Mauricio Beltrán

Summary

Affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud
Country: Colombia

Publications

  1. ncbi [Control of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in blood donors in Colombia, 2003]
    Mauricio Beltrán
    Instituto Nacional de Salud, Red Nacional de Bancos de Sangre, Bogota, D C, Colombia
    Biomedica 25:527-32. 2005
  2. ncbi Hepatitis C virus seroprevalence in multi-transfused patients in Colombia
    Mauricio Beltrán
    Instituto National de Salud, Calle 26 51 60 CAN Zona 6, Bogota D C, Colombia
    J Clin Virol 34:S33-8. 2005
  3. ncbi [Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus infection in a population of multiply-transfused patients in Colombia]
    Mauricio Beltrán
    Red Nacional de Bancos de Sangre, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota, D C, Colombia
    Biomedica 29:232-43. 2009
  4. ncbi [Prevalence of microsporidia and other intestinal parasites in patients with HIV infection, Bogota, 2001]
    Astrid Carolina Flórez
    Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Laboratorio de Parasitologia, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota, D C, Colombia
    Biomedica 23:274-82. 2003
  5. ncbi [Absence of occult hepatitis B in Colombian blood donors]
    Mauricio Beltrán
    Grupo Red Nacional Bancos de Sangre, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota, DC, Colombia
    Biomedica 31:580-9. 2011

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Publications5

  1. ncbi [Control of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in blood donors in Colombia, 2003]
    Mauricio Beltrán
    Instituto Nacional de Salud, Red Nacional de Bancos de Sangre, Bogota, D C, Colombia
    Biomedica 25:527-32. 2005
    ..Whereas the primary source of transmission is the insect vector, the second is by blood transfusion. Consequently, in Colombia, screening for trypanosomiasis has been obligatory for blood donors since 1995...
  2. ncbi Hepatitis C virus seroprevalence in multi-transfused patients in Colombia
    Mauricio Beltrán
    Instituto National de Salud, Calle 26 51 60 CAN Zona 6, Bogota D C, Colombia
    J Clin Virol 34:S33-8. 2005
    ..Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is a public health problem worldwide, with particular relevance in multi-transfused patients given that HCV is principally transmitted by exposure to infected blood...
  3. ncbi [Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus infection in a population of multiply-transfused patients in Colombia]
    Mauricio Beltrán
    Red Nacional de Bancos de Sangre, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota, D C, Colombia
    Biomedica 29:232-43. 2009
    ..Although the transfusion of blood products is a common therapy, it carries risk of transmission of infections, especially hepatitus B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...
  4. ncbi [Prevalence of microsporidia and other intestinal parasites in patients with HIV infection, Bogota, 2001]
    Astrid Carolina Flórez
    Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Laboratorio de Parasitologia, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota, D C, Colombia
    Biomedica 23:274-82. 2003
    ..1%. The most frequently found pathogens were Blastocystis hominis, 25.2%, and Entamoeba histolytica, 13%. In other studies with HIV patients in Colombia, lower prevalences of Cryptosporidium sp. infection were observed...
  5. ncbi [Absence of occult hepatitis B in Colombian blood donors]
    Mauricio Beltrán
    Grupo Red Nacional Bancos de Sangre, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota, DC, Colombia
    Biomedica 31:580-9. 2011
    ..Testing of antibody against core antigens is not administered, although this method may be useful to detect donors infected with the hepatitis B virus...