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    • Enzootic Arbovirus Surveillance in Forest Habitat and Phylogenetic Characterization of Novel Isolates of Gamboa Virus in Panama 

      Eastwood, Gillian; Loaiza, Jose R.; Pongsiri, Montira J.; Sanjur, Oris I.; Pecor, James E.; Auguste, Albert J.; Kramer, Laura D. (2016-04-06)
      Landscape changes occurring in Panama, a country whose geographic location and climate have historically supported arbovirus transmission, prompted the hypothesis that arbovirus prevalence increases with degradation of ...

    • Epidemic and Non-Epidemic Hot Spots of Malaria Transmission Occur in Indigenous Comarcas of Panama 

      Lainhart, William; Dutari, Larissa C.; Rovira, Jose R.; C. Sucupira, Izis M.; Póvoa, Marinete M.; Conn, Jan E.; Loaiza, Jose R. (2016-05-16)
      From 2002–2005, Panama experienced a malaria epidemic that has been associated with El Niño Southern Oscillation weather patterns, decreased funding for malaria control, and landscape modification. Case numbers quickly ...

    • Erratum to: Theobroma cacao L. pathogenesis-related gene tandem array members show diverse expression dynamics in response to pathogen colonization 

      Fister, Andrew S.; Mejia, Luis C.; Zhang, Yufan; Herre, Edward Allen; Maximova, Siela N.; Guiltinan, Mark J. (2016-09-07)
      The original version of the manuscript [1] contained an incorrectly named Criollo gene ID on chromosome 1 in the first sentence, under the subheading “Organization of PR gene families into tandem arrays”. The second gene ...

    • Erratum: Correction to Lancet HIV ((2016) 3 (e361–87)(S235230181630087X)(10.1016/S2352-3018 (16) 30087-X) 

      Wang, Haidong; M Wolock, Tim; Carter, Austin; Nguyen, Grant; Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe; Gakidou, Emmanuela; I Hay, Simon; J Mills, Edward; Trickey, Adam; Msemburi, William; M Coates, Matthew; D Mooney, Meghan; S Fraser, Maya; Sligar, Amber; Salomon, Joshua; J Larson, Heidi; Friedman, Joseph; Alemu Abajobir, Amanuel; Hassen Abate, Kalkidan; M Abbas, Kaja; Abd El Razek, Mohamed Magdy; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abdulle, Abdishakur; Ferede Abera, Semaw; Abubakar, Ibrahim; Abu-Raddad, Laith J; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen ME; Yitayih Abyu, Gebre; Olupelumi Adebiyi, Akindele; Akinkunmi Adedeji, Isaac; Lukman Adelekan, Ademola; Adofo, Koranteng; N Ajala, Oluremi; Akinyemiju, Tomi F; Akseer, Nadia; Hasan Al Lami, Faris; Al-Aly, Ziyad; Alam, Khurshid; KM Alam, Noore; Alasfoor, Deena; S Aldhahri, Saleh Fahed; William Aldridge, Robert; Alegretti, Miguel Angel; V Aleman, Alicia; Alemu, Zewdie Aderaw; Alfonso-Cristancho, Rafael; Ali, Raghib; Alkerwi, Ala'a; Mohammad, Rajaa; Al-Raddadi, Salem; Alsharif, Ubai; Alvarez, Elena; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; T Amare, Azmeraw; Amberbir, Alemayehu; Kofi Amegah, Adeladza; Ammar, Walid; Marc Amrock, Stephen; T Antonio, Carl Abelardo; Anwari, Palwasha; Johan, Ã; Artaman, Al; Asayesh, Hamid; Jawad Asghar, Rana; Assadi, Reza; Atique, Suleman; S Atkins, Lydia; Arthur Avokpaho, Euripide Frinel G; Awasthi, Ashish; Ayala Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina; Bacha, Umar; Badawi, Alaa; Barac, Aleksandra; Till, BÃ; Basu, Arindam; Assefa Bayou, Tigist; Tebekaw Bayou, Yibeltal; Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad; Beardsley, Justin; Bedi, Neeraj; A Bennett, Derrick; M Bensenor, Isabela; Demtsu Betsu, Balem; Shunu Beyene, Addisu; Bhatia, Eesh; A Bhutta, Zulfiqar; Biadgilign, Sibhatu; Bikbov, Boris; Birlik, Sait Mentes; Bisanzio, Donal; Brainin, Michael; Brazinova, Alexandra; JK Breitborde, Nicholas; Brown, Alexandria; Burch, Michael; A Butt, Zahid; Campuzano, Julio Cesar; Rosario, CÃ; Carrero, Juan Jesus; Castañeda-Orjuela, Carlos A; Castillo Rivas, Jacqueline; Yi Chang, Hsing; chen Chang, Jung; Chavan, Laxmikant; Chen, Wanqing; Chia Chiang, Peggy Pei; Chibalabala, Mirriam; Hichilombwe Chisumpa, Vesper; Jasmine Choi, Jee Young; Jesudas Christopher, Devasahayam; Ciobanu, Liliana G; Cooper, Cyrus; Dahiru, Tukur; Abreha Damtew, Solomon; Dandona, Lalit; Dandona, Rakhi; de Jager, Pieter; De Leo, Diego; Degenhardt, Louisa; Dellavalle, Robert P; Deribe, Kebede; Deribew, Amare; Jarlais, Don Des; Dharmaratne, Samath D; L Ding, Eric; Pinal Doshi, Pratik; R Driscoll, Tim; Dubey, Manisha; Elshrek, Yousef Mohamed; Elyazar, Iqbal; Yesuf Endries, Aman; Petrovich Ermakov, Sergey; Eshrati, Babak; Esteghamati, Alireza; Faghmous, Imad DA; Faro, Andre; S Farvid, Maryam; Farzadfar, Farshad; Fereshtehnejad, Seyed Mohammad; Fernandes, Joao C; Fischer, Florian; Ander Fitchett, Joseph Robert; Foigt, Nataliya; Fullman, Nancy; Fürst, Thomas; Gebre, Teshome; Tesfay Gebremedhin, Amanuel; Aregay Gebru, Alemseged; Geleijnse, Johanna M; Gessner, Bradford D (2016-09-01)
      GBD 2015 HIV Collaborators. Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet HIV 2016; 3: e361–87—In this Article, Kerrie ...

    • Erratum: Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980-2015: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (The Lancet HIV (2016) 3 … 

      Wang, Haidong; Wolock, Tim M; Carter, Austin; Nguyen, Grant; Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe; Gakidou, Emmanuela; Hay, Simon I; Mills, Edward J; Trickey, Adam; Msemburi, William; Coates, Matthew M; Mooney, Meghan D; Fraser, Maya S; Sligar, Amber; Salomon, Joshua; Larson, Heidi J; Friedman, Joseph; Abajobir, Amanuel Alemu; Hassen Abate, Kalkidan; Abbas, Kaja M; Abd El Razek, Mohamed Magdy; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abdulle, Abdishakur M; Abera, Semaw Ferede; Abubakar, Ibrahim; Abu-Raddad, Laith J; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen ME; Abyu, Gebre Yitayih; Adebiyi, Akindele Olupelumi; Akinkunmi Adedeji, Isaac; Lukman Adelekan, Ademola; Adofo, Koranteng; Ajala, Oluremi N; Akinyemiju, Tomi F; Akseer, Nadia; Al Lami, Faris Hasan; Al-Aly, Ziyad; Alam, Khurshid; Alam, Noore KM; Alasfoor, Deena; Aldhahri, Saleh Fahed S; William Aldridge, Robert; Alegretti, Miguel Angel; Aleman, Alicia V; Alemu, Zewdie Aderaw; Alfonso-Cristancho, Rafael; Ali, Raghib; Alkerwi, Ala'a; Mohammad, Rajaa; Al-Raddadi, Salem; Alsharif, Ubai; Alvarez, Elena; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; Amare, Azmeraw T; Amberbir, Alemayehu; Amegah, Adeladza Kofi; Ammar, Walid; Amrock, Stephen Marc; T Antonio, Carl Abelardo; Anwari, Palwasha; Johan, Ã; Artaman, Al; Asayesh, Hamid; Asghar, Rana Jawad; Assadi, Reza; Atique, Suleman; Atkins, Lydia S; Arthur Avokpaho, Euripide Frinel G; Awasthi, Ashish; Ayala Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina; Bacha, Umar; Badawi, Alaa; Barac, Aleksandra; Till, BÃ; Basu, Arindam; Bayou, Tigist Assefa; Bayou, Yibeltal Tebekaw; Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad; Beardsley, Justin; Bedi, Neeraj; Bennett, Derrick A; Bensenor, Isabela M; Betsu, Balem Demtsu; Beyene, Addisu Shunu; Bhatia, Eesh; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Biadgilign, Sibhatu; Bikbov, Boris; Mentes Birlik, Sait; Bisanzio, Donal; Brainin, Michael; Brazinova, Alexandra; Breitborde, Nicholas JK; Brown, Alexandria; Burch, Michael; Butt, Zahid A; Campuzano, Julio Cesar; Rosario, CÃ; Carrero, Juan Jesus; Castañeda-Orjuela, Carlos A; Castillo Rivas, Jacqueline; Yi Chang, Hsing; Chang, Jung chen; Chavan, Laxmikant; Chen, Wanqing; Chia Chiang, Peggy Pei; Chibalabala, Mirriam; Chisumpa, Vesper Hichilombwe; Jasmine Choi, Jee Young; Jesudas Christopher, Devasahayam; Ciobanu, Liliana G; Cooper, Cyrus; Dahiru, Tukur; Abreha Damtew, Solomon; Dandona, Lalit; Dandona, Rakhi; de Jager, Pieter; De Leo, Diego; Degenhardt, Louisa; Dellavalle, Robert P; Deribe, Kebede; Deribew, Amare; Des Jarlais, Don C; Dharmaratne, Samath D; Ding, Eric L; Doshi, Pratik Pinal; Driscoll, Tim R; Dubey, Manisha; Elshrek, Yousef Mohamed; Elyazar, Iqbal; Endries, Aman Yesuf; Ermakov, Sergey Petrovich; Eshrati, Babak; Esteghamati, Alireza; Faghmous, Imad DA; Faro, Andre; Farvid, Maryam S; Farzadfar, Farshad; Fereshtehnejad, Seyed Mohammad; Fernandes, Joao C; Fischer, Florian; Ander Fitchett, Joseph Robert; Foigt, Nataliya; Fullman, Nancy; Fürst, Thomas; Gebre, Teshome; Gebremedhin, Amanuel Tesfay; Gebru, Alemseged Aregay; Geleijnse, Johanna M; Gessner, Bradford D (2016-09-01)
      GBD 2015 HIV Collaborators. Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet HIV 2016; 3: e361–87—In this Article, Kerrie ...

    • Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 

      Wang, Haidong; Wolock, Tim M; Carter, Austin; Nguyen, Grant; Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe; Gakidou, Emmanuela; Hay, Simon I; Mills, Edward J; Trickey, Adam; Msemburi, William; Coates, Matthew M; Mooney, Meghan D; Fraser, Maya S; Sligar, Amber; Salomon, Joshua; Larson, Heidi J; Friedman, Joseph; Alemu Abajobir, Amanuel; Hassen Abate, Kalkidan; Abbas, Kaja M; Abd El Razek, Mohamed Magdy; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abdulle, Abdishakur M; Ferede Abera, Semaw; Abubakar, Ibrahim; Abu-Raddad, Laith J; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen ME; Yitayih Abyu, Gebre; Olupelumi Adebiyi, Akindele; Akinkunmi Adedeji, Isaac; Lukman Adelekan, Ademola; Adofo, Koranteng; Kouablan Adou, Arsène; N Ajala, Oluremi; Akinyemiju, Tomi F; Akseer, Nadia; Hasan Al Lami, Faris; Al-Aly, Ziyad; Alam, Khurshid; Alam, Noore KM; Alasfoor, Deena; Aldhahri, Saleh Fahed S; William Aldridge, Robert; Alegretti, Miguel Angel; Aleman, Alicia V; Aderaw Alemu, Zewdie; Alfonso-Cristancho, Rafael; Ali, Raghib; Alkerwi, Ala'a; Alla, François; Mohammad, Rajaa; Al-Raddadi, Salem; Alsharif, Ubai; Alvarez, Elena; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; Amare, Azmeraw T; Amberbir, Alemayehu; Kofi Amegah, Adeladza; Ammar, Walid; Amrock, Stephen Marc; T Antonio, Carl Abelardo; Anwari, Palwasha; Ärnlöv, Johan; Artaman, Al; Asayesh, Hamid; Asghar, Rana Jawad; Assadi, Reza; Atique, Suleman; Atkins, Lydia S; Arthur Avokpaho, Euripide Frinel G; Awasthi, Ashish; Ayala Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina; Bacha, Umar; Badawi, Alaa; Barac, Aleksandra; Bärnighausen, Till; Basu, Arindam; Assefa Bayou, Tigist; Tebekaw Bayou, Yibeltal; Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad; Beardsley, Justin; Bedi, Neeraj; Bennett, Derrick A; Bensenor, Isabela M; Betsu, Balem Demtsu; Beyene, Addisu Shunu; Bhatia, Eesh; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Biadgilign, Sibhatu; Bikbov, Boris; Mentes Birlik, Sait; Bisanzio, Donal; Brainin, Michael; Brazinova, Alexandra; Breitborde, Nicholas JK; Brown, Alexandria; Burch, Michael; Butt, Zahid A; Campuzano, Julio Cesar; Cárdenas, Rosario; Carrero, Juan Jesus; Castañeda-Orjuela, Carlos A; Castillo Rivas, Jacqueline; Catalá-López, Ferrán; Chang, Hsing-Yi; Chang, Jung-chen; Chavan, Laxmikant; Chen, Wanqing; Chiang, Peggy Pei-Chia; Chibalabala, Mirriam; Chisumpa, Vesper Hichilombwe; Choi, Jee-Young Jasmine; Christopher, Devasahayam Jesudas; Ciobanu, Liliana G; Cooper, Cyrus; Dahiru, Tukur; Abrha Damtew, Solomon; Dandona, Lalit; Dandona, Rakhi; das Neves, José; de Jager, Pieter; De Leo, Diego; Degenhardt, Louisa; Dellavalle, Robert P; Deribe, Kebede; Deribew, Amare; Des Jarlais, Don C; Dharmaratne, Samath D; Ding, Eric L; Doshi, Pratik Pinal; Doyle, Kerrie E; Driscoll, Tim R; Dubey, Manisha; Elshrek, Yousef Mohamed; Elyazar, Iqbal; Endries, Aman Yesuf; Petrovich Ermakov, Sergey; Eshrati, Babak; Esteghamati, Alireza; DA Faghmous, Imad; Faro, Andre; Farvid, Maryam S; Farzadfar, Farshad; Fereshtehnejad, Seyed-Mohammad; Fernandes, Joao C; Fischer, Florian; Anderson Fitchett, Joseph Robert; Foigt, Nataliya; Fullman, Nancy; Fürst, Thomas (2016-08-01)
      Timely assessment of the burden of HIV/AIDS is essential for policy setting and programme evaluation. In this report from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (GBD 2015), we provide national estimates of levels and ...

    • Evaluation of anti-Bothrops asper venom activity of ethanolic extract of Brownea rosademonte leaves 

      SALAZAR, MARCOS; CHÉRIGO, LILIA; ACOSTA, HILDAURA; OTERO, RAFAEL; MARTÍNEZ-LUIS, SERGIO (2014-06-20)
      Significant inhibition of the coagulant and hemorrhagic effects of Bothrops asper venom was demonstrated by ethanolic extract prepared from the leaves of Brownea rosademonte. In vitro experiments preincubating 5.5 mg of ...

    • Evaluation of antiparasitic, anticancer, antimicrobial and hypoglycemic properties of organic extracts from Panamanian mangrove plants 

      Lopez, Dioxelis; Cherigo, Lilia; de Sedas, Alejandro; Spadafora, Carmenza; Martinez, Luis sergio (2018-01-02)
      To investigate 33 organic extracts of mangrove plants for: antiparasitic, anticancer, and antibacterial activities, as well as their ability to inhibit the activity of the 毩-glucosidase enzyme. Methods: Leaves from all ...

    • Evaluation of antiparasitic, anticancer, antimicrobial and hypoglycemic properties of organic extracts from Panamanian mangrove plants 

      Lopez, Dioxelis; Cherigo, Lilia; de Sedas, Alejandro; Spadafora, Carmenza; Martinez, Luis sergio (2018-01-02)
      To investigate 33 organic extracts of mangrove plants for: antiparasitic, anticancer, and antibacterial activities, as well as their ability to inhibit the activity of the 毩-glucosidase enzyme. Methods: Leaves from all ...

    • Evaluation of phytotoxic, cytotoxic and antiparasitic in vitro activities of Borreria verticillata, a weed of Panamanian coffee crops. 

      Cherigo, L.; Lezcano, J.; Spadafora, Carmenza; Martínez-Luis, Sergio (2012-01-01)
      In recent years, there have been significant changes in weed populations in different agricultural production systems. Coffee production is economically important in the Republic of Panama, and the specie Borreria verticillata ...

    • Evidence for Pleistocene Population Divergence and Expansion of Anopheles albimanus in Southern Central America 

      Loaiza, Jose R.; Scott, Marilyn E.; Bermingham, Eldredge; Rovira, Jose; Conn, Jan E. (2010-01-05)
      The micro-geographic structure of Anopheles albimanus was studied in southern Central America using partial sequences of the mtDNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene (COI). Analysis of molecular variance supported significant ...

    • Exposure to the leaf litter microbiome of healthy adults protects seedlings from pathogen damage 

      Christian, Natalie; Herre, Edward Allen; Mejia, Luis C.; Clay, Keith (2017-07-05)
      It is increasingly recognized that microbiota affect host health and physiology. However, it is unclear what factors shape microbiome community assembly in nature, and how microbiome assembly can be manipulated to improve ...

    • Extracellular vesicles carrying lactate dehydrogenase induce suicide in increased population density of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro 

      Correa, Ricardo; Coronado, Lorena M.; Caballero, Zuleima; Faral, Paula; Robello, Carlos; Spadafora, Carmenza (2019-03-25)
      Even with access to sufficient nutrients and atmosphere, Plasmodium falciparum can barely be cultured at maximum growth capacity in vitro conditions. Because of this behavior, it has been suggested that P. falciparum has ...

    • Extracellular Vesicles Could Carry an Evolutionary Footprint in Interkingdom Communication 

      Correa, Ricardo; Caballero, Zuleima; Luis Fernando, De León; Spadafora, Carmenza (Frontiers, 2020-03-03)
      Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are minute particles secreted by the cells of living organisms. Although the functional role of EVs is not yet clear, recent work has highlighted their role in intercellular communication. Here, ...

    • Factores asociados al no uso de métodos anticonceptivos durante el puerperio, hospital Víctor Ramos Guardia-Huaraz, 2017 

      Mejia, Carlos; Maiza, Lorena; Diaz, Pineda; Rosario, Marleny (2018-01-01)
      Se planteó el siguiente problema: Cuáles son los factores asociados al no uso de métodos anticonceptivos durante el puerperio, Hospital Víctor Ramos Guardia - Huaraz, 2017 Con el objetivo general de determinar los factores ...

    • First report of Tomato leaf curl Sinaloa virus infecting tomato crops in Panama 

      Herrera-Vásquez, J.A.; Ortega, D.; Romero, A.B.; Davino, S.; Mejía, L.C.; Panno, S.; Davino, M. (2015-06-21)
      In April 2011 and September 2012, virus-like symptoms were observed in open field- and greenhouse-grown tomato crops (Solanum lycopersicum) in Chiriquí, the westernmost province of Panama. Samples from symptombearing plants ...

    • First Whole Genome Sequence of Anaplasma platys, an Obligate Intracellula Rickettsial Pathogen of Dogs 

      Llanes, Alejandro; Rajeev, Sreekumari (2020-04-10)
      We have assembled the first genome draft of Anaplasma platys, an obligate intracellular rickettsia, and the only known bacterial pathogen infecting canine platelets. A. platys is a not-yet-cultivated bacterium that causes ...

    • Forest disturbance and vector transmitted diseases in thelowland tropical rainforest of central Panama 

      Loaiza, Jose R.; Rovira, Jose R.; Sanjur, Oris I.; Altagracia Zepeda, Jesus; Pecor, James E.; Foley, Desmond H.; Dutari, Larissa; Radtke, Meghan; Pongsiri, Montira J.; Smith Molinar, Octavio; Laporta, Gabriel Z. (2019-07-07)
      objective To explore possible changes in the community attributes of haematophagous insects as afunction of forest disturbance. We compare the patterns of diversity and abundance, plus thebehavioural responses of three ...

    • Frequency of Toxoplasma gondii and Risk Factors Associated with the Infection in Stray Dogs and Cats of Panama 

      Fábrega, Lorena; Restrepo, Carlos M.; Torres, Alicia; Smith, Diorene; Chan, Patricia; Pérez, Dimas; Cumbrera, Alberto; Caballero E., Zuleima (2020-06-19)
      Stray animals such as dogs and cats have an important role in maintaining the transmission cycles and dissemination of Toxoplasma gondii. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency of T. gondii ...

    • Fungal endophytes limit pathogen damage in a tropical tree 

      Arnold, A. Elizabeth; Mejía, Luis Carlos; Kyllo, Damond; Rojas, Enith I.; Maynard, Zuleyka; Robbins, Nancy; Herre, Edward Allen (2003-10-23)
      Every plant species examined to date harbors endophytic fungi within its asymptomatic aerial tissues, such that endophytes represent a ubiquitous, yet cryptic, component of terrestrial plant communities. Fungal endophytes ...