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Seroprevalence of specific antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 from hotspot communities in the Dominican Republic.
(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 ...
Applications of non-destructive techniques in the study of a Caribbean historic timber house.
(IOP Publishing, 2020)
The aims of this research is to analysis a Caribbean historic timber house using nondestructive
techniques (NDT). The high cultural and historic value that have the timber
buildings in the Caribbean and the necessity to ...
Neighbourhood environment and dementia in older people from high-, middle- and low-income countries: results from two population-based cohort
(BMC Public Health, 2020)
A growing number of studies have explored how features of the neighbourhood environment can
be related to cognitive health in later life. Yet few have focused on low- and middle-income countries and
compared the results ...
Oxidative stress and mitochondrial complex I dysfunction correlate with neurodegeneration in an -synucleinopathy animal model
(International Journal o f Molecular Sciences Article, 2022-09-27)
The α-synucleinopathies constitute a subset of neurodegenerative disorders, of which Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common worldwide, characterized by the accumulation of misfolded α-synuclein in the cytoplasm of ...
Prevalence of parkinsonism and Parkinson disease in urban and rural populations from Latin America: A community based study
(The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2022;7: 100136, 2021-12-10)
Age and gender specific prevalence rates for parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease (PD) are important
to guide research, clinical practice, and public health planning; however, prevalence estimates in Latin America
(LatAm) ...
Morphological and fractal properties of brain tumors
(Frontiers in Physiology, 2022-06-27)
Tumor interface dynamics is a complex process determined by cell proliferation and
invasion to neighboring tissues. Parameters extracted from the tumor interface fluctuations
allow for the characterization of the particular ...
Biomarkers for dementia in Latin American countries: Gaps and opportunities
(Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 2022-01-15)
Limited knowledge on dementia biomarkers in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC)
countries remains a serious barrier. Here, we reported a survey to explore the ongoing
work, needs, interests, potential barriers, and ...
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, cumulative infections, and immunity to symptomatic infection – A multistage national household survey and modelling study, Dominican Republic, June–October 2021
(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 ...
Consumo de alcohol y otras sustancias psicoactivas en adolescentes dominicanos
(Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación, 2022-05-02)
El consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en adolescentes representa un problema de salud pública, pero República Dominicana no monitorea su evolución. Información sobre patrones de consumo, edad de inicio, contextos de riesgo ...
Working Group recommendations for the practice of teleneuropsychology in Latin America
(Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 2021-09-20)
eleneuropsychology (teleNP) could potentially expand access to services for patientswho are confined, have limited
personal access to healthcare, or live in remote areas. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has ...