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Juan Jose Cortez-Escalante

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Simoes E, Bouras A, Cortez-Escalante J, Malta D, Porto D, Mokdad A, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2015 May; 15:443. PMID: 25924606
Background: In Brazil, 72% of all deaths in 2007 were attributable to non-communicable diseases (NCD). We used a risk and related factor based index to prioritize NCD prevention programs in...
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Franca E, Teixeira R, Ishitani L, Duncan B, Cortez-Escalante J, de Morais Neto O, et al.
Rev Saude Publica . 2014 Sep; 48(4):671-81. PMID: 25210826
OBJECTIVE To propose a method of redistributing ill-defined causes of death (IDCD) based on the investigation of such causes. METHODS In 2010, an evaluation of the results of investigating the...
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Silveira M, Matijasevich A, Horta B, Bettiol H, Barbieri M, Silva A, et al.
Rev Saude Publica . 2014 Mar; 47(5):992-1003. PMID: 24626505
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of preterm birth by categories of birth weight, and to obtain an equation to correct the estimates. Methods: Systematic review of the Brazilian literature published...
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Cortez-Escalante J, Dos Santos A, Garnica G, Sarmento A, Castro C, Romero G
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop . 2012 Jul; 45(3):407-9. PMID: 22760148
We report the case of a 36-year-old man who had acquired immune deficiency syndrome and developed suppurative mediastinitis extending over the left lung and anterior thoracic wall around the sternum,...
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Ikeda do Carmo G, Yen C, Cortes J, Siqueira A, Oliveira W, Cortez-Escalante J, et al.
PLoS Med . 2011 Apr; 8(4):e1001024. PMID: 21526228
Background: In 2006, Brazil began routine immunization of infants <15 wk of age with a single-strain rotavirus vaccine. We evaluated whether the rotavirus vaccination program was associated with declines in...
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Silveira A, de Rezende D, Nogales A, Cortez-Escalante J, Castro C, Macedo V
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop . 2009 Mar; 42(1):39-46. PMID: 19287934
Entomological surveillance of Chagas disease in Mambaí and Buritinópolis, in the State of Goiás, Brazil, has been kept up through the local population's participation, consisting of reporting the presence of...
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Lannoy L, Cortez-Escalante J, Evangelista M, Romero G
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop . 2009 Jan; 41(6):549-55. PMID: 19142430
In order to estimate the incidence of and risk factors for developing tuberculosis, the clinical charts of a retrospective cohort of 281 HIV-positive adults, who were notified to the AIDS...
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Pires M, Frota K, de Oliveira Martins Junior P, Correia A, Cortez-Escalante J, Silveira C
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop . 2008 Jan; 40(6):643-7. PMID: 18200417
Urinary tract infection is among the most common infectious diseases in clinical medicine, and knowledge of its epidemiology and the sensitivity profile of the etiological agents is mandatory. The aim...
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Cortez-Escalante J, Castro C, Romero G, Matos L, Saif M
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo . 2006 May; 48(2):105-8. PMID: 16699634
Recent literature reports thrombotic episodes occurring in patients with HIV infection associated with other abnormalities including neoplasms and infections predisposing to a hypercoagulable state. We report a 47-year-old woman who...