Este proyecto cuenta con una muestra de 800 mujeres gestantes en las provincias de Puno que utilizan cocinas tradicionales (también llamadas fogón) y a la mitad de participantes se les cambió a cocinas a GLP, lo cual permite comparar el cambio e impacto entre las que usan cocina tradicional y las que se les hizo
Este proyecto busca invitar y recibir a jóvenes bolivianos en Perú para capacitarlos en la realización de pruebas moleculares y trabajo de campo en investigación. Así como entrenamiento en la realización de maestrías en Epidemiologia en Salud Publica. Este proyecto es una continuación del proyecto Training Bolivia. Objetivo Brindar entrenamiento a personal en la realización
The research conducted by Prisma shows vaccine trials with the aim of boosting Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Unbiased quantitative assays such as transcriptomics and proteomics allowed a comparison between the results we have obtained with other data sets, such as completed in-house projects or from external projects such as those conducted by Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
Previous research on P. falciparum shows that saliva can correlate strongly with blood levels. In Africa, a community survey for malaria parasitemia compared saliva and blood samples in 53 patients. Using optical density EIA, the saliva assay identified all dried blood samples as positive or negative for EIA, resulting in 100% sensitivity and specificity. In
This D43 training project involves the Johns Hopkins University, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and Universidad Católica Boliviana, who have joined forces to provide opportunities for outstanding young Bolivians in the fight against Chagas disease. Objective The objective of this training grant is to provide training opportunities, rotation, workshops and master’s degrees to outstanding students who
This is an R01 research development project (NIH) that focuses on Chagas Cardiomyopathy (CC), which is characterized by a chronic inflammatory process that damages the conduction system of the heart and often an apical aneurysm. Typically, the first signs are abnormalities in the conduction system (e.g., right bundle branch block (RBBB) and/or left anterior fascicular
