Treating depression in primary care in low-income women in Santiago, Chile: a randomised controlled trialRicardo Araya
Division of Psychiatry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Lancet 361:995-1000. 2003
..We aimed to compare the effectiveness of a stepped-care programme with usual care in primary-care management of depression in low-income women in Santiago, Chile.
- Fifty-year study of lung and bladder cancer mortality in Chile related to arsenic in drinking water
Guillermo Marshall
Departamento de Salud Publica, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
J Natl Cancer Inst 99:920-8. 2007
Region II of Chile (the second most northerly administrative region) experienced dramatic increases in average arsenic water concentrations beginning in 1958, followed by marked declines in the 1970s when water treatment plants were ..
Impact of the novel influenza A (H1N1) during the 2009 autumn-winter season in a large hospital setting in Santiago, ChileJuan Pablo Torres
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Clin Infect Dis 50:860-8. 2010
In Chile, the novel influenza A (H1N1) epidemic began in the middle-high income area of Santiago...
First detection, isolation and molecular characterization of infectious salmon anaemia virus associated with clinical disease in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in ChileMarcos G Godoy
Biovac SA, Puerto Montt, Chile
BMC Vet Res 4:28. 2008
..In the Southern hemisphere, ISAV was first detected in Chile in 1999 in marine-farmed Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)...
- Cost-effectiveness of a primary care treatment program for depression in low-income women in Santiago, Chile
Ricardo Araya
Division of Psychiatry, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6UJ
Am J Psychiatry 163:1379-87. 2006
The authors compared the incremental cost-effectiveness of a stepped-care, multicomponent program with usual care for the treatment of depressed women in primary care in Santiago, Chile.
- Tackling health inequities in Chile: maternal, newborn, infant, and child mortality between 1990 and 2004
Rogelio Gonzalez
Pontificia Catholic University of Chile, and the Division of Prevention and Control of Diseases, Chilean Ministry of Health, Santiago, Chile
Am J Public Health 99:1220-6. 2009
We analyzed trends in maternal, newborn, and child mortality in Chile between 1990 and 2004, after the introduction of national interventions and reforms, and examined associations between trends and interventions.
- Epstein-Barr virus in gastric carcinoma is associated with location in the cardia and with a diffuse histology: a study in one area of Chile
A Corvalan
Instituto Chileno Japones de Enfermedades Digestivas, Hospital Clinico San Borja Arriaran, Santiago, Chile
Int J Cancer 94:527-30. 2001
..S. suggesting unique characteristics of EBV-associated GC in Latin-America...
- Complete nucleotide sequence of a Chilean hantavirus
John D Meissner
Department of Microbiology, University of Nevada, FA310 MS200, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Virus Res 89:131-43. 2002
..sequence of an Andes virus (ANDV) strain isolated from an infected Oligoryzomys longicaudatus rodent trapped in Chile in 1997...
- Influenza A pandemics: clinical and organizational aspects: the experience in Chile
Sebastian Ugarte
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital del Salvador, ClÃnica Indisa Santiago, Chile
Crit Care Med 38:e133-7. 2010
..Soon after the first report from Mexico, the disease arrived in Chile, where it spread quickly from south to north, mimicking cold weather progression through the country...
- Particulate air pollution and health effects for cardiovascular and respiratory causes in Temuco, Chile: a wood-smoke-polluted urban area
Pedro A Sanhueza
Department of Geographical Engineering, University of Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
J Air Waste Manag Assoc 59:1481-8. 2009
..These results are consistent with those of comparable studies in other similar cities where wood smoke is the most important air pollution problem...
- PCBs and HCHs in a salt-marsh sediment record from South-Central Chile: use of tsunami signatures and 137Cs fallout as temporal markers
Ricardo Barra
Aquatic Systems Research Unit, EULA Chile Center, Environmental Sciences Center, University of Concepcion, Barrio Universitario s n, P O Box 160 C, Concepcion, Chile
Chemosphere 55:965-72. 2004
..HCH) deposition inferred from a sedimentary record exposed in a salt-marsh trench in South-Central Chile. Sediments were carefully collected every 1 cm from the trench wall...
- Positive interactions between alpine plant species and the nurse cushion plant Laretia acaulis do not increase with elevation in the Andes of central Chile
Lohengrin A Cavieres
ECOBIOSIS, Departamento de Botanica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepcion, Casilla 160 C, Concepcion, Chile
New Phytol 169:59-69. 2006
..of seedlings of two species experimentally planted within and outside cushions in the semiarid Andes of central Chile. Positive spatial associations with cushions were more frequent at lower elevations...
- Acute mountain sickness in tourists with children at Lake Chungará (4400 m) in northern Chile
Fernando A Moraga
Unidad de Fisiologia, Departamento Biomedico, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
Wilderness Environ Med 13:31-5. 2002
..To evaluate the presence of acute mountain sickness (AMS) and cardiorespiratory responses in adult and pediatric tourists exposed to high altitude (Putre and Chungará)...
- Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) isolated from the ISA disease outbreaks in Chile diverged from ISAV isolates from Norway around 1996 and was disseminated around 2005, based on surface glycoprotein gene sequences
Frederick S B Kibenge
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, OIE Reference Laboratory for ISA, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Ave, Charlottetown, P E I, C1A 4P3, Canada
Virol J 6:88. 2009
..The first outbreak of ISA in marine-farmed Atlantic salmon in the Southern hemisphere occurred in Chile starting in June 2007...
- Identification of Francisella sp. from Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in Chile
T H Birkbeck
Universities Marine Biological Station, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland
J Fish Dis 30:505-7. 2007
- Recent introduction of the dominant tunicate, Pyura praeputialis (Urochordata, Pyuridae) to Antofagasta, Chile
J C Castilla
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en EcologÃa and Biodiversidad, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Alameda 340, Casilla 114 D Santiago, Chile
Mol Ecol 11:1579-84. 2002
..Australia (Pyura stolonifera praeputialis), South Africa (Pyura stolonifera stolonifera) and South America (Chile, Antofagasta: Pyura sp...
- [A national birth weight distribution curve according to gestational age in Chile from 1993 to 2000]
Rogelio P González
Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Hospital Dr Sotero del Rio
Rev Med Chil 132:1155-65. 2004
..The World Health Organization recently defined the criteria for constructing birth weight curves using population based data...
- National food-fortification program with folic acid in Chile
Eva Hertrampf
Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Food Nutr Bull 29:S231-7. 2008
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- High frequency of p16 promoter methylation in non-small cell lung carcinomas from Chile
Leda M Guzman
Escuela de TecnologÃa Médica, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago, Chile
Biol Res 40:365-72. 2007
..the methylation status of the promoter region of the p16 gene in 74 non-small cell lung carcinomas from Chile. The frequency of p16 gene inactivation by promoter methylation was determined as 79.7% (59/74)...
- Human papillomavirus-16 is integrated in lung carcinomas: a study in Chile
F Aguayo
Division of Oncogenic and Persistent Viruses, Center for Chronic Viral Diseases, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 8 35 1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890 8544, Japan
Br J Cancer 97:85-91. 2007
The human papillomavirus (HPV) was detected in 20 (29%) out of 69 lung carcinomas (LCs) in Chile, by PCR and Southern blot, and was more frequently detected in squamous cell carcinoma (SQC) than in adenocarcinomas (46 vs 9%, P=0.001)...
- Ecology, genetic diversity, and phylogeographic structure of andes virus in humans and rodents in Chile
Rafael A Medina
Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
J Virol 83:2446-59. 2009
..In Chile, serologically confirmed human hantavirus infections have occurred throughout a wide latitudinal distribution ..
- Common mental disorders in Santiago, Chile: prevalence and socio-demographic correlates
R Araya
Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff
Br J Psychiatry 178:228-33. 2001
..There have been relatively few surveys in Latin America that have attempted to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in private households...
- Treatment of postnatal depression in low-income mothers in primary-care clinics in Santiago, Chile: a randomised controlled trial
Graciela Rojas
Hospital Clinico, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Lancet 370:1629-37. 2007
..We compared the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention with usual care to treat postnatal depression in low-income mothers in primary-care clinics in Santiago, Chile.
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 epidemic diarrhea, Chile, 2005
Felipe C Cabello
Emerg Infect Dis 13:655-6. 2007
- Incidence, 30-day case-fatality rate, and prognosis of stroke in Iquique, Chile: a 2-year community-based prospective study (PISCIS project)
Pablo M Lavados
Departamento de Medicina, Clinica Alemana de Santiago, Instituto de Neurocirugia, Servicio de Salud Metropolitano Oriente, Santiago, Chile
Lancet 365:2206-15. 2005
..Our aim was to ascertain prospectively the incidence of first-ever stroke in the predominantly Hispanic-Mestizo population of Iquique, a city in the northern desert region of Chile.
- Testing models of diversification in mice in the Abrothrix olivaceus/xanthorhinus complex in Chile and Argentina
M F Smith
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Mol Ecol 10:397-405. 2001
..xanthorhinus across a transect between 45 and 47 degrees S in southern Chile were analysed using the mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) sequence, substantially adding to the data presented ..
- Air pollution and hospitalization for headache in Chile
Robert E Dales
Division of Statistics, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Epidemiol 170:1057-66. 2009
..If the relation is causal, the morbidity associated with headache should be considered when estimating the burden of illness and costs associated with poor air quality...
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains isolated during investigation of the summer 2006 seafood related diarrhea outbreaks in two regions of Chile
Loreto Fuenzalida
Instituto de Nutricion y Tecnologia de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, El Libano 5524, Macul, Santiago 6903625, Chile
Int J Food Microbiol 117:270-5. 2007
Nine hundred cases of seafood related diarrhea were reported in the region of Puerto Montt, Chile during the austral summer of 2006...
- Trypanosoma cruzi: presence of the two major phylogenetic lineages and of several lesser discrete typing units (DTUs) in Chile and Paraguay
C Barnabe
Centre d Etudes sur le Polymorphisme des Microorganismes CEPM, Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre, National de la Recherche Scientifique Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, IRD, Montpellier, France
Acta Trop 78:127-37. 2001
..Comparison between clonal populations in sylvatic and domestic transmission cycles of the disease in Chile strongly suggests that these two cycles are at least partially separated from one another.
- Invasion of a rocky intertidal shore by the tunicate Pyura praeputialis in the Bay of Antofagasta, Chile
Juan Carlos Castilla
Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Casilla 114 D, Santiago, Chile
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:8517-24. 2004
..Australia, from where it appears to have originated, and exclusively along 60-70 km inside the Bay of Antofagasta, Chile. mtDNA sequences suggested that the species invaded this rocky shore recently...
- Arsenic exposure and its impact on health in Chile
Catterina Ferreccio
Departamento de Salud Publica, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Marcoleta 434, Santiago, Chile
J Health Popul Nutr 24:164-75. 2006
The problem of arsenic in Chile was reviewed. In Chile, the population is exposed to arsenic naturally via drinking-water and by air pollution resulted from mining activities...
- [Human papilloma virus (HPV) typing in preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions of the uterine cervix in the IX region-Chile]
Angélica Melo
Departamento de Anatomia Patologica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
Rev Med Chil 131:1382-90. 2003
Uterine cervical cancer (UCC) is an important public health problem in Chile. Although HPV infection has been established as the main cause of UCC, little is known of its frequency and distribution in our population.
- Mortality trends from burn injuries in Chile: 1954-1999
S Danilla Enei
Clinical Epidemiology Center INCLEN, Hospital J J Aguirre, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Burns 30:348-56. 2004
To study mortality trends due to burns in Chile.
- Evaluation of water quality in the Chillán River (Central Chile) using physicochemical parameters and a modified water quality index
Patrick Debels
Center for Environmental Sciences EULA CHILE, University of Concepcion, Chile
Environ Monit Assess 110:301-22. 2005
The Chillán River in Central Chile plays a fundamental role in local society, as a source of irrigation and drinking water, and as a sink for urban wastewater...
- Epidemiologic investigation of the re-emergence of infectious salmon anemia virus in Chile
Fernando O Mardones
Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance CADMS, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Dis Aquat Organ 84:105-14. 2009
..the epidemiology of the re-emergence of infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) in Atlantic salmon farms in Chile. The epidemic and spatial and spatiotemporal patterns were described, taking into account commercial ..
- [Rabies in Chile: 1989-2005]
Myriam Favi C
Laboratorio Diagnóstico de Rabia, Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Rev Chilena Infectol 25:S8-13. 2008
A retrospective epidemiological study about epidemiology of rabies in Chile between years 1989 and 2005 was done. A data base of 39793 national registries of rabies samples was analyzed by means of statistical packages...
- Genetic and antigenic typing of rabies virus in Chile. Brief report
V Yung
Laboratorio de Diagnóstico de Rabia, Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Arch Virol 147:2197-205. 2002
Forty-one isolates of rabies virus from insectivorous bats and one from a domestic cat in Chile, were characterized using eight anti-nucleoprotein monoclonal antibodies (N-Mabs) and by nucleotide sequence analysis...
- The early origins hypothesis with an emphasis on growth rate in the first year of life and asthma: a prospective study in Chile
R J Rona
Department of Public Health Sciences, King s College London, 5th Floor, Capital House, 42 Weston Street, London SE1 3QD, UK
Thorax 60:549-54. 2005
..An analysis was therefore carried out to test this hypothesis...
- Body dissatisfaction and body change behaviors in Chile: the role of sociocultural factors
David Mellor
School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood 3125, Melbourne, Australia
Body Image 5:205-15. 2008
..These findings are discussed in relation to research conducted in other contexts, and it is concluded that findings from other locations may not be applied universally...
- Food-based dietary guidelines and implementation: lessons from four countries--Chile, Germany, New Zealand and South Africa
Ingrid Keller
Centre for Food Policy, City University, Northampton Square, London, UK
Public Health Nutr 11:867-74. 2008
..This paper examines the implementation of FBDGs in four countries: Chile, Germany, New Zealand and South Africa - diverse countries chosen to explore the realities of the FBDG within ..
- [The reduction in maternal mortality in Chile, 1990-2000]
Enrique Donoso Siña
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Santiago, Chile
Rev Panam Salud Publica 15:326-30. 2004
To determine if Chile achieved the objective of reducing maternal mortality by 50% between 1990 and 2000, in line with the provisions of the Regional Plan of Action for the Reduction of Maternal Mortality in the Americas, which the ..
- [Socioeconomic and educational inequities as independent predictors for mortality in a developing country: A cohort study in San Francisco, Chile]
Elard Koch
Escuela de Salud Publica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Rev Med Chil 135:1370-9. 2007
..The socioeconomic position (SEP) and educational level of individuals have an inverse correlation with mortality in developed societies...
- Seasonal variation in suicidal deaths in Chile: its relationship to latitude
Andrés Heerlein
Department of Psychiatry, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Psychopathology 39:75-9. 2006
..The current study examines the monthly, seasonal and semester distribution of suicidal deaths in Chile and the influence of seasons in zones of low latitude as compared with regions of high or very high latitude, ..
- Antiretroviral drug resistance and phylogenetic diversity of HIV-1 in Chile
Maritza RÃos
Centro Nacional de Referencia de VIH SIDA, Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
J Med Virol 79:647-56. 2007
..type 1 (HIV-1) protease (PR) and reverse transcriptase (RT) coding sequences from 136 HIV-1-infected subjects from Chile, 66 (49%) of them under antiretroviral (ARV) treatment...
- [Helicobacter pylori: cagA analysis and vacA genotyping in Chile. Detection of a s2/m1 strain]
A Martinez
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas y Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepcion, Sección de GastroenterologÃa, Hospital Asociación Chilena de Seguridad, Concepcion, Hospital San Borja Arriaran, Santiago, Chile
Rev Med Chil 129:1147-53. 2001
..The genes cagA and vacA encode H pylori virulence factors...
- Antifungal susceptibilities, varieties, and electrophoretic karyotypes of clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela
B M Calvo
Universidad del Zulia-Luz, Maracaibo, Venezuela
J Clin Microbiol 39:2348-50. 2001
..neoformans from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and non-HIV-infected patients from Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela were separated according to varieties and tested for antifungal susceptibility...
- Molecular analysis of a 444 bp fragment of the bovine leukaemia virus gp51 env gene reveals a high frequency of non-silent point mutations and suggests the presence of two subgroups of BLV in Chile
R Felmer
Unidad de BiotecnologÃa, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA Carillanca, Casilla 58 D, Temuco, Chile
Vet Microbiol 108:39-47. 2005
..achieve a better understanding of the epidemiology and distribution of bovine leukaemia virus (BLV) infection in Chile, we assessed the suitability of using DNA isolated from the leukocyte fraction of bulk milk samples to carry out ..
- Spatial and temporal variations in sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) infestations of three salmonid species farmed in net pens in southern Chile
Francisco J Zagmutt-Vergara
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Dis Aquat Organ 64:163-73. 2005
Sea lice infestations have become a major health problem for farmed salmonids throughout the world including Chile. In southern Chile, 6 geographical areas, divided into 22 geographical zones with a total of 127 salmon farming centers ..
- [Toxic pictures produced spiders bites in Chile: latrodectism and loxoscelism]
Hugo Schenone
, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile
Rev Med Chil 131:437-44. 2003
..If a VCL patient survives 48 hours, the possibilities of recovery are high. The patients are successfully treated with parenteral antihistamines or corticosteroids in CL and corticosteroids in VCL...
- Components of particulate air pollution and mortality in Chile
Sabit Cakmak
Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Int J Occup Environ Health 15:152-8. 2009
..5 measured in downtown Santiago, Chile between 1998 and 2006. The strongest individual effect was seen for elemental carbon. A 5...
- Methods for economic evaluation of a factorial-design cluster randomised controlled trial of a nutrition supplement and an exercise programme among healthy older people living in Santiago, Chile: the CENEX study
Damian G Walker
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 9:85. 2009
In an effort to promote healthy ageing and preserve health and function, the government of Chile has formulated a package of actions into the Programme for Complementary Food in Older People (Programa de Alimentación Complementaria para ..
- HIV prevalence, AIDS knowledge, and condom use among female sex workers in Santiago, Chile
Jaime E Barrientos
Escuela de Psicologia, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
Cad Saude Publica 23:1777-84. 2007
..among female sex workers (FSW) attending five specialized sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in Santiago, Chile. A short questionnaire with socio-demographic, AIDS knowledge, and condom-use variables was administered to 626 ..
- Cost-effectiveness of a folic acid fortification program in Chile
Adolfo Llanos
Instituto de Nutricion y Tecnologia de los Alimentos INTA, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Health Policy 83:295-303. 2007
..In Chile, fortification of wheat flour with folic acid has resulted in significant reduction in the risk of anencephaly and ..
- Health reform in Chile
Luz M Letelier
Department of Internal Medicine, , Santiago, Chile
Lancet 368:2197-8. 2006
- Population genetic structure of codling moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from apple orchards in central Chile
Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras
Departamento de Producción AgrÃcola, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad de Talca, Casilla 747, Talca, Chile
J Econ Entomol 101:190-8. 2008
..for 11 codling moth populations in the two major apple (Malus domestica Borkh) cropping regions in central Chile. Despite the geographical distances between some populations (approximately 185 km), there was low genetic ..
- Partner violence as a risk factor for mental health among women from communities in the Philippines, Egypt, Chile, and India
Beatriz Vizcarra
Department of Psychology Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
Inj Control Saf Promot 11:125-9. 2004
..15 to 49 years old with at least one child 18 years old or younger, were randomly selected from communities in Chile, Egypt, India, and the Philippines (N = 3974)...
- Invasive fungal infections in Chile: a multicenter study of fungal prevalence and susceptibility during a 1-year period
Victor Silva
Microbiology and Mycology Program, Biomedical Sciences Institute, School of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Med Mycol 42:333-9. 2004
..56% male) with fungal strains isolated from blood and other sterile sites were reported from 13 hospitals in Chile. Significant yeast isolates were obtained from 118 patients, and molds affected 12 patients...
- Components of particulate air pollution and emergency department visits in Chile
Sabit Cakmak
Department of Statistics at Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada sabit
Arch Environ Occup Health 64:148-55. 2009
..Of the many components of particulate air pollution, those from motor vehicle exhaust had the greatest observed effect on morbidity...
- Dengue-1 virus isolation during first dengue fever outbreak on Easter Island, Chile
Cecilia Perret
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile School of Medicine, Virology Laboratory, Santiago, Chile
Emerg Infect Dis 9:1465-7. 2003
Dengue virus was detected for the first time in Chile, in an outbreak of dengue fever on Easter Island. The virus was isolated in tissue culture and characterized by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction as being dengue type 1.
- Comparing sex inequalities in common affective disorders across countries: Great Britain and Chile
Graciela Rojas
Clinica Psiquiatrica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Avda La Paz 1003, Santiago, Chile
Soc Sci Med 60:1693-703. 2005
..This study aimed to compare sex differences for common affective disorders (CAD) between Great Britain and Chile based on two large urban cross-sectional psychiatric household surveys that used similar methodology...
- 25 years of quinacrine sterilization experience in Chile: review of 2,592 cases
J Zipper
University of Chile, , Santiago, Chile
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 83:S23-9. 2003
OBJECTIVES: To assess short-term side effects, long-term risks and efficacy of quinacrine sterilization (QS) in Chile. METHODS: Review experience of 2,592 cases sterilized with 2 or 3 transcervical insertions of 252 mg quinacrine as ..
- Biodiversity of rocky intertidal benthic communities associated with copper mine tailing discharges in northern Chile
M Medina
, Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity, , , Casilla 114-D, Correo Santiago, Chile
Mar Pollut Bull 50:396-409. 2005
Copper mine tailings have been discharged around the city of Chanaral, in northern Chile, for more than 60 years...
- Consulting behaviour in migraine and tension-type headache sufferers: a population survey in Santiago, Chile
P M Lavados
Neurointensive Care Service, Institute of Neurosurgery, Neurology Service, , Chile
Cephalalgia 21:733-7. 2001
..them with tension-type headache sufferers in a community-based study of the prevalence of headache in Santiago, Chile. A two-step questionnaire was administered to an age- and gender-representative sample of 1540 eligible subjects ..
- Increased childhood liver cancer mortality and arsenic in drinking water in northern Chile
Jane Liaw
Arsenic Health Effects Research Program, School of Public Health, University of California, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1982-7. 2008
..Some evidence for these effects originated from region II of Chile, which had a period of elevated arsenic levels in drinking water, in particular from 1958 to 1970...
- Inequities in mental health care after health care system reform in Chile
Ricardo Araya
Division of Psychiatry, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JL, England
Am J Public Health 96:109-13. 2006
We compared differences in mental health needs and provision of mental health services among residents of Santiago, Chile, with private and public health insurance coverage.
- Molecular analysis of an 11,700-year-old rodent midden from the Atacama Desert, Chile
Melanie Kuch
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Inselstrasse 22 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Mol Ecol 11:913-24. 2002
DNA was extracted from an 11,700-year-old rodent midden from the Atacama Desert, Chile and the chloroplast and animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) gene sequences were analysed to investigate the floral environment surrounding the midden, ..
- Flea species from dogs in three cities of Chile
Héctor A AlcaÃno
Depto de Medicina Preventiva Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 2, Correo 15, La Pintana, Santiago, Chile
Vet Parasitol 105:261-5. 2002
..longitude west) and Osorno (40 degrees latitude south, 73 degrees longitude west), located in different parts of Chile. The only species of fleas found on dogs from the three cities were Ctenocephalides felis felis (41...
- Human pseudoterranovosis, an emerging infection in Chile
P Torres
Instituto de Parasitologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Isla Teja, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile
J Parasitol 93:440-3. 2007
Fifteen cases of human pseudoterranovosis are reported for Chile, representing an emerging parasitic infection in this country caused by larvae of the nematode Pseudoterranova sp...
- Evaluation of a Triatoma infestans elimination program by the decrease of Trypanosoma cruzi infection frequency in children younger than 10 years, Chile, 1991-1998
M Lorca
Parasitology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago
Am J Trop Med Hyg 65:861-4. 2001
Chagas disease is widespread in Chile, distributed in rural and periurban areas in the 7 most northern regions of the country. The principal vector of Trypanosoma cruzi is Triatoma infestans...
- HPV genotyping from invasive cervical cancer in Chile
Juan Carlos Roa
Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Universidad de la Frontera School of Medicine, Temuco, Chile
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 105:150-3. 2009
To determine the prevalence rates of the different HPV types in cervical cancer lesions in Chile to facilitate the development of prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines effective for that country.
- Lack of association between the fatty acid binding protein 2 (FABP2) polymorphism with obesity and insulin resistance in two aboriginal populations from Chile
F Perez-Bravo
Department of Public Nutrition Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, P O Box 138 11, Chile
Acta Diabetol 43:93-8. 2006
..37, 95% CI 1.319-4.277, p=0.004) It is unlikely that Ala54Thr polymorphism of the FABP2 gene plays a relevant role in obesity and insulin resistance in Chilean ethnic groups...
- Acute mountain sickness in children and their parents after rapid ascent to 3500 m (Putre, Chile)
Fernando A Moraga
Laboratorio de Fisiologia, Departamento de Ciencias Biomedicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Sede Coquimbo, Chile
Wilderness Environ Med 19:287-92. 2008
..The sample population was composed of children and their parents who ascended within 24 hours from Arica (sea level) to Putre (3500 m) in Chile.
- Eradication of bovine brucellosis in the 10th Region de Los Lagos, Chile
S Alejandro Rivera
Servicio Agricola y Ganadero, Tucapel 140, Puerto Montt, Chile
Vet Microbiol 90:45-53. 2002
The process of Bovine Brucellosis Eradication that began in 1996 in the 10th Region de Los Lagos of Chile will be reviewed...
- Demography of domestic dogs in rural and urban areas of the Coquimbo region of Chile and implications for disease transmission
G Acosta-Jamett
The Roslin Institute and Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS, UK
Prev Vet Med 94:272-81. 2010
..and 45km long) from Coquimbo and Ovalle cities to the Fray Jorge National Park (FJNP) in the Coquimbo region of Chile in 2005-2007 to investigate the demography of dogs in the context of a study of canine infectious diseases...
- [Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the Seventh Region of Chile]
Roberto Baechler
Rev Med Chil 130:1257-64. 2002
..The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Latin America is not well known...
- Odontogenic cysts: analysis of 2,944 cases in Chile
Germán Ochsenius
Moneda 2131 Depto 1003, Santiago, Chile
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 12:E85-91. 2007
..In Chile there are no retrospective studies of these lesions as a whole.
- Landscape composition modulates population genetic structure of Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann) on Malus domestica Borkh in central Chile
B Lavandero
Instituto de BiologÃa y BiotecnologÃa Vegetal, Universidad de Talca, 2 Norte 685, Casilla 747, Talca, Chile
Bull Entomol Res 99:97-105. 2009
..on apple trees (Malus domestica Borkh) from different locations in a 400 km north-south transect trough central Chile. In order to determine if there was population structure, diversity and flow were assessed...
- Prevalence of hepatitis B virus genotypes in chronic carriers in Santiago, Chile
Mauricio Venegas
Sección de GastroenterologÃa, Departamento de Medicina, Hospital Clinico de la Universidad de Chile, Av Santos Dumont 999, Independencia, Santiago, Chile
Arch Virol 153:2129-32. 2008
..To determine the prevalence of HBV genotypes in Santiago, Chile, 131 samples from chronic carriers were used for PCR amplification, and genotyping was performed by RFLP...
- Internet and information technology use by dental students in Chile
S Uribe
School of Dentistry, University of Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile
Eur J Dent Educ 10:162-8. 2006
..However, Internet use was mostly for non-dental purposes...
- Antibiotic resistant bacteria in fish from the Concepción Bay, Chile
C D Miranda
Departamento de Acuicultura, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile
Mar Pollut Bull 42:1096-102. 2001
Antibiotic resistant bacteria from commercial demersal and pelagic fish captured in the Concepción Bay, Chile were investigated...
- Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in elderly people in Santiago, Chile
I Espinoza
Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Odontology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
J Oral Pathol Med 32:571-5. 2003
..Oral prevalence studies are important to know the state of health and the needs of treatment. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions and associated factors among aging Chileans...
- Pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus in Chile
Ximena Katz
Ophthalmology Department, Clinica Las Condes, Camino Mirasol 1365, Santiago 10, Chile
J AAPOS 8:121-2. 2004
- Seroprevalence of human herpesvirus-8 in blood donors from different geographical regions of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
Celeste Perez
Departamento Virologia, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas ANLIS Dr Carlos G Malbran, Buenos Aires, Argentina
J Med Virol 72:661-7. 2004
..Serum samples from 2,470 blood donors from Argentina, Brazil, and Chile corresponding to five geographic regions were studied by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA)...
- [Genetic susceptibility to Andes Hantavirus: Association between severity of disease and HLA alÃeles in Chilean patients]
Pablo Ferrer C
Programa de Genética Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Rev Chilena Infectol 24:351-9. 2007
Andes hantavirus (ANDV) infection in Chile has a variable clinical expression, and infected individuals may present with different grades of disease severity...
- Common mental disorders and the built environment in Santiago, Chile
Ricardo Araya
Division of Psychiatry, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JL, UK
Br J Psychiatry 190:394-401. 2007
..There is growing research interest in the influence of the built environment on mental disorders...
- A weight gain chart for pregnant women designed in Chile
Francisco Mardones
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Marcoleta 434, Santiago, Chile
Matern Child Nutr 1:77-90. 2005
..Further, by its clear graphical presentation of maternal nutritional status it helps draw the attention of health personnel to women who need special nutritional advice and support...
- Application of chemometric studies to metal concentrations in molluscs from the Strait of Magellan (Chile)
M S Astorga España
Department of Science and Natural Resources, University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 52:519-24. 2007
..In addition, when discriminant analysis was used, good classifications were obtained according to sampling zone and weight-to-length ratio of the organisms...
- [Epidemiology of HIV infection and acquired immune deficiency disease syndrome in Chile]
Paulina MartÃnez G
División de Planificación Sanitaria SubsecretarÃa de Salud Pública, Departamento de Epidemiologia, Ministerio de Salud de Chile
Rev Chilena Infectol 23:321-9. 2006
..Local experts are preparing an electronic registration system in order to optimize resources and to accede to statistics in a real time...
- [Current epidemiological situation of trichinosis in Chile. 1991-2000]
Hugo Schenone
, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, , , Ministerio de Salud, Chile
Rev Med Chil 130:281-5. 2002
BACKGROUND: Human and animal trichinosis has been recorded in Chile since the late XIX century and is irregularly distributed along the country...
- Prospective evaluation of household contacts of persons with hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in chile
Marcela Ferres
Department of Pediatrics and Virology Laboratory, Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile
J Infect Dis 195:1563-71. 2007
Andes virus (ANDV) infection, which has a case fatality rate of 37% in Chile, often occurs in household clusters and may be transmitted from person to person.
- [Gallbladder cancer: trend and risk distribution in Chile]
Marcelo Andia K
, Facultad de Medicina, , Santiago, Chile
Rev Med Chil 134:565-74. 2006
..27, ns). Compared with other countries, Chile has a higher rate of GBC deaths in relation to its gross domestic product per capita...
- [Prevalence and epidemiology of Loxosceles laeta bite. Analysis of consultations to a poison control center]
Juan Carlos RÃos
Centro de Información Toxicológica y de Medicamentos, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Rev Med Chil 135:1160-5. 2007
..Loxoscelism is caused by the bite of spider Loxosceles laeta. It can cause a cutaneous or systemic syndrome...
- Age-specific prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis A in Santiago, Chile: risk factors and shift in age of infection among children and young adults
Alan D Fix
International Health Division, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 66:628-32. 2002
..describes age-specific prevalence of antibodies to HAV (anti-HAV) among children and young adults in Santiago, Chile, compared with previous prevalence data and assesses factors predictive for anti-HAV...
- [The changing epidemiology of viral hepatitis in Chile]
Humberto Ibarra V
Instituto de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
Rev Med Chil 135:229-39. 2007
The social and sanitary changes that Chile is experiencing will change the epidemiologic profile of viral hepatitis. Virus A hepatitis will displace to older ages, and immunization plans with specific vaccines should be considered...
- [Morbidity and mortality for oral and pharyngeal cancer in Chile]
Paula Riera
, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
Rev Med Chil 133:555-63. 2005
..AIM: To analyze the frequency of oral cavity cancer during the last years in Chile. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Mortality rates were obtained from death records of the "Instituto Nacional de EstadÃÂ..
- [The influence of winter 2002 in pediatric health: dissociation between environmental factors and respiratory syncytial viruses, in Santiago]
Luis F Avendaño
Programa de Virologia, ICBM Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Av Independencia 1027, Santiago, Chile
Rev Med Chil 131:902-8. 2003
..During the winter of 2002 there was, successively, heavy rain, air pollution, cold weather and a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) epidemic in Santiago...
- [Analysis of the new health module of the National Socioeconomic Characterization Survey 2000]
Liliana Jadue
Iniciativa Chilena de Equidad en Salud, Instituto de EpidemiologÃa y PolÃticas de Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Desarrollo ClÃnica Alemana
Rev Med Chil 132:750-60. 2004
..The National Socioeconomic Characterization Survey (CASEN) was modified in the year 2000, to include an assessment of the inequalities in the access to health services...
- [Growth in height of indigenous and non indigenous Chilean children]
Patricia Bustos
, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Arch Latinoam Nutr 54:190-5. 2004
..Children of indigenous and non-indigenous background living in communities of extreme and low poverty in Chile were studied and their height-for-age Z-score from birth until 6 year of age were compared...
- [Analysis of mortality due to laryngeal cancer in Chile (1994-2004)]
Mariana Elisa Bogado
Universidad de Chile, Independencia, Santiago, Chile
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp 58:336-40. 2007
Laryngeal cancer is the second most common respiratory cancer worldwide. In Chile, national registries of cancer incidence do not exist, only mortality statistics are available...
- [Characteristics of children and adolescents attended in a private psychiatric outpatient clinic]
Constanza Recart
Colmena Golden Cross, Centro Médico Psiquiátrico, Departamento de Salud Publica, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Rev Med Chil 130:295-303. 2002
..There is a 7% up to 32% prevalence of psychiatric problems in the pediatric population...
- [Risk factors and frequency of positive antibodies for leptospirosis in a sub urban population near Santiago]
Cecilia Perret P
Comité de Infecciones Emergentes, Sociedad Chilena de InfectologÃa, Marcoleta 391, 4o Piso, Chile
Rev Med Chil 133:426-31. 2005
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease and its incidence is known in Chile since 2002, when it was incorporated as a disease that must be reported to health authorities...
