 inhabitants in 2020 and 21.1 and 8.4 cases/1,000 inhabitants respectively in minors. Positive urine cultures were more frequent in children from urban areas compared to rural areas (OR=1.37; p<0.01). In hospitalized adults, for each year of age the risk of SB increased by 2%, it was 36% higher in women, 18% higher in obese patients and 17% more frequent in patients with kidney disease, (p<0.01). No relationship was observed between SB and diagnosis of COVID-19.
    Conclusions: The sociodemographic characteristics of the population with SB in our health area are similar to those found in other geographical areas worldwide, observing a decreasing trend in incidence in the years studied. The frequency of SB in children is higher in urban areas.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Bacteriuria/epidemiology ; Bacteriuria/microbiology ; COVID-19 ; Child ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Risk Factors
    Language Spanish
    Publishing date 2022-06-06
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1018135-0
    ISSN 1988-9518 ; 0214-3429
    ISSN (online) 1988-9518
    ISSN 0214-3429
    DOI 10.37201/req/016.2022
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  2. Article: On What Do the Homeless Base Their Happiness?

    Cano-González, Yaiza / Portillo-Sotelo, Carmen / Rodríguez-Del-Águila, María Del Mar / García-Caro, María Paz / Núñez-Negrillo, Ana M / Herrera-Espiñeira, Carmen

    Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)

    2021  Volume 9, Issue 11

    Abstract: Objective: To determine the relationship between the characteristics and experiences of homeless persons and their state of happiness as a basis for designing appropriate social support strategies.: Design: Exploratory observational study with an ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To determine the relationship between the characteristics and experiences of homeless persons and their state of happiness as a basis for designing appropriate social support strategies.
    Design: Exploratory observational study with an analytical and descriptive qualitative design.
    Setting: Participants were contacted, administered with questionnaires, and interviewed in the street (central and northern areas of the city) or at the "
    Participants: Selected by intentional sampling, 25 participants completed questionnaires in the first study and 14 of these were administered with questionnaires and interviewed in the second study.
    Method: General and specific questionnaires were administered to determine the state of happiness and other variables. Descriptive statistics were followed by an analysis of the relationships between variables and the content analysis of semi-structured interviews.
    Results: A feeling of happiness was described by 64% of participants and confirmed by a happiness scale score of 50%. Participants who felt satisfied with their life were 4.5-fold more likely to feel happy (
    Conclusions: Many homeless people describe themselves as feeling happy and satisfied with their life. Material aspects, affective situations, daily life concerns, and self-esteem predominate in their discourse on happiness.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-11-05
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2721009-1
    ISSN 2227-9032
    ISSN 2227-9032
    DOI 10.3390/healthcare9111512
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  3. Article ; Online: Natural Infection of Nyssorhynchus darlingi and Nyssorhynchus benarrochi B with Plasmodium during the Dry Season in the Understudied Low-Transmission Setting of Datem del Marañon Province, Amazonian Peru.

    Conn, Jan E / Bickersmith, Sara A / Saavedra, Marlon P / Morales, Juliana A / Alava, Freddy / Diaz Rodriguez, Gloria A / Del Aguila Morante, Clara R / Tong, Carlos G / Alvarez-Antonio, Carlos / Daza Huanahui, Jesus M / Vinetz, Joseph M / Gamboa, Dionicia

    The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

    2023  Volume 109, Issue 2, Page(s) 288–295

    Abstract: The persistence of malaria hotspots in Datem del Marañon Province, Peru, prompted vector control ... in villages in multiple watersheds in Datem del Marañon province. ...

    Abstract The persistence of malaria hotspots in Datem del Marañon Province, Peru, prompted vector control units at the Ministry of Health, Loreto Department, to collaborate with the Amazonian International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research to identify the main vectors in several riverine villages that had annual parasite indices > 15 in 2018-2019. Anophelinae were collected indoors and outdoors for two 12-hour nights/community during the dry season in 2019 using human landing catch. We identified four species: Nyssorhynchus benarrochi B, Nyssorhynchus darlingi, Nyssorhynchus triannulatus, and Anopheles mattogrossensis. The most abundant, Ny. benarrochi B, accounted for 96.3% of the total (7,550/7,844), of which 61.5% were captured outdoors (4,641/7,550). Six mosquitoes, one Ny. benarrochi B and five Ny. darlingi, were infected by Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium vivax. Human biting rates ranged from 0.5 to 592.8 bites per person per hour for Ny. benarrochi B and from 0.5 to 32.0 for Ny. darlingi, with entomological inoculation rates as high as 0.50 infective bites per night for Ny. darlingi and 0.25 for Ny. benarrochi B. These data demonstrate the risk of malaria transmission by both species even during the dry season in villages in multiple watersheds in Datem del Marañon province.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Humans ; Anopheles/parasitology ; Peru/epidemiology ; Seasons ; Plasmodium ; Malaria/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2942-7
    ISSN 1476-1645 ; 0002-9637
    ISSN (online) 1476-1645
    ISSN 0002-9637
    DOI 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0058
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  4. Article: Genomic analysis and biochemical profiling of an unaxenic strain of

    Cobos, Marianela / Condori, Ruth C / Grandez, Miguel A / Estela, Segundo L / Del Aguila, Marjorie T / Castro, Carlos G / Rodríguez, Hicler N / Vargas, Jhon A / Tresierra, Alvaro B / Barriga, Luis A / Marapara, Jorge L / Adrianzén, Pedro M / Ruiz, Roger / Castro, Juan C

    Frontiers in genetics

    2022  Volume 13, Page(s) 973324

    Abstract: Cyanobacteria are diverse photosynthetic microorganisms able to produce a myriad of bioactive chemicals. To make possible the rational exploitation of these microorganisms, it is fundamental to know their metabolic capabilities and to have genomic ... ...

    Abstract Cyanobacteria are diverse photosynthetic microorganisms able to produce a myriad of bioactive chemicals. To make possible the rational exploitation of these microorganisms, it is fundamental to know their metabolic capabilities and to have genomic resources. In this context, the main objective of this research was to determine the genome features and the biochemical profile of
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-09
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2606823-0
    ISSN 1664-8021
    ISSN 1664-8021
    DOI 10.3389/fgene.2022.973324
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  5. Article ; Online: Simple linear and multivariate regression models.

    Rodríguez del Águila, M M / Benítez-Parejo, N

    Allergologia et immunopathologia

    2011  Volume 39, Issue 3, Page(s) 159–173

    Abstract: In biomedical research it is common to find problems in which we wish to relate a response variable to one or more variables capable of describing the behaviour of the former variable by means of mathematical models. Regression techniques are used to ... ...

    Abstract In biomedical research it is common to find problems in which we wish to relate a response variable to one or more variables capable of describing the behaviour of the former variable by means of mathematical models. Regression techniques are used to this effect, in which an equation is determined relating the two variables. While such equations can have different forms, linear equations are the most widely used form and are easy to interpret. The present article describes simple and multiple linear regression models, how they are calculated, and how their applicability assumptions are checked. Illustrative examples are provided, based on the use of the freely accessible R program.
    MeSH term(s) Biomedical Research/methods ; Linear Models ; Models, Statistical ; Multivariate Analysis
    Language English
    Publishing date 2011-05
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 193144-1
    ISSN 1578-1267 ; 0301-0546
    ISSN (online) 1578-1267
    ISSN 0301-0546
    DOI 10.1016/j.aller.2011.02.001
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  6. Article ; Online: On What Do the Homeless Base Their Happiness?

    Yaiza Cano-González / Carmen Portillo-Sotelo / María del Mar Rodríguez-del-Águila / María Paz García-Caro / Ana M. Núñez-Negrillo / Carmen Herrera-Espiñeira

    Healthcare, Vol 9, Iss 1512, p

    2021  Volume 1512

    Abstract: Objective: To determine the relationship between the characteristics and experiences of homeless persons and their state of happiness as a basis for designing appropriate social support strategies. Design: Exploratory observational study with an ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To determine the relationship between the characteristics and experiences of homeless persons and their state of happiness as a basis for designing appropriate social support strategies. Design: Exploratory observational study with an analytical and descriptive qualitative design. Setting: Participants were contacted, administered with questionnaires, and interviewed in the street (central and northern areas of the city) or at the “ Asociación Calor y Café ” center in Granada (Spain) between April 2017 and February 2018. Participants: Selected by intentional sampling, 25 participants completed questionnaires in the first study and 14 of these were administered with questionnaires and interviewed in the second study. Method: General and specific questionnaires were administered to determine the state of happiness and other variables. Descriptive statistics were followed by an analysis of the relationships between variables and the content analysis of semi-structured interviews. Results: A feeling of happiness was described by 64% of participants and confirmed by a happiness scale score of 50%. Participants who felt satisfied with their life were 4.5-fold more likely to feel happy ( p = 0.021). Expectations for the future were not associated with happiness or satisfaction with life. Content analysis of interviews revealed three main themes: conditions for happiness, own happiness/unhappiness, and self-esteem. Conclusions: Many homeless people describe themselves as feeling happy and satisfied with their life. Material aspects, affective situations, daily life concerns, and self-esteem predominate in their discourse on happiness.
    Keywords homeless persons ; happiness ; personal satisfaction ; anxiety ; depression ; qualitative research ; Medicine ; R
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  7. Article ; Online: Muestreo dirigido por los participantes para el estudio de poblaciones de difícil acceso.

    Sordo, Luis / Pérez-Vicente, Sabina / Rodríguez Del Águila, Maria M / Bravo, M José

    Medicina clinica

    2013  Volume 140, Issue 2, Page(s) 83–87

    Title translation Respondent-driven sampling for the study of difficult access populations.
    MeSH term(s) Anonymous Testing ; Communication ; Humans ; Motivation ; Patient Selection ; Peer Group ; Sample Size ; Sampling Studies ; Social Marginalization ; Social Networking
    Language Spanish
    Publishing date 2013-01-19
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 411607-0
    ISSN 1578-8989 ; 0025-7753
    ISSN (online) 1578-8989
    ISSN 0025-7753
    DOI 10.1016/j.medcli.2012.07.017
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  8. Article ; Online: Clinical Presentation and Outcomes of Kawasaki Disease in Children from Latin America: A Multicenter Observational Study from the REKAMLATINA Network.

    Narayan, Hari K / Lizcano, Anel / Lam-Hine, Tracy / Ulloa-Gutierrez, Rolando / Bainto, Emelia V / Garrido-García, Luis M / Estripeaut, Dora / Del Aguila, Olguita / Gómez, Virgen / Faugier-Fuentes, Enrique / Miño-León, Greta / Beltrán, Sandra / Cofré, Fernanda / Chacon-Cruz, Enrique / Saltigeral-Simental, Patricia / Martínez-Medina, Lucila / Dueñas, Lourdes / Luciani, Kathia / Rodríguez-Quiroz, Francisco J /
    Camacho Moreno, Germán / Viviani, Tamara / Alvarez-Olmos, Martha I / Marques, Heloisa Helena de Sousa / López-Medina, Eduardo / Pirez, María C / Tremoulet, Adriana H

    The Journal of pediatrics

    2023  Volume 263, Page(s) 113346

    Abstract: Objectives: To describe the clinical presentation, management, and outcomes of Kawasaki disease (KD) in Latin America and to evaluate early prognostic indicators of coronary artery aneurysm (CAA).: Study design: An observational KD registry-based ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: To describe the clinical presentation, management, and outcomes of Kawasaki disease (KD) in Latin America and to evaluate early prognostic indicators of coronary artery aneurysm (CAA).
    Study design: An observational KD registry-based study was conducted in 64 participating pediatric centers across 19 Latin American countries retrospectively between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2013, and prospectively from June 1, 2014, to May 31, 2017. Demographic and initial clinical and laboratory data were collected. Logistic regression incorporating clinical factors and maximum coronary artery z-score at initial presentation (between 10 days before and 5 days after intravenous immunoglobulin [IVIG]) was used to develop a prognostic model for CAA during follow-up (>5 days after IVIG).
    Results: Of 1853 patients with KD, delayed admission (>10 days after fever onset) occurred in 16%, 25% had incomplete KD, and 11% were resistant to IVIG. Among 671 subjects with reported coronary artery z-score during follow-up (median: 79 days; IQR: 36, 186), 21% had CAA, including 4% with giant aneurysms. A simple prognostic model utilizing only a maximum coronary artery z-score ≥2.5 at initial presentation was optimal to predict CAA during follow-up (area under the curve: 0.84; 95% CI: 0.80, 0.88).
    Conclusion: From our Latin American population, coronary artery z-score ≥2.5 at initial presentation was the most important prognostic factor preceding CAA during follow-up. These results highlight the importance of early echocardiography during the initial presentation of KD.
    MeSH term(s) Child ; Humans ; Coronary Aneurysm/epidemiology ; Coronary Aneurysm/etiology ; Coronary Aneurysm/drug therapy ; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous/therapeutic use ; Latin America/epidemiology ; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome/diagnosis ; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome/drug therapy ; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome/epidemiology ; Retrospective Studies
    Chemical Substances Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Multicenter Study ; Observational Study ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 3102-1
    ISSN 1097-6833 ; 0022-3476
    ISSN (online) 1097-6833
    ISSN 0022-3476
    DOI 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.02.001
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  9. Article ; Online: Factores asociados al abandono del tratamiento de la tuberculosis en la provincia de Granada.

    Molina Rueda, M J / Fernández Ajuria, A / Rodríguez Del Águila, M M / López Hernández, B

    Revista clinica espanola

    2012  Volume 212, Issue 8, Page(s) 383–388

    Abstract: Objectives: The factors associated to tuberculosis (TB) treatment drop-out can be very specific to the population and the local health care organization. We have studied the factors associated to TB treatment drop out in the province of Granada.: ... ...

    Title translation Factors associated to dropout of tuberculostatic treatment in the province of Granada.
    Abstract Objectives: The factors associated to tuberculosis (TB) treatment drop-out can be very specific to the population and the local health care organization. We have studied the factors associated to TB treatment drop out in the province of Granada.
    Subjects and methods: A retrospective cohort study of TB cases registered in the province of Granada by the Epidemiological Surveillance System of Andalusia (SVEA) between 2003 and 2010 was carried out. Incidence was calculated in the native and foreign population. An univariate analysis was performed to describe the characteristics in both groups and a logistic regression model was used to identify factors associated to therapeutic abandonment.
    Results: A decreasing trend in the incidence of TB was observed, (20.47 in 2007 to 11 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2010, respectively. Mean age of foreign patients was lower than that of the natives (30.8 years vs. 46.0 years, P<.001). The former predominately lived in the Granada district, while the natives lived in the Metropolitan district. The percentage of patients who abandoned antituberculous treatment was 12.2%, this being somewhat higher in the foreign patients than the national ones (14% vs 10%; P=.062). Being male (OR: 1.65; 95% CI: 1.04-2.60; P=.033), foreigner (OR: 1.72; 95% CI: 1.04-2.83; P=.032), resident in the North-east district (OR: 3.64; 95% CI: 1.76-7.52; P=.005) and/or having extrapulmonary TB (OR: 1.78; 95% CI: 1.06-3.00; P=.029) were associated significantly to therapeutic abandonment.
    Conclusions: The incidence of TB in the province of Granada has decreased to about 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants/year. The percentage of patients who abandon TB treatment is significant, it being higher in foreign patients than in the natives. TB treatment abandonment was associated to being a man, living in the North-east district of Granada and having extrapulmonary TB.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use ; Cohort Studies ; Emigrants and Immigrants ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Medication Adherence/statistics & numerical data ; Middle Aged ; Public Health Surveillance ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Spain/epidemiology ; Tuberculosis/drug therapy ; Tuberculosis/epidemiology ; Young Adult
    Chemical Substances Antitubercular Agents
    Language Spanish
    Publishing date 2012-09
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type English Abstract ; Evaluation Studies ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 123597-7
    ISSN 1578-1860 ; 0014-2565 ; 0014-2565
    ISSN (online) 1578-1860 ; 0014-2565
    ISSN 0014-2565
    DOI 10.1016/j.rce.2012.03.013
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  10. Article ; Online: Intensive field sampling increases the known extent of carbon-rich Amazonian peatland pole forests

    Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N. / Hastie, Adam / Reyna, José / Flores, Gerardo / Grández, Julio / Lähteenoja, Outi / Draper, Frederick C. / Åkesson, Christine M. / Baker, Timothy R. / Bhomia, Rupesh K. / Cole, Lydia E.S. / Dávila, Nállarett / Del Águila, Jhon / Del Águila, Margarita / Del Castillo Torres, Dennis / Lawson, Ian T. / Martín Brañas, Manuel / Mitchard, Ed T.A. / Monteagudo, Abel /
    Phillips, Oliver L. / Ramírez, Eliseo / Ríos, Marcos / Ríos, Sandra / Rodriguez, Lily / Roucoux, Katherine H. / Tagle Casapia, Ximena / Vasquez, Rodolfo / Wheeler, Charlotte E. / Montoya, Mariana

    Environmental Research Letters

    2021  Volume 16, Issue 7

    Abstract: Peatland pole forest is the most carbon-dense ecosystem in Amazonia, but its spatial distribution and species composition are poorly known. To address this knowledge gap, we quantified variation in the floristic composition, peat thickness, and the ... ...

    Abstract Peatland pole forest is the most carbon-dense ecosystem in Amazonia, but its spatial distribution and species composition are poorly known. To address this knowledge gap, we quantified variation in the floristic composition, peat thickness, and the amount of carbon stored above and below ground of 102 forest plots and 53 transects in northern Peruvian Amazonia. This large dataset includes 571 ground reference points of peat thickness measurements across six ecosystem types. These field data were also used to generate a new land-cover classification based on multiple satellite products using a random forest classification. Peatland pole forests are floristically distinctive and dominated by thin-stemmed woody species such as Pachira nitida (Malvaceae), Platycarpum loretense (Rubiaceae), and Hevea guianensis (Euphorbiaceae). In contrast, palm swamps and open peatlands are dominated by Mauritia flexuosa (Arecaceae). Peatland pole forests have high peat thickness (274 ± 22 cm, mean ± 95% CI, n = 184) similar to open peatlands (282 ± 46 cm, n = 46), but greater than palm swamps (161 ± 17 cm, n = 220) and seasonally-flooded forest, terra firme, and white-sand forest where peat is rare or absent. As a result, peatland pole forest has exceptional carbon density (1,133 ± 93 Mg C ha−1). The new sites expand the known distribution of peatland pole forest by 61% within the Pastaza-Marañón Foreland basin, mainly alongside the Tigre river, to cover a total of 7540 km2 in northern Peruvian Amazonia. However, only 15% of the pole forest area is within a protected area, whilst an additional 26% lies within indigenous territories. The current low levels of protection and forest degradation but high threat from road paving projects makes the Tigre river basin a priority for conservation. The long-term conservation of peatland pole forests has the potential to make a large contribution towards international commitments to mitigate climate change.
    Keywords Google Earth Engine ; RAMSAR sites ; carbon density ; dominant species ; indigenous communities ; natural resources ; peatland degradation
    Subject code 333
    Language English
    Publishing country nl
    Document type Article ; Online
    ISSN 1748-9318
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