• Ciencia de data vs ciencia de decisión: resultados de ACDC 

      Báez, Amado Alejandro (Center of Operational Medicine. Medical college of Georgia. UNPHU, 2021)
      Desarrollar la colaboración en el diagnóstico de cuidados agudos (ACDC, por sus siglas en inglés) permite saber el efecto que tiene la probabilidad de padecer una enfermedad en la calidad diagnóstica de las diferentes ...
    • Elucidating the neuropathologic mechanisms of SARS-cov-2 infection. 

      Pacheco Herrero, Mar; Soto Rojas, Luis O.; Harrington, Charles R.; Flores Martínez, Yazmín M.; Villegas Rojas, Marcos M.; León Aguilar, Alfredo M.; Martínez Gómez, Paola A.; Campa Córdoba, B. Berenice; Apátiga Pérez, Ricardo; Corniel Taveras, Carolin N.; Domínguez García, Jesabelle de J.; Blanco Alvarez, Víctor Manuel; Luna Muñoz, José (Frontiers in Neurology, 2021-04-12)
      The current pandemic caused by the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a public health emergency. To date, March 1, 2021, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused about 114 ...
    • Epidemiological intelligence fusion centers: health security and COVID-19 in the Dominican Republic 

      Craig Douglas, Albert; Amado Baez, Alejandro; Hunter, Lance; Heslen, John; Rutland, Josh (2022-07-22)
      Research on health security has focused on how many different political, economic, social, and health-related factors affect disease containment within states. However, largely missing from this scholarship is an examination ...
    • Hand hygiene perceptions, preferences, and practices among hospital staff in the Dominican Republic in the context of COVID-19: a qualitative study 

      Craig, Christina E; Schnorr, Charles D.; Then Paulino, Cecilia J.; Payano, Eulogia Cristina; Guzmán, Paloma Martínez; Ripkey, Carrie; de St Aubin, Michael; Dumas, Devan; Roberts, Kathryn W; Duke, William; Skewes-Ramm, Ronald; Lozier, Matthew J.; Nilles, Eric J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2024-06)
      Proper hand hygiene (HH), which includes sanitizing with alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) (or handwashing with soap and water if ABHR is unavailable), is key for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HCAI), including ...
    • The impact of COVID-19 on the well-being and cognition of older adults living in the United States and Latin America 

      Babulal, Ganesh M.; Torres, Valeria L.; Acosta, Daisy; Agüero, Cinthya; Aguilar Navarro, Sara; Amariglio, Rebecca; Aya Ussui, Juliana; Baena, Ana; Bocanegra, Yamile; Dozzi Brucki, Sonia Maria; Bustin, Julian; Cabrera, Diego M.; Custodio, Nilton; Díaz, Monica M.; Duque Peñailillo, Lissette; Franco, Idalid; Gatchel, Jennifer R.; Garza Naveda, Ana Paola; González Lara, Mariana; Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, Lidia; Guzmán-Vélez, Edmarie; J. Hanseeuw, Bernard; Jiménez Velázquez, Ivonne Z.; León Rodríguez, Tomás; Llibre Guerra, Jorge; Marquine, María J.; Martínez, Jairo; Medina, Luis D.; Miranda Castillo, Claudia; Morlett Paredes, Alejandra; Munera, Diana; Nuñez Herrera, Alberto; Oliveira, Maira Okada de; Palmer Cancel, Santiago J.; Pardilla Delgado, Enmanuelle; Perales Puchalt, Jaime; Pluim, Celina; Ramírez Gómez, Liliana; Rentz, Dorene M.; Rivera-Fernández, Claudia; Rosselli, Mónica; Serrano, Cecilia M.; Suing Ortega, María José; Slachevsky, Andrea; Soto Añari, Marcio; Sperling, Reisa A.; Torrente, Fernando; Thumala, Daniela; Vannini, Patrizia; Vila Castelar, Clara; Yañez Escalante, Tatiana; Quiroz, Yakeel T. (EClinicalMedicine, 2021-03-29)
      In the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults from vulnerable ethnoracial groups are at high risk of infection, hospitalization, and death. We aimed to explore the pandemic's impact on the well-being and cognition of older adults ...
    • The impact of SARS-CoV-2 in dementia across Latin America: A call for an urgent regional plan and coordinated response 

      Ibanez, Agustin; Santamaria-Garcia, Hernando; Guerrero Barragan, Alejandra; Kornhuber, Alexander; Mendonca Marques Ton, Alyne; Slachevsky, Andrea; Teixeira, Antonio Lucio; Mar Meza, Beatriz Marcela; Serrano, Cecilia M.; Cano, Carlos; Arias Gonzalez, Carolina; Gonzalez-Billault, Christian; Butler, Christopher; Bustin, Julian; Duran-Aniotz, Claudia; Acosta, Daisy; Matallana, Diana L.; Acosta-Alvear, Diego; Trépel, Dominic; Franca Resende, Elisa De Paula; Ferreira de Oliveira, Fabricio; Ibanez, Francisco; De Felice, Fernanda G.; Navarrete, Gorka; Tamañas, Ioannis; Meier, Irene B.; Smid, Jerusa; Llibre-Guerra, Jorge; Llibre-Rodriguez, Juan J.; Fajersztajn, Lais; Tadao Takada, Leonel; Duque, Lissette; Okada de Oliveira, Maira; Camargos Bicalho, Maria Aparecida; Behrens, Maria Isabel; Pintado-Caipa, Maritza; Parra, Mario; Z. Wilson, Maxwell; De La Cruz Puebla, Myriam; Custodio, Nilton; Santibanez, Rodrigo; Bernardo Serafim, Rodrigo; Melo Tavares, Ronnielly; Piña Escudero, Stefanie Danielle; Piña Escudero, Stefanie Danielle; Leon Rodriguez, Tomas; Dawson, Walter; Miller, Bruce L.; Kosik, Kenneth S. (Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 2020)
      The SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic will disproportionately impact countries with weak economies and vulnerable populations including people with dementia. Latin American and Caribbean countries (LACs) are burdened with unstable ...
    • Monitoring temporal changes in SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody levels and variant-specific risk for infection, Dominican Republic, March 2021–August 2022 

      Nilles, Eric J.; de St. Aubin, Michael; Dumas, Devan; Duke, William; Etienne, Marie Caroline; Abdalla, Gabriela; Jarolim, Petr; Oasan, Timothy; Garnier, Salome; Iihoshi, Naomi; Lopez, Beatriz; de la Cruz, Lucia; Cornelio Puello, Yosanly; Baldwin, Margaret; Roberts, Kathryn W.; Peña, Farah; Durski, Kara; Sanchez, Isaac Miguel; Gunter, Sarah M.; Kneubehl, Alexander R.; Murray, Kristy O.; Lino, Allison; Strobel, Sarah; Baez, Amado Alejandro; Lau, Colleen L.; Kucharski, Adam; Kucharski, Adam; Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily; Skewes-Ramm, Ronald; Vasquez, Marietta; Then Paulino, Cecilia (RESEARCH, 2023)
      To assess changes in SARS-CoV-2 spike binding antibody prevalence in the Dominican Republic and implications for immunologic protection against variants of concern, we prospectively enrolled 2,300 patients with undif ...
    • Percepción espacial durante la pandemia: caso de los jóvenes de 17 a 22 años 

      Alejo, Ilvania; Almonte, Mario; Jiménez, Ramón (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 2021)
      Se presenta la propuesta de una metodología de diseño arquitectónico para rediseñar los espacios tomando en cuenta los resultados de una encuesta aplicada a jóvenes de 17-22 años que demostró la necesidad de modificar y/o ...
    • SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, cumulative infections, and immunity to symptomatic infection – A multistage national household survey and modelling study, Dominican Republic, June–October 2021 

      Nilles, Eric J.; Then Paulino, Cecilia; St. Aubin, Michael de; Cadavid Restrepo, Angela; Mayfield, Helen; Dumas, Devan; Finch, Emilie; Garnier, Salome; Etienne, Marie Caroline; Iselin, Louisa; Duke, William; Jarolim, Petr; Oasan, Timothy; Yu, Jingyou; Wan, Huahua; Peña, Farah; Iihoshi, Naomi; Abdalla, Gabriela; Lopez, Beatriz; Cruz, Lucia de la; Henríquez, Bernarda; Espinosa-Bode, Andres; Cornelio Puello, Yosanly; Durski, Kara; Baldwin, Margaret; Baez, Amado Alejandro; Merchant, Roland C; Barouch, Dan H.; Skewes-Ramm, Ronald; Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily; Kucharski, Adam; Laue, Colleen L. (Elsevier Ltd., 2022-11-08)
      Background Population-level SARS-CoV-2 immunological protection is poorly understood but can guide vaccination and non-pharmaceutical intervention priorities. Our objective was to characterise cumulative infections and ...
    • Seroprevalence of specific antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 from hotspot communities in the Dominican Republic. 

      Paulino-Ramírez, Robert; Báez, Amado Alejandro; Vallejo Degaudenzi, Alejandro; Tapía, Leandro (The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020)
      Seroprevalence surveys are of utmost importance to assess the proportion of a population that has developed antibodies against a newly introduced virus and could therefore potentially exhibit immunologic protection against ...
    • Tracking immune correlates of protection foremerging SARSCoV- 2 variants 

      Nilles, Eric J; Then Paulino, Cecilia; de St Aubin, Michael; Duke, William; Jarolim, Petr; Sanchez, Isaac Miguel; Murray, Kristy O; L Lau, Colleen; Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily; Skewes Ramm, Ronald; Vasquez, Marietta; Kucharski, Adam (www.thelancet.com/infection, 2023-02-23)
      Here we report a proof of concept for monitoring variant-specific SARS-CoV-2 COP using existing surveillance infrastructure in the Dominican Republic. However, global networks of acute febrile illness, influenza-like ...
    • Trust and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the Dominican Republic: a national cross-sectional household survey, June– October 2021 

      Garnier, Salome; Then, Cecilia; de St Aubin, Michael; Cadavid Restrepo, Angela; J Mayfield, Helen; Dumas, Devan; Duke, William; Pena, Farah; J Kucharski, Adam; Skewes, Ronald; Zielinski Gutierrez, Emily; Coyoli, Julia; Etienne, Marie Caroline; L Lau, Colleen; Vazquez, Marietta; Nilles, Eric (BMJ Open, 2024-05)
      Objective This study investigates the role of trust in shaping COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the Dominican Republic (DR) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Cross-sectional household survey. Setting Randomly selected ...