Karine Zevallos
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Sinti-Hesse C, Diaz-Soria F, Casanova-Rojas W, Carey-Angeles C, Tello-Espinoza R, Espinoza J, et al.
Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica
. 2019 Dec;
36(3):392-399.
PMID: 31800930
Objectives.: To assess the entomological risk of Aedes aegypti in boats traversing border river routes in Loreto. Materials And Methods.: The study population consisted of mosquitoes present in three boats...
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Saunders M, Wingfield T, Tovar M, Herlihy N, Rocha C, Zevallos K, et al.
Trop Med Int Health
. 2018 Jun;
23(8):850-859.
PMID: 29862612
Objectives: Mobile phone interventions have been advocated for tuberculosis care, but little is known about access of target populations to mobile phones. We studied mobile phone access among patients with...
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Saunders M, Wingfield T, Tovar M, Baldwin M, Datta S, Zevallos K, et al.
Lancet Infect Dis
. 2017 Aug;
17(11):1190-1199.
PMID: 28827142
Background: Contacts of tuberculosis index cases are at increased risk of developing tuberculosis. Screening, preventive therapy, and surveillance for tuberculosis are underused interventions in contacts, particularly adults. We developed a...
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Blitchtein-Winicki D, Zevallos K, Samolski M, Requena D, Velarde C, Briceno P, et al.
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth
. 2017 Aug;
5(8):e116.
PMID: 28778850
Background: In Peru's urban communities, tobacco smoking generally starts during adolescence and smoking prevalence is highest among young adults. Each year, many attempt to quit, but access to smoking cessation...
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Kocher C, Morrison A, Leguia M, Loyola S, Castillo R, Galvez H, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2016 Jul;
10(7):e0004843.
PMID: 27416029
Using a large, passive, clinic-based surveillance program in Iquitos, Peru, we characterized the prevalence of rickettsial infections among undifferentiated febrile cases and obtained evidence of pathogen transmission in potential domestic...
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Wingfield T, Boccia D, Tovar M, Gavino A, Zevallos K, Montoya R, et al.
PLoS Med
. 2014 Jul;
11(7):e1001675.
PMID: 25025331
Background: Even when tuberculosis (TB) treatment is free, hidden costs incurred by patients and their households (TB-affected households) may worsen poverty and health. Extreme TB-associated costs have been termed "catastrophic"...
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Wingfield T, Schumacher S, Sandhu G, Tovar M, Zevallos K, Baldwin M, et al.
J Infect Dis
. 2014 Mar;
210(5):774-83.
PMID: 24596279
Background: Unlike other respiratory infections, tuberculosis diagnoses increase in summer. We performed an ecological analysis of this paradoxical seasonality in a Peruvian shantytown over 4 years. Methods: Tuberculosis symptom-onset and...
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Zevallos K, Vergara K, Vergara A, Vidal C, Garcia H, Evans C
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2010 Aug;
83(2):319-25.
PMID: 20682875
The tuberculin skin test (TST) quantifies cell-mediated immunity to tuberculosis antigens. Helminths suppress cell-mediated immunity, so we studied the effect of helminth infection and deworming on the TST in a...