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- Author:
- Kazuo Kawano; Pablo Daza; Alvaro Amaya; Mario Rios; Wania M. F. Goncalves
- Source:
- Crop science 1978 v.18 no.3 pp. 377-380
- ISSN:
- 0011-183X
- Subject:
- Manihot esculenta; Oxisols; carbohydrates; cassava; climate; drought; farms; genetic improvement; germplasm; harvest index; hybrids; irrigation; rain; savannas; soil fertility; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... A yield evaluation in single-row plots were made in Colombia of approximately 1,900 accessions of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), collected throughout Latin America and 4,700 hybrid lines from crosses within the same germplasm. Superior genotypes were selected on the basis of harvest index (proportion of root weight to total plant weight) and root yield in single-row plots and then evaluated i ...
- DOI:
- 10.2135/cropsci1978.0011183X001800030006x
- https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1978.0011183X001800030006x
- Author:
- P. H. Graham; G. Ocampo; L. D. Ruiz; A. Duque
- Source:
- Agronomy journal 1980 v.72 no.4 pp. 625-627
- ISSN:
- 0002-1962
- Subject:
- Rhizobium phaseoli; acid soils; agronomy; beans; captan; nodulation; pH; plate count; root rot; seed treatment; thiram; toxicity; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... In the multiple cropping systems used for bean (Phmeolus vulgaris L.) production in Latin America, seed treatment Is often needed for control of soil pathogens and pests, but can be incompatible with Rhizobium inoculation. This study looks at the interaction between Rhizobium and seed protectant. One laboratory and three field studies are reported. The survival of R. phaseoli on bean seeds treated ...
- DOI:
- 10.2134/agronj1980.00021962007200040013x
- https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj1980.00021962007200040013x
- Author:
- Willem Janssen; Norha Ruiz de Londoño
- Source:
- Agricultural economics 1994 v.10 no.1 pp. 13-25
- ISSN:
- 0169-5150
- Subject:
- agricultural development; agricultural policy; beans; corn; cropping systems; input costs; labor; modernization; peasantry; prices; production functions; profitability; small farms; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... The survival of the small‐farm sector in the process of agricultural modernization in Latin America has been a concern for many authors and institutions. It is generally believed that the small‐farm sector is bypassed in the process of agricultural development. The authors analyze modernization of bean/maize cropping systems in Southern Colombia. Prices, production practices and profitability are ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1994.tb00285.x
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.1994.tb00285.x
- Author:
- Albert J. Fischer; Hector V. Ramírez; Kevin D. Gibson; Beatriz Da Silveira Pinheiro
- Source:
- Agronomy journal 2001 v.93 no.5 pp. 967-973
- ISSN:
- 0002-1962
- Subject:
- Brachiaria; Haplustox; Oryza sativa; Urochloa brizantha; Urochloa decumbens; aboveground biomass; cultivars; early development; grain yield; grazing; harvesting; herbicides; highlands; intercropping; leaf area index; pastures; perennial grasses; photons; profitability; rice; savannas; tillers; weeds; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... When savannas in Latin America are brought into cultivation, rice (Oryza sativa L.) can be sown with the perennial grasses palisadegrass [Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich) Stapf] and signalgrass (B. decumbens Stapf) to harvest a grain crop while establishing a pasture to suppress weeds and provide grazing in subsequent years. However, these Brachiaria spp. can reduce upland rice yields. Ri ...
- DOI:
- 10.2134/agronj2001.935967x
- https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2001.935967x
- Author:
- Adolfo Chávez; Miriam Muñoz
- Source:
- Food and nutrition bulletin v.23 no.4 pp. 349-350
- ISSN:
- 0379-5721
- Subject:
- food availability; food security; globalization; islands; malnutrition; nutritional status; Andes region; Brazil; Caribbean; Central America; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Although the nutrition situation in most Latin American countries is improving and malnutrition is easing, worrisome factors are emerging. Huge rural-to-urban migrations have been accompanied by a worsening nutrition situation in rural populations, especially in Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil, a phenomenon not readily apparent from average food availability and malnutrition data. Average figures can ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/156482650202300404
- https://doi.org/10.1177/156482650202300404
- Author:
- Franqueville, H. De
- Source:
- Experimental agriculture 2003 v.39 no.3 pp. 225-240
- ISSN:
- 0014-4797
- Subject:
- Elaeis guineensis; Elaeis oleifera; genetics; hybrids; indigenous species; infectious diseases; insect vectors; oils; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Panama; Suriname
- Abstract:
- ... In South and Central America, tens of thousands of hectares of oil palms (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) are affected by bud-rot types of disease. Having destroyed entire estates in Panama, Colombia, Suriname, Brazil and Ecuador, they are holding back the development of oil palm cultivation in Latin America. The cause is unknown. Indeed, 30 years after these diseases first wreaked havoc on a large scale ...
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0014479703001315
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479703001315
- Author:
- Kazuo Kawano
- Source:
- Crop science 2003 v.43 no.4 pp. 1325-1335
- ISSN:
- 0011-183X
- Subject:
- Manihot esculenta; biomass; breeding programs; cassava; dry matter content; environmental factors; genetic variation; germplasm; harvest index; plant breeding; social factors; Africa; Colombia; Latin America; Thailand
- Abstract:
- ... The Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT, headquartered in Colombia) established a cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) breeding program in the beginning of the 1970s with the aim of extending the Green Revolution success to less privileged sectors of the tropical populations. The initial decade was mainly dedicated to the collection of germplasm and generation of basic breeding materi ...
- DOI:
- 10.2135/cropsci2003.1325
- https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2003.1325
- Author:
- Monnerat, Rose; Martins, Erica; Queiroz, Paulo; Ordúz, Sergio; Jaramillo, Gabriela; Benintende, Graciela; Cozzi, Jorge; Real, M. Dolores; Martinez-Ramirez, Amparo; Rausell, Carolina; Cerón, Jairo; Ibarra, Jorge E.; Rincon-Castro, M. Cristina Del; Espinoza, Ana M.; Meza-Basso, Luis; Cabrera, Lizbeth; Sánchez, Jorge; Soberon, Mario; Bravo, Alejandra
- Source:
- Applied and environmental microbiology 2006 v.72 no.11 pp. 7029-7035
- ISSN:
- 0099-2240
- Subject:
- Bacillus thuringiensis; Latinos; Spodoptera frugiperda; binding capacity; corn; crystals; gel electrophoresis; genes; genetic variation; insect control; insect development; insecticidal properties; insects; soil sampling; toxicity; toxins; Brazil; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Bacillus thuringiensis strains isolated from Latin American soil samples that showed toxicity against three Spodoptera frugiperda populations from different geographical areas (Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil) were characterized on the basis of their insecticidal activity, crystal morphology, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of parasporal crystals, plasmid profiles, and cry g ...
- DOI:
- 10.1128/AEM.01454-06
- PubMed:
- 16936049
- PubMed Central:
- PMC1636186
- https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01454-06
- Author:
- Clark, Gary G.; Rubio-Palis, Yasmin
- Source:
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 2006 v.22 no.4 pp. 732-750
- ISSN:
- 8756-971X
- Subject:
- Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Culex quinquefasciatus; Anopheles albimanus; Anopheles darlingi; Lutzomyia; Triatoma; insect vectors; mosquito control; Amblyomma; dengue; West Nile virus; malaria; leishmaniasis; Chagas disease; human health; Latin America; Mexico; Cuba; Peru; Colombia; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... The 16th Annual Latin American Symposium presented by the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) was held as part of the 72nd Annual Meeting in Detroit, MI, in February 2006. The principal objective, as for the previous 15 symposia, was to promote participation in the AMCA by vector control specialists, public health workers, and academicians from Latin America. This publication includes sum ...
- Handle:
- 10113/22739
- DOI:
- 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[732:MVCABI]2.0.CO;2
- https://doi.org/10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[732:MVCABI]2.0.CO;2
- Author:
- Engelbrecht, C.J.B.; Harrington, T.C.; Alfenas, A.C.; Suarez, C.
- Source:
- Plant pathology 2007 v.56 no.6 pp. 923-933
- ISSN:
- 0032-0862
- Subject:
- Ceratocystis fimbriata; DNA fingerprinting; Theobroma cacao; genetic markers; genetic variation; hosts; mitochondrial DNA; nuclear genome; pathogens; vascular wilt; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Ceratocystis cacaofunesta (= Ceratocystis fimbriata) causes a lethal wilt disease of cacao (Theobroma cacao) in Latin America. Polymorphic microsatellite markers, (CAT)₅ nuclear DNA fingerprints and Hae III mitochondrial DNA fingerprints were used to compare genetic diversity among isolates of C. cacaofunesta collected from populations in western Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Rondônia and Bah ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01735.x
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01735.x
- Author:
- Calvert, L.A.; Cuervo, M.; Lozano, I.; Villareal, N.; Arroyave, J.
- Source:
- Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 2008 v.156 no.11-12 pp. 647-653
- ISSN:
- 0931-1785
- Subject:
- Rice ragged stunt virus; cassava; clones; complementary DNA; double-stranded RNA; electron microscopy; genes; phylogeny; proteins; races; roots; virus-like particles; viruses; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Cassava Frogskin Disease (CFSD) can cause severe damage to cassava roots and is one of the most important diseases of cassava in Latin America. The principal objective of this study was to identify the causal agent of CFSD. Electron microscopy, viral purifications, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) analysis, cloning, sequencing, rtPCR and hybridizations were carried out to characterize and associate a n ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2008.01412.x
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0434.2008.01412.x
- Author:
- Alzate, Fernando; Quijano-Abril, Mario Alberto; Morrone, Juan J.
- Source:
- Journal of biogeography 2008 v.35 no.7 pp. 1250-1257
- ISSN:
- 0305-0270
- Subject:
- Alstroemeriaceae; biogeography; hybrids; tectonics; tropics; Andes region; Arctic region; Argentina; Caribbean; Central America; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Mexico; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... A panbiogeographical analysis of the genus Bomarea was undertaken in order to determine generalized tracks and biogeographical nodes, and to evaluate the current distribution of the genus based on the available tectonic information and the biogeographical regionalization of Latin America. The Neotropical region from northern Mexico to northern Argentina, and the Nearctic and Andean regions. A tota ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01896.x
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01896.x
- Author:
- Juan Pablo Castro
- Source:
- International journal of water 2008 v.4 no.3-4 pp. 235-257
- ISSN:
- 1465-6620
- Subject:
- community service; drinking water; governance; models; private sector; public sector; sanitation; tariffs; water supply; Argentina; Bolivia; Chile; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... This paper analyses the appropriateness of public versus private models of providing and managing water and sanitation services. Better management practices, along with well-suited institutional arrangements, are needed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on water supply and sanitation. There has been Private Sector Involvement (PSI) in the drinking water sector in the four cases studi ...
- DOI:
- 10.1504/IJW.2008.019496
- https://doi.org/10.1504/IJW.2008.019496
- Author:
- Ekaterina Maslova; Mercedes Mora-Plazas; Yibby Forero; Sandra López-Arana; Ana Baylin; Eduardo Villamor
- Source:
- Food and nutrition bulletin v.30 no.2 pp. 103-111
- ISSN:
- 0379-5721
- Subject:
- C-reactive protein; assets; boys; ferritin; girls; iron; multivariate analysis; nutrient deficiencies; nutrition surveys; preschool children; school children; sociodemographic characteristics; socioeconomic status; vitamin A; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... In Latin America, the burden of vitamin A and iron deficiencies has been documented primarily in preschool-age children. There are few recent reports on the vitamin A and iron status of school-age children. We aimed to determine the prevalence and predictors of vitamin A and iron deficiencies in Colombian schoolchildren. We examined plasma retinol and ferritin concentrations in relation to socioec ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/156482650903000201
- https://doi.org/10.1177/156482650903000201
- Author:
- Bautista, L.E.; Casas, J.P.; Herrera, V.M.; Miranda, J.J.; Perel, P.; Pichardo, R.; González, A.; Sanchez, J.R.; Ferreccio, C.; Aguilera, X.; Silva, E.; Oróstegui, M.; Gómez, L.F.; Chirinos, J.A.; Medina-Lezama, J.; Pérez, C.M.; Suárez, E.; Ortiz, A.P.; Rosero, L.; Schapochnik, N.; Ortiz, Z.; Ferrante, D.
- Source:
- Obesity reviews 2009 v.10 no.3 pp. 364-370
- ISSN:
- 1467-7881
- Subject:
- health policy; obesity; risk factors; sociodemographic characteristics; Argentina; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Latin America; Peru; Puerto Rico; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... Current, high-quality data are needed to evaluate the health impact of the epidemic of obesity in Latin America. The Latin American Consortium of Studies of Obesity (LASO) has been established, with the objectives of (i) Accurately estimating the prevalence of obesity and its distribution by sociodemographic characteristics; (ii) Identifying ethnic, socioeconomic and behavioural determinants of ob ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00591.x
- PubMed:
- 19438980
- PubMed Central:
- PMC2687094
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00591.x
- Author:
- Louise H. Dekker; Mercedes Mora-Plazas; Constanza Marín; Ana Baylin; Eduardo Villamor
- Source:
- Food and nutrition bulletin v.31 no.2 pp. 242-250
- ISSN:
- 0379-5721
- Subject:
- birth weight; body mass index; cough; diarrhea; educational status; elementary schools; fever; gastrointestinal system; growth retardation; households; maternal nutrition; morbidity; nutrition assessment; nutritional status; prospective studies; respiratory tract diseases; risk factors; school children; sociodemographic characteristics; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... There are few recent reports on the prevalence and risk factors of stunting and thinness among schoolchildren in Latin America. To determine the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of stunting and thinness among school-age children in Bogotá, Colombia, and to examine whether these nutritional indices are associated with the risk of respiratory and diarrheal morbidity symptoms, visits to the ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/156482651003100207
- https://doi.org/10.1177/156482651003100207
- Author:
- Katja Poveda; María Isabel Gómez Jiménez; André Kessler
- Source:
- Ecological applications 2010 v.20 no.7 pp. 1787-1793
- ISSN:
- 1051-0761
- Subject:
- Solanum tuberosum; Tecia solanivora; agricultural land; crop yield; environmental health; food production; food shortages; foregut; greenhouse experimentation; habitats; herbivores; humans; insect larvae; pests; plant response; potatoes; risk; tubers; Andes region; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... There is increasing global concern over the risk of food shortage and instability, and a concomitant demand for an increase in food production. However, the continuing expansion of agricultural areas threatens natural habitats as well as human and ecosystem health. One option for increasing food production is to maximize yields from existing farmland. Here we demonstrate that larval feeding by the ...
- DOI:
- 10.1890/09-1726.1
- https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1726.1
18. Current development and application of plant cryopreservation in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Author:
- Gonzalez-Arnao, M.T.; Engelmann, F.
- Source:
- Acta horticulturae 2011 v. no.908 pp. 447-452
- ISSN:
- 0567-7572
- Subject:
- Food and Agriculture Organization; biodiversity; cryopreservation; scientists; seeds; Argentina; Bolivia; Caribbean; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; Latin America; Mexico; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... The large majority of species for which cryopreservation protocols are necessary are grown in tropical countries. It is therefore necessary to develop cryopreservation research activities in these countries, and to promote the dissemination of relevant scientific and technical information as a prerequisite to the initiation of such research activities. Central America, South America and the Caribb ...
- Author:
- M Dolores Bargues; Patricio Artigas; Messaoud Khoubbane; Santiago Mas-Coma
- Source:
- Parasites & vectors 2011 v.4 no.1 pp. 402
- ISSN:
- 1756-3305
- Subject:
- Lymnaea; RNA; altitude; body size; disease transmission; disease vectors; fascioliasis; haplotypes; highlands; humans; internal transcribed spacers; liver flukes; livestock; mitochondrial DNA; new species; phylogeny; phylogeography; pseudogenes; ribosomal DNA; sequence analysis; snails; temperature; Andes region; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... BACKGROUND: Livestock fascioliasis is a problem throughout Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, mainly in Andean areas where the disease also appears to affect humans. Transmission patterns and epidemiological scenarios of liver fluke infection have shown to differ according to the lymnaeid vector snail species involved. These Andean countries present the vectors Lymnaea cousini, L. bogotensis and L. ...
- DOI:
- 10.1186/1756-3305-4-132
- PubMed:
- 21749718
- PubMed Central:
- PMC3168421
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-132
- Author:
- Enrique Murgueitio; Zoraida Calle; Fernando Uribe; Alicia Calle; Baldomero Solorio
- Source:
- Forest ecology and management 2011 v.261 no.10 pp. 1654-1663
- ISSN:
- 0378-1127
- Subject:
- biodiversity; biological control; cattle; cattle production; climate change; credit; ecosystem services; fences; forage; indigenous species; landscape management; landscapes; meat production; milk production; pastures; plant density; production costs; ranching; reproduction; risk reduction; rotational grazing; shrubs; silvopastoral systems; society; trees; water supply; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Extensive cattle production currently occupies more than 27% of the rural landscapes in Latin America, and continues to expand. This activity, deeply rooted in the culture and rural economy of the region, requires an urgent transformation if it is to become both more efficient and environmentally friendly. Silvopastoral systems that incorporate native trees and shrubs are instrumental for the prod ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.027
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.027
- Author:
- Rainer Janssen; Dominik Damian Rutz
- Source:
- Energy policy 2011 v.39 no.10 pp. 5717-5725
- ISSN:
- 0301-4215
- Subject:
- European Union; biodiesel; certification; energy crops; ethanol production; exports; food crops; markets; risk; sugarcane; Argentina; Colombia; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Latin America; United States; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... Several Latin American countries are setting up biofuel programmes to establish alternative markets for agricultural commodities. This is mainly triggered by the current success of Brazilian bioethanol production for the domestic market and for export. Furthermore, the global biofuel market is expected to increase due to ambitious biofuel programmes in the EU and in the USA. Colombia, Venezuela, C ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.047
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.047
- Author:
- Rodríguez-Delfín, A.
- Source:
- Acta horticulturae 2012 v. no.947 pp. 23-32
- ISSN:
- 0567-7572
- Subject:
- peat; agricultural soils; rice; poverty; sawdust; potatoes; sand; mosses and liverworts; tomatoes; growers; strawberries; certification; hydroponics; viruses; horticulture; urban agriculture; profits and margins; cities; seed tubers; gravel; pumice; family support; lettuce; statistics; income; rivers; quartz; microirrigation; nutrition; wool; pepper; developed countries; Costa Rica; Mexico; Chile; Latin America; Colombia; Bolivia; Ecuador; Andes region; Brazil; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... Hydroponics has been used during years for research in the field of plant mineral nutrition and related topics. Today the soilless culture method is the most intensive horticulture production and is being applied with success in developed countries for commercial purposes. The growing and future of hydroponics in Latin America will much depend of the developing and adaptation of less sophisticated ...
- DOI:
- 10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.947.1
- https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.947.1
- Author:
- Viviana Ritacco; María-José Iglesias; Lucilaine Ferrazoli; Johana Monteserin; Elis R. Dalla Costa; Alberto Cebollada; Nora Morcillo; Jaime Robledo; Jacobus H. de Waard; Pamela Araya; Liselotte Aristimuño; Raúl Díaz; Patricia Gavin; Belen Imperiale; Vera Simonsen; Elsa M. Zapata; María S. Jiménez; Maria L. Rossetti; Carlos Martin; Lucía Barrera; Sofia Samper
- Source:
- Infection, genetics, and evolution 2012 v.12 no.4 pp. 711-717
- ISSN:
- 1567-1348
- Subject:
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis; databases; genotype; immigration; multiple drug resistance; patients; restriction fragment length polymorphism; strain differences; tuberculosis; Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; China; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Peru; Spain; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain diversity in Ibero-America was examined by comparing extant genotype collections in national or state tuberculosis networks. To this end, genotypes from over 1000 patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis diagnosed from 2004 through 2008 in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Spain were compared in a database constructed ad h ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.06.006
- PubMed:
- 21718805
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2011.06.006
- Author:
- Victoria E. Vallejo; Ziv Arbeli; Wilson Terán; Nicola Lorenz; Richard P. Dick; Fabio Roldan
- Source:
- Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2012 v.150 no. pp. 139-148
- ISSN:
- 0167-8809
- Subject:
- Prosopis juliflora; bacteria; bioactive properties; biomarkers; canopy; chronosequences; community structure; crops; enzyme activity; fatty acid esters; islands; land management; livestock production; management systems; microbial biomass; microbial communities; mycorrhizal fungi; pastures; physicochemical properties; rhizosphere; silvopastoral systems; soil properties; soil quality; trees; tropical forests; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Livestock production in Latin America has replaced tropical dry forests with conventional monocultures pastures (CP) that have degraded soils. As an alternative to CP, intensive silvopastoral systems (ISS) have been developed with multi-canopied vegetation that mimics native forest (F). The litter inputs and year-round presence of the tree rhizosphere in ISS, contribute to the formation of âfert ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.agee.2012.01.022
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2012.01.022
- Author:
- Roosbelinda Cárdenas
- Source:
- Journal of peasant studies 2012 v.39 no.2 pp. 309-333
- ISSN:
- 1743-9361
- Subject:
- Blacks; biofuels; entrepreneurship; land reform; landscaping; politics; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... This paper analyzes the intersection of two parallel developments that have had a curious impact on agrarian politics in Colombia: on the one hand, attempts to appropriate land for ‘green’ ends such as biofuel production, which have become ubiquitous all across Latin America, and on the other, the implementation of multicultural reforms, which in Colombia resulted in the collective titling of more ...
- DOI:
- 10.1080/03066150.2012.665892
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2012.665892
- Author:
- Clark Gary G.; Rubio-Palis Yasmin
- Source:
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 2012 v.28 no.2 pp. 102-110
- ISSN:
- 8756-971X
- Subject:
- Aedes aegypti; Anopheles; Culex; Dengue virus; Leishmania; chemical control; genetics; health care workers; insect vectors; insecticide resistance; malaria; monitoring; mosquito control; public health; taxonomy; vector control; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; Texas; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... The 22nd Annual Latin American Symposium presented by the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) was held as part of the 78th Annual Meeting in Austin, TX, in February 2012. The principal objective, as for the previous 21 symposia, was to promote participation in the AMCA by vector control specialists, public health workers, and academicians from Latin America. This publication includes summ ...
- DOI:
- 10.2987/12-6253.1
- https://doi.org/10.2987/12-6253.1
- Author:
- Jochen Bundschuh; Marta I. Litter; Faruque Parvez; Gabriela Román-Ross; Hugo B. Nicolli; Jiin-Shuh Jean; Chen-Wuing Liu; Dina López; María A. Armienta; Luiz R.G. Guilherme; Alina Gomez Cuevas; Lorena Cornejo; Luis Cumbal; Regla Toujaguez
- Source:
- Science of the total environment 2012 v.429 no. pp. 2-35
- ISSN:
- 0048-9697
- Subject:
- water supply; heavy metals; mountains; anthropogenic activities; public health; volcanic rocks; oxidation; water pollution; arsenic; pollutants; aquifers; drinking water; lowlands; rivers; sulfide minerals; pH; sulfides; desorption; Argentina; Chile; Honduras; Latin America; Colombia; Bolivia; Paraguay; Ecuador; Andes region; Brazil; Guatemala; Peru; Nicaragua; El Salvador; Uruguay
- Abstract:
- ... The global impact on public health of elevated arsenic (As) in water supplies is highlighted by an increasing number of countries worldwide reporting high As concentrations in drinking water. In Latin America, the problem of As contamination in water is known in 14 out of 20 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.024
- PubMed:
- 21959248
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.024
- Author:
- Sócrates Herrera; Martha Lucia Quiñones; Juan Pablo Quintero; Vladimir Corredor; Douglas O. Fuller; Julio Cesar Mateus; Jose E. Calzada; Juan B. Gutierrez; Alejandro Llanos; Edison Soto; Clara Menendez; Yimin Wu; Pedro Alonso; Gabriel Carrasquilla; Mary Galinski; John C. Beier; Myriam Arévalo-Herrera
- Source:
- Acta tropica 2012 v.121 no.3 pp. 315-323
- ISSN:
- 0001-706X
- Subject:
- Latinos; Plasmodium vivax; at-risk population; climate change; deforestation; drug resistance; epidemiology; funding; hypersensitivity; infectious diseases; insecticides; malaria; parasites; politics; research planning; Colombia; Guatemala; Latin America; Panama; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... Latin America contributes 1–1.2 million clinical malaria cases to the global malaria burden of about 300 million per year. In 21 malaria endemic countries, the population at risk in this region represents less than 10% of the total population exposed worldwide. Factors such as rapid deforestation, inadequate agricultural practices, climate change, political instability, and both increasing parasit ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.06.018
- PubMed:
- 21781953
- PubMed Central:
- PMC3224666
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.06.018
- Author:
- Irene Cerezo; Yesica Jiménez; Johana Hernandez; Thierry Zozio; Martha I. Murcia; Nalin Rastogi
- Source:
- Infection, genetics, and evolution 2012 v.12 no.4 pp. 657-663
- ISSN:
- 1567-1348
- Subject:
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis; immigration; loci; patients; population structure; public health; tuberculosis; Caribbean; China; Colombia; Europe; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... With an incidence of 25.6/100,000 in 2008, tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health problem in Colombia. In this study, a total of 152 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains isolated in Bogotá, Colombia between years 1995 and 2007 were genotyped by spoligotyping and 12-loci MIRU-VNTRs. The various spoligotyping-based genotypic lineages in our sample were: Latin American & Mediterra ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.006
- PubMed:
- 21784173
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.006
- Author:
- Tessler Michael
- Source:
- Bryologist 2012 v.115 no.4 pp. 493-517
- ISSN:
- 0007-2745
- Subject:
- Bryophyta; Neotropics; genes; habitats; monophyly; mosses and liverworts; paraphyly; taxonomic keys; Australasian region; Caribbean; Colombia; Latin America; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Panama; Paraguay; Tasmania
- Abstract:
- ... A monograph and the first phylogenetic study of the moss genus Hymenodon (Orthodontiaceae: Bryophyta) is presented based on morphological and molecular data. Evolutionary patterns are evaluated using phylogenetic analyses that incorporate newly acquired and assembled morphological (30 characters) and molecular sequence (rps4 gene and partial rps4-trnS intergenic non-coding spacer) data. Parsimony ...
- DOI:
- 10.1639/0007-2745-115.4.493
- https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-115.4.493
- Author:
- Germán I. Andrade; Fernando Remolina; Diana Wiesner
- Source:
- Urban ecosystems 2013 v.16 no.4 pp. 723-739
- ISSN:
- 1083-8155
- Subject:
- biodiversity; cities; conservation areas; ecosystem services; green infrastructure; landscapes; risk; urban planning; urbanization; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Bogota, the capital of the Republic of Colombia, is a tropical highland city located 2,650 m above sea level. It is the 25th largest city in the world and, among large cities, is also one of the highest. In common with other cities in Latin America, a large part of its urban growth during recent centuries has been unplanned and informal. The introduction of green spaces into urban planning in Bogo ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11252-013-0292-5
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-013-0292-5
- Author:
- Alex Brito; Héctor Cori; Manuel Olivares; María Fernanda Mujica; Gustavo Cediel; Daniel López de Romaña
- Source:
- Food and nutrition bulletin v.34 no.1 pp. 52-64
- ISSN:
- 0379-5721
- Subject:
- adolescents; adults; biomarkers; blood; food intake; health surveys; latitude; pigmentation; preschool children; public health; school children; systematic review; vitamin D deficiency; vitamin status; Argentina; Brazil; Caribbean; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Guatemala; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean is unknown. To examine the prevalence data available on vitamin D deficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean. A systematic review was conducted in 2011. Studies using biochemical biomarkers and dietary intake estimation were included. Studies conducted in apparently healthy individuals, independently of age, latitude, ski ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/156482651303400107
- https://doi.org/10.1177/156482651303400107
- Author:
- Clark Gary G.; Fernandez-Salas Ildefonso
- Source:
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 2013 v.29 no.3 pp. 251-269
- ISSN:
- 8756-971X
- Subject:
- Aedes aegypti; Anopheles; Chagas disease; Lutzomyia; biological control; dengue; ecology; health care workers; insect vectors; insecticide resistance; malaria; monitoring; mosquito control; public health; vector control; viruses; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; New Jersey
- Abstract:
- ... The 23rd Annual Latin American Symposium presented by the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) was held as part of the 79th Annual Meeting in Atlantic City, NJ, in February 2013. The principal objective, as for the previous 22 symposia, was to promote participation in the AMCA by vector control specialists, public health workers, and academicians from Latin America. This publication includ ...
- DOI:
- 10.2987/13-6356.1
- https://doi.org/10.2987/13-6356.1
- Author:
- Reinhardt, D.H.; Santos-Serejo, J.A. dos; Souz, J. da S.
- Source:
- Acta horticulturae 2013 no.986 pp. 27-37
- ISSN:
- 0567-7572
- Subject:
- Inia; bananas; business enterprises; climate change; control methods; crop management; crops; cultivars; disease control; environmental factors; exports; growers; highlands; industry; islands; lowlands; management systems; markets; nutritive value; pests; plantations; stakeholders; tropics; Argentina; Brazil; Caribbean; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; Latin America; Mexico; Peru; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... As a natural product of excellent nutritional value that is consumed in almost equivalent volumes as other important staple crops, banana is the most important fruit in the world. This is also true of Latin America, embracing some large producers such as Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, and some exporters of excellence, such as Ecuador and Costa Rica. The banana industry in Latin America and the Carib ...
- Author:
- M. MAROLI; M. D. FELICIANGELI; L. BICHAUD; R. N. CHARREL; L. GRADONI
- Source:
- Medical and veterinary entomology 2013 v.27 no.2 pp. 123-147
- ISSN:
- 0269-283X
- Subject:
- Chandipura virus; Lutzomyia; Phlebotomus; Phlebovirus; altitude; blood; breeding sites; climate change; deforestation; encephalitis; humans; indigenous species; leishmaniasis; livestock; meningitis; pathogens; public health; summer; urbanization; vector control; vesicular stomatitis; viruses; Colombia; Ecuador; India; Latin America; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... Phlebotomine sandflies transmit pathogens that affect humans and animals worldwide. We review the roles of phlebotomines in the spreading of leishmaniases, sandfly fever, summer meningitis, vesicular stomatitis, Chandipura virus encephalitis and Carrión's disease. Among over 800 species of sandfly recorded, 98 are proven or suspected vectors of human leishmaniases; these include 42 Phlebotomus spe ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01034.x
- PubMed:
- 22924419
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01034.x
- Author:
- Tel-Zur, N.
- Source:
- Acta horticulturae 2013 no.995 pp. 109-115
- ISSN:
- 0567-7572
- Subject:
- Hylocereus; Selenicereus; arid zones; cacti and succulents; clones; consumer acceptance; cross pollination; cryopreservation; cultivars; domestication; epiphytes; flowers; fruit crops; fruit growing; fruiting; fruits; harvest date; hybrids; irradiation; irrigation water; markets; nutritive value; pollen; reciprocal crosses; research and development; research programs; researchers; ripening; saline water; seeds; temperature; tropics; vines; Australia; Central America; China; Colombia; Ecuador; Indonesia; Israel; Japan; Latin America; Malaysia; Mexico; Thailand; United States
- Abstract:
- ... Vine cacti of the genera Hylocereus and Selenicereus, native to the tropical regions of northern South America, Central America and Mexico, are an epiphytic group of plants bearing edible and exotic fruits. The flowers are nocturnal and remain open only for few hours. The fruits, known in Latin America as pitahaya, are sweet, juicy, and have black small crispy seeds with either a spineless (Hyloce ...
- Author:
- Camila Ochoa; Isaac Dyner; Carlos J. Franco
- Source:
- Energy Policy 2013 v.61 pp. 267-273
- ISSN:
- 0301-4215
- Subject:
- algorithms; economic trends; electricity; energy; issues and policy; markets; models; politics; prices; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Mexico; Panama; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... Integration of electricity markets started to spread under the world-wide trend to economic liberalization. While some regions are managing better than others, lessons, both political and technical, highlight challenges ahead that need to be overcome.Since the early 2000s, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru have decided to integrate their electricity markets, eventually creating an enormous Latin ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.029
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.029
- Author:
- Luciana Bahia; Cristiana M. Toscano; Maíra Libertad Soligo Takemoto; Denizar Vianna Araujo
- Source:
- Vaccine 2013 v.31 pp. C33
- ISSN:
- 0264-410X
- Subject:
- burden of disease; children; cost effectiveness; cost estimates; cost of illness analysis; databases; decision making; health care costs; human capital; morbidity; mortality; society; systematic review; vaccines; Argentina; Brazil; Caribbean; Chile; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; Uruguay
- Abstract:
- ... Pneumococcal disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality associated with significant economic burden for healthcare systems and society.To systematically review pneumococcal disease cost of illness and productivity loss studies in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region.A search of relevant databases was performed till November 2011. A broad and sensitive search strategy was used ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.030
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.030
- Author:
- George G. Brown; Mac. A. Callaham; Cintia C. Niva; Alexander Feijoo; Klaus D. Sautter; Samuel W. James; Carlos Fragoso; Amarildo Pasini; Rüdiger M. Schmelz
- Source:
- Applied soil ecology 2013 v.69 pp. 2-12
- ISSN:
- 0929-1393
- Subject:
- biodiversity; earthworms; ecotoxicology; indicator species; invasive species; molecular genetics; professionals; researchers; scientists; students; taxonomy; technicians; Brazil; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Over 1100 species of oligochaetes are known from Latin America (LA), of which most are earthworms. Enchytraeid research is not so well developed, mainly due to their small size, the difficulty of identification, and the general ignorance of LA scientists of this family. Some countries, such as Brazil, Colombia and Mexico have active taxonomists, and hence tend to have better knowledge of oligochae ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.12.006
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.12.006
- Author:
- Otacilio C. Moreira; Juan David Ramírez; Elsa Velázquez; Myllena F. A. Dias Melo; Carolina Lima-Ferreira; Felipe Guhl; Sergio Sosa-Estani; Jose Antonio Marin-Neto; Carlos A. Morillo; Constança Britto
- Source:
- Acta tropica 2013 v.125 no.1 pp. 23-31
- ISSN:
- 0001-706X
- Subject:
- parasites; drug therapy; DNA primers; blood; parasitemia; patients; Trypanosoma cruzi; cardiomyopathy; monitoring; silica gel; clinical trials; kinetoplast DNA; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; parasite load; satellite DNA; Chagas disease; genetic variation; Argentina; Latin America; Colombia; Brazil
- Abstract:
- ... Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) is an accurate method to quantify Trypanosoma cruzi DNA and can be used to follow-up parasitemia in Chagas disease (CD) patients undergoing chemotherapy. The Benznidazole Evaluation for Interrupting Trypanosomiasis (BENEFIT) study is an international, multicenter, randomized, double-blinded and placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of benznida ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.08.020
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.08.020
- Author:
- Juan David Ramírez; Brenda Turriago; Gabriela Tapia-Calle; Felipe Guhl
- Source:
- Veterinary parasitology 2013 v.196 no.1-2 pp. 216-219
- ISSN:
- 0304-4017
- Subject:
- Trypanosoma cruzi; disease reservoirs; dogs; genetic variation; genotype; mixed infection; molecular epidemiology; people; zoonoses; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is the most important domestic reservoir of Chagas disease, a zoonosis that affects more than 10 million people in Latin America. Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of the disease, displays remarkable genetic variability, as indicated by its six genotypes (TcI-TcVI). A pilot study was conducted to establish the prevalence of T. cruzi among the canine population ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.054
- PubMed:
- 23351975
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.054
- Author:
- Kristina M. Bacon; Peter J. Hotez; Stephanie D. Kruchten; Shaden Kamhawi; Maria Elena Bottazzi; Jesus G. Valenzuela; Bruce Y. Lee
- Source:
- Vaccine 2013 v.31 no.3 pp. 480-486
- ISSN:
- 0264-410X
- Subject:
- chaparral; cost effectiveness; cutaneous leishmaniasis; deforestation; drug therapy; economic valuation; humans; models; vaccines; Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Mexico; Peru; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and its associated complications, including mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) and diffuse CL (DCL) have emerged as important neglected tropical diseases in Latin America, especially in areas associated with human migration, conflict, and recent deforestation. Because of the limitations of current chemotherapeutic approaches to CL, MCL, and DCL, several prototype vaccin ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.11.032
- PubMed:
- 23176979
- PubMed Central:
- PMC3763201
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.11.032
- Author:
- García-Castro, A.; Restrepo-Díaz, H.; Flórez-Roncancio, V.J.
- Source:
- Acta horticulturae 2013 no.1013 pp. 285-290
- ISSN:
- 0567-7572
- Subject:
- Rosa; coconuts; crops; cut flowers; denitrification; fertigation; flowers; greenhouse experimentation; leachates; leaching; leaves; nitrates; nitrification inhibitors; nitrogen; nitrogen content; nitrogen fertilizers; soil; urea; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Colombia is the largest rose producing country in Latin America. As a result, it has been researching in crop techniques to improve cut-flower quality and to be more environmentally friendly. Nitrogen fertilizers can cause environmental issues due to nitrate leaching. 3, 4-Dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) has been utilized to reduce nitrogen (N) loss from leaching or denitrification and to optimi ...
- Author:
- Theresa Selfa; Carmen Bain; Renata Moreno
- Source:
- Agriculture and human values 2014 v.31 no.3 pp. 455-468
- ISSN:
- 0889-048X
- Subject:
- biofuels; biomass production; certification; decision making; ethanol; ethanol production; governance; interviews; issues and policy; land ownership; land rights; stakeholders; sugar industry; sugarcane; sugars; water rights; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... As concerns heighten over links between biomass production and land grabs in the global south, attention is turning to understanding the role of governance of biofuels systems, whereby decision-making and conduct are not solely determined through government regulations but increasingly shaped by non-state actors, including multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSI). Launched in 2005, Bonsucro is the prin ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10460-014-9509-3
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-014-9509-3
- Author:
- David L. Alonso; Sergio Latorre; Elianna Castillo; Pedro F.B. Brandão
- Source:
- Environmental pollution 2014 v.186 pp. 272-281
- ISSN:
- 0269-7491
- Subject:
- agricultural land; arsenic; food chain; humans; irrigation water; mining; public health; risk; sediments; soil; vegetables; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... The international literature on the presence of arsenic (As) in Latin America does not disclose the true magnitude of the presence of As in Colombia. In this paper, we summarize the literature on As occurrence in Colombia. The data reveal that As is present in matrices such as soil, sediments and water and in the food chain. Some of the As concentrations exceed the limits specified by national and ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.12.009
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.12.009
- Author:
- Clark Gary G.; Fernández-Salas Ildefonso
- Source:
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 2014 v.30 no.3 pp. 204-214
- ISSN:
- 8756-971X
- Subject:
- Aedes aegypti; Anopheles; chemical control; dengue; ecology; essential oils; health care workers; insect vectors; insecticide resistance; malaria; monitoring; mosquito control; nationalities and ethnic groups; public health; vector control; vector-borne diseases; viruses; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; Washington (state)
- Abstract:
- ... The 24th Annual Latin American Symposium presented by the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) was held as part of the 80th Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, in February 2014. The principal objective, for the previous 23 symposia, was to promote participation in the AMCA by vector control specialists, public health workers, and academicians from Latin America. This publication includes summar ...
- DOI:
- 10.2987/14-6418.1
- https://doi.org/10.2987/14-6418.1
- Author:
- E.M. Costa-Neto
- Source:
- Journal of insects as food and feed 2015 v.1 no.1 pp. 17-23
- ISSN:
- 2352-4588
- Subject:
- adults; animal proteins; animals; edible insects; eggs; entomophagy; honey; larvae; marketing; medicine; multicultural diversity; nutritive value; nymphs; pollen; propolis; pupae; renewable resources; sensory properties; urban areas; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Mexico; Peru; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... Anthropo-entomophagy has evolved in many ways, from the point of view of collection, marketing and consumption, and for the insects’ organoleptic qualities. Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Mexico due to their sociocultural origin, stand out as the Latin American countries that have the habit of consuming insects by presenting both a biological and an ethnic diversity. Edible specie ...
- DOI:
- 10.3920/JIFF2014.0015
- https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2014.0015
- Author:
- Cristian Echeverría; Cecilia Smith‐Ramírez; James Aronson; José I. Barrera‐Cataño
- Source:
- Restoration ecology 2015 v.23 no.1 pp. 1-3
- ISSN:
- 1061-2971
- Subject:
- catalysts; ecological restoration; ecosystems; Argentina; Brazil; Caribbean; Chile; Colombia; Cuba; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Degradation of ecosystems is ongoing in Latin America but there is also a strong upswing in conservation and restoration efforts. SIACRE – the Ibero‐American and Caribbean Society for Ecological Restoration – is playing a key role in coordinating and promoting this trend at international, national, and subnational levels. In October 2014, SIACRE members organized the first national seminar on ecol ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/rec.12174
- https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12174
- Author:
- Carmenza Castiblanco; Andrés Etter; Alberto Ramirez
- Source:
- Land use policy 2015 v.44 pp. 31-43
- ISSN:
- 0264-8377
- Subject:
- Elaeis guineensis; databases; ecosystems; energy crops; fuel production; income; land tenure; multivariate analysis; plantations; poverty; social welfare; violence; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... The impact of energy crops and biofuel production on development, social welfare and conservation of ecosystems and ecological services has constituted a heated debate. At the center of these controversies is the development of agro-industrial plantations, particularly oil palm. To contribute to a better informed debate, we use existing data to analyze the socioeconomic impacts of the expansion of ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.10.007
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.10.007
- Author:
- Gustavo Cediel; Manuel Olivares; Alex Brito; Daniel López de Romaña; Héctor Cori; Michael R. La Frano
- Source:
- Food and nutrition bulletin v.36 no.2_suppl pp. S98
- ISSN:
- 0379-5721
- Subject:
- adults; biomarkers; blood serum; indigenous peoples; national surveys; public health; school children; systematic review; vitamin A; vitamin A deficiency; vitamin status; women; Argentina; Brazil; Caribbean; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Latin America; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... In recent decades, the general socioeconomic situation in Latin America and the Caribbean countries has improved, and many vitamin A programs have been implemented in an attempt to reduce vitamin A deficiency in the region. To examine vitamin A status in Latin America and the Caribbean based on serum retinol concentrations and to contrast available data published before and after 1998. A systemati ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/0379572115585743
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572115585743
- Author:
- Theresa Selfa; Carmen Bain; Renata Moreno; Amarella Eastmond; Sam Sweitz; Conner Bailey; Gustavo Simas Pereira; Tatiana Souza; Rodrigo Medeiros
- Source:
- Environmental management 2015 v.56 no.6 pp. 1315-1329
- ISSN:
- 0364-152X
- Subject:
- bioenergy industry; biofuels; governance; issues and policy; land tenure; land use; livelihood; multicultural diversity; production technology; social impact; social sustainability; society; viability; Brazil; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Across the Americas, biofuels production systems are diverse due to geographic conditions, historical patterns of land tenure, different land use patterns, government policy frameworks, and relations between the national state and civil society, all of which shape the role that biofuels play in individual nations. Although many national governments throughout the Americas continue to incentivize g ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00267-015-0535-8
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0535-8
- Author:
- Isabel Acosta-Coley; Jesus Olivero-Verbel
- Source:
- Environmental monitoring and assessment 2015 v.187 no.7 pp. 435
- ISSN:
- 0167-6369
- Subject:
- adhesion; beaches; color; infrared spectroscopy; marine environment; oceans; oxidation; pellets; pollution; polyethylene; polypropylenes; sampling; surfaces; wet season; Caribbean; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Microplastics are a problem in oceans worldwide. The current situation in Latin America is not well known. This paper reports, for the first time, the presence of microplastics on an urban Caribbean beach in Cartagena, Colombia. Pellet samples were collected from a tourist beach over a 5-month period covering both dry and rainy seasons. Pellets were classified by color and their surface analyzed b ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10661-015-4602-7
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4602-7
- Author:
- J.C. Rodríguez-de-Francisco; J. Budds
- Source:
- Ecological economics 2015 v.117 pp. 295-302
- ISSN:
- 0921-8009
- Subject:
- ecosystem services; environmental impact; focus groups; funding; government agencies; interviews; natural resources conservation; nongovernmental organizations; water flow; watersheds; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... In Latin America, payment for environmental services (PES) is a tool for watershed conservation that is becoming increasingly promoted by some government agencies, international development organisations and environmental NGOs. However, in pursuit of conservation, PES initiatives implemented at the watershed level may conceal the environmental impacts on local communities of private actors funding ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.05.003
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.05.003
- Author:
- Carlos Martin Molina; Jamie K. Pringle; Miguel Saumett; Orlando Hernández
- Source:
- Forensic science international 2015 v.248 pp. 61-70
- ISSN:
- 0379-0738
- Subject:
- botany; forensic sciences; geophysics; ground-penetrating radar; humans; image analysis; monitoring; soil water content; surveys; swine; teams; temperate zones; vegetation; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... In most Latin American countries there are significant numbers of missing people and forced disappearances, 68,000 alone currently in Colombia. Successful detection of shallow buried human remains by forensic search teams is difficult in varying terrain and climates. This research has created three simulated clandestine burial styles at two different depths commonly encountered in Latin America to ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.12.011
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.12.011
- Author:
- María F. Mujica-Coopman; Alex Brito; Daniel López de Romaña; Israel Ríos-Castillo; Héctor Cori; Manuel Olivares
- Source:
- Food and nutrition bulletin v.36 no.2_suppl pp. S119
- ISSN:
- 0379-5721
- Subject:
- anemia; children; public health; systematic review; women; Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Caribbean; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Latin America; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... In Latin America and the Caribbean, anemia has been a public health problem that affects mainly women of childbearing age and children under 6 years of age. However, the current prevalence of anemia in this region is unknown. To examine the latest available prevalence data on anemia in Latin America and the Caribbean. A systematic review was conducted in 2011 and updated in 2014. Studies determini ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/0379572115585775
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572115585775
- Author:
- Francisco J. Escobedo; Nicola Clerici; Christina L. Staudhammer; Germán Tovar Corzo
- Source:
- Urban forestry & urban greening 2015 v.14 no.4 pp. 1040-1053
- ISSN:
- 1618-8667
- Subject:
- carbon sinks; cities; ecosystem services; forests; inventories; land use; particulates; residential areas; social justice; spatial data; tree and stand measurements; trees; urban planning; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Little is known about the distribution of urban forests of rapidly growing megacities in the developing world and what role they have on the well-being of citizens. Lack of information on their spatial distribution and ecosystem service (ESS) provision is especially pressing since megacities are often characterized by irregular land use patterns, social inequities, and socioeconomic instability. W ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.09.011
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2015.09.011
- Author:
- Suzette G.A. Flantua; Henry Hooghiemstra; Eric C. Grimm; Hermann Behling; Mark B. Bush; Catalina González-Arango; William D. Gosling; Marie-Pierre Ledru; Socorro Lozano-García; Antonio Maldonado; Aldo R. Prieto; Valentí Rull; John H. Van Boxel
- Source:
- Review of palaeobotany and palynology 2015 v.223 pp. 104-115
- ISSN:
- 0034-6667
- Subject:
- Internet; Neotoma; coasts; data collection; databases; dry forests; ecosystems; grasses; inventories; mixed forests; paleoecology; palynology; pollen; shrublands; steppes; tropical rain forests; Andes region; Argentina; Brazil; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... The updated inventory of the Latin American Pollen Database (LAPD) offers a wide range of new insights. This paper presents a systematic compilation of palynological research in Latin America. A comprehensive inventory of publications in peer-reviewed and grey literature shows a major expansion of studies over the last decades. The inventory includes 1379 cores and sections with paleoecological da ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.09.008
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.09.008
- Author:
- Unai Markaida; William F. Gilly
- Source:
- Fisheries research 2016 v.173 pp. 113-121
- ISSN:
- 0165-7836
- Subject:
- Dosidicus gigas; Illex argentinus; aquaculture; fisheries; foreign markets; marine resources; squid; Argentina; Central America; Chile; Colombia; East Asia; Ecuador; Europe; Falkland Islands; Latin America; Mexico; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... Cephalopod fisheries have experienced outstanding growth in Latin America during the last quarter century, increasing from 0.5% to 7% of total Latin American landings since 1990. Its waters account today for a third of world cephalopod catches, with about two-thirds of this total being landed by Latin American countries and the remainder by East Asian countries. The ommastrephid squids Dosidicus g ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.09.014
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.09.014
- Author:
- Maria A. Gasalla; Fabio de Castro
- Source:
- Maritime studies 2016 v.15 no.1 pp. 15
- ISSN:
- 2212-9790
- Subject:
- biodiversity conservation; collaborative management; fisheries; governance; issues and policy; pollution; social environment; territoriality; tourism; urbanization; Bolivia; Brazil; Caribbean; Chile; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; Uruguay
- Abstract:
- ... This thematic series, entitled “Enhancing Stewardship in Latin America and Caribbean Small-Scale Fisheries”, emerged as part of a joint effort to bridge Latin-American scholars interested in networking on small-scale fisheries in the region. Built on results presented at two meetings (‘Too Big to Ignore’ (TBTI) Workshop in Curitiba, Brazil, and the 2ⁿᵈ World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress in Merid ...
- DOI:
- 10.1186/s40152-016-0054-0
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40152-016-0054-0
- Author:
- Carlos Botto; María-Gloria Basañez; Marisela Escalona; Néstor J. Villamizar; Oscar Noya-Alarcón; José Cortez; Sarai Vivas-Martínez; Pablo Coronel; Hortencia Frontado; Jorge Flores; Beatriz Graterol; Oneida Camacho; Yseliam Tovar; Daniel Borges; Alba Lucia Morales; Dalila Ríos; Francisco Guerra; Héctor Margeli; Mario Alberto Rodriguez; Thomas R. Unnasch; María Eugenia Grillet
- Source:
- Parasites & vectors 2016 v.9 no.1 pp. 40
- ISSN:
- 1756-3305
- Subject:
- endemic diseases; antibodies; serology; monitoring; morbidity; polymerase chain reaction; children; Onchocerca volvulus; serological surveys; onchocerciasis; ivermectin; microfilariae; World Health Organization; Simulium; Mexico; Latin America; Colombia; Ecuador; Brazil; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has set goals for onchocerciasis elimination in Latin America by 2015. Most of the six previously endemic countries are attaining this goal by implementing twice a year (and in some foci, quarterly) mass ivermectin (Mectizan®) distribution. Elimination of transmission has been verified in Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. Challenges remain in the Amazoni ...
- DOI:
- 10.1186/s13071-016-1313-z
- PubMed:
- 26813296
- PubMed Central:
- PMC4728794
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1313-z
- Author:
- Carlos Martin Molina; Jamie K. Pringle; Miguel Saumett; Gethin T. Evans
- Source:
- Forensic science international 2016 v.261 pp. 106-115
- ISSN:
- 0379-0738
- Subject:
- climate; electrical resistance; forensic sciences; geophysics; ground-penetrating radar; humans; image analysis; monitoring; soil; surveys; swine; teams; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... In most Latin American countries there are significant numbers of both missing people and forced disappearances, ∼71,000 Colombia alone. Successful detection of buried human remains by forensic search teams can be difficult in varying terrain and climates. Three clandestine burials were simulated at two different depths commonly encountered in Latin America. In order to gain critical knowledge of ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.02.009
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.02.009
- Author:
- Stephanie K. Yanow; Kenneth Gavina; Sedami Gnidehou; Amanda Maestre
- Source:
- Trends in parasitology 2016 v.32 no.5 pp. 416-427
- ISSN:
- 1471-4922
- Subject:
- Plasmodium vivax; basins; burden of disease; diagnostic techniques; liver; malaria; monitoring; pregnancy; pregnant women; risk; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... In Latin America, four million pregnancies are at risk of malaria annually, but malaria in pregnancy is largely overlooked. As countries progress toward malaria elimination, targeting reservoirs of transmission is a priority. Pregnant women are an important risk group because they harbor asymptomatic infections and dormant liver stages of Plasmodium vivax that cause relapses. Of significant concer ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.pt.2016.01.008
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2016.01.008
- Author:
- Diana Erazo; Juan Cordovez
- Source:
- Parasites & vectors 2016 v.9 no.1 pp. 592
- ISSN:
- 1756-3305
- Subject:
- Arecaceae; Chagas disease; Rhodnius; basins; disease prevention; disease transmission; habitats; humans; insects; mathematical models; monitoring; population dynamics; public health; risk; villages; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... BACKGROUND: Chagas disease is a major public health concern in Latin America and it is transmitted by insects of the subfamily Triatominae, including Rhodnius spp. Since palm trees are ubiquitous in Colombia and a habitat for Rhodnius spp., the presence of palms near villages could increase contact rates between vectors and humans. Therefore, knowing whether a relationship exists between the proxi ...
- DOI:
- 10.1186/s13071-016-1884-8
- PubMed:
- 27863520
- PubMed Central:
- PMC5116207
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1884-8
- Author:
- Lee W. Cohnstaedt; Catalina Alfonso-Para; Ildefonso Fernandez-Salas
- Source:
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 2016 v.32 no.4 pp. 315-322
- ISSN:
- 8756-971X
- Subject:
- Aedes; Anopheles; Chikungunya virus; Culex; Dengue virus; biological control; chemical control; health care workers; insect vectors; insecticide resistance; malaria; monitoring; public health; vector control; virus transmission; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... The 26th Annual Latin American Symposium presented by the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) was held as part of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the AMCA in Savannah, GA, in February 2016. The principal objective, as for the previous 25 symposia, was to promote participation in the AMCA by vector control specialists, public health workers, and academicians from Latin America. This publication ...
- DOI:
- 10.2987/16-6605.1
- https://doi.org/10.2987/16-6605.1
- Author:
- Iain Brown; Julia Martin-Ortega; Kerry Waylen; Kirsty Blackstock
- Source:
- Regional environmental change 2016 v.16 no.6 pp. 1685-1700
- ISSN:
- 1436-3798
- Subject:
- case studies; coping strategies; learning; natural resource management; planning; social behavior; Argentina; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Environmental change requires adaptive responses that are innovative, forward-looking and anticipatory, in order to meet goals for sustainability in socio-ecological systems. This implies transformative shifts in understanding as conceptualised by the idea of ‘double’- or ‘triple-loop learning’. Achieving this can be difficult as communities often rely on shorter-term coping mechanisms that purpor ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10113-015-0898-7
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0898-7
- Author:
- Carlos A. Saldarriaga-C.; Harold Salazar
- Source:
- Energy 2016 v.100 pp. 349-362
- ISSN:
- 0360-5442
- Subject:
- economic development; electricity; energy; liquefied natural gas; models; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... The reliability of natural gas and electricity supply is a crucial aspect in many fast-growing economies, as the economic boom of these countries demands a solid energy infrastructure. In Colombia, the economy has experienced a steady increment over the last several years that have placed the country as one of the most promising economies in Latin America. However, the natural gas infrastructure l ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.energy.2016.01.064
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.01.064
- Author:
- Ángela L. Álvarez; Karla Pozo; Martha I. Paéz; Victor H. Estellano; Yasna Llanos; Silvano Focardi
- Source:
- Atmospheric Pollution Research 2016 v.7 pp. 945-953
- ISSN:
- 1309-1042
- Subject:
- DDT (pesticide); monitoring; phenanthrenes; polyurethanes; samplers; polychlorinated biphenyls; volatile organic compounds; HCH (pesticide); air; sugarcane; foams; endosulfan; molecular weight; air pollution; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... A preliminary evaluation of Semivolatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs) was performed in the atmosphere of Santiago de Cali, Colombia, using passive air samplers based polyurethane foam (PAS-PUF) disks. PAS-PUF were deployed in four sites, along a north-south transect(∼15 km), during one sampling period of ∼4 months in 2011, form the industrial area of Yumbo (EF site) to the agricultural area of Valle ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.apr.2016.05.006
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2016.05.006
- Author:
- Yeirme Jaimes; Jairo Rojas; Christian Cilas; Edson L. Furtado
- Source:
- Crop protection 2016 v.81 pp. 99-114
- ISSN:
- 0261-2194
- Subject:
- Hevea brasiliensis; cultivars; rubber; evapotranspiration; hydric soils; leaf blight; relative humidity; Pseudocercospora; disease control; clones; trees; control methods; rain; weather stations; computer software; temperature; climate; fungi; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... South American Leaf Blight (SALB), caused by the fungus Pseudocercospora ulei, is the major constraint for rubber tree cultivation in Latin America, continent of origin of the rubber tree. The use of resistant tree cultivars and the identification of escape zones seem to be the best disease control measures. In order to characterize the climate and the pedological parameters in the region of Middl ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cropro.2015.12.016
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2015.12.016
- Author:
- Mirco Plath; Christine Moser; Rob Bailis; Patric Brandt; Heidi Hirsch; Alexandra-Maria Klein; David Walmsley; Henrik von Wehrden
- Source:
- Biomass and bioenergy 2016 v.91 pp. 186-195
- ISSN:
- 0961-9534
- Subject:
- Acrocomia aculeata; bioenergy; biomass; carbon sequestration; climate change; databases; edaphic factors; feedstocks; food production; land cover; land use change; livelihood; markets; models; niches; plant fats and oils; tropics; Brazil; Caribbean; Central America; Colombia; Latin America; Paraguay; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... Plant oil is a key commodity in the global economy, particularly for food and bioenergy markets. However, current production practices often impair smallholder livelihoods, cause land use changes, and compete for food production. The neotropical palm Acrocomia aculeata is currently being promoted as a novel sustainable biomass feedstock, particularly for bioenergy, but only little is known about t ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.04.009
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.04.009
- Author:
- Diana Erazo; Juan Cordovez
- Source:
- Parasites & vectors 2016 v.9 no.1 pp. 9
- ISSN:
- 1756-3305
- Subject:
- Chagas disease; Rhodnius prolixus; adults; habitats; humans; insects; lighting; mathematical models; migratory behavior; risk factors; traps; vector-borne diseases; villages; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... BACKGROUND: Chagas disease is the most important vector-borne disease in Latin America and Rhodnius prolixus is the main vector in Colombia. Control strategies in this region have shown poor outcomes due to the insect’s ability to disperse between the sylvatic and the domestic habitat. Because insect migration to houses is responsible to sustain contact rates between vectors and humans, understand ...
- DOI:
- 10.1186/s13071-015-1240-4
- PubMed:
- 26732186
- PubMed Central:
- PMC4700647
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1240-4
- Author:
- Carlos Zafra; Yenifer Ángel; Eliana Torres
- Source:
- Atmospheric Pollution Research 2017 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 1309-1042
- Subject:
- air pollution; altitude; equipment; grasslands; man-made trails; models; monitoring; particulates; pollution control; population density; solar radiation; surface water; temperature; trees; urban areas; wind direction; wind speed; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... This paper uses ARIMA models for daily temporal analysis of the effect of land surface coverage (LSC) on PM10 concentrations in a high-altitude megacity. Bogota, the capital of Colombia, is the urban center with the greatest population density and third-highest air pollution levels in Latin America. Six automatic monitoring stations were used; they were equipped with measurement instruments for PM ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.apr.2017.01.002
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2017.01.002
72. Assessing and Planning Sustainable City Region Food Systems: Insights from Two Latin American Cities
- Author:
- Marielle Dubbeling; Guido Santini; Henk Renting; Makiko Taguchi; Louison Lançon; Juan Zuluaga; Luca de Paoli; Alexandra Rodriguez; Verónica Andino
- Source:
- Sustainability 2017 v.9 no.8 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 2071-1050
- Subject:
- Food and Agriculture Organization; case studies; cities; climate change; food security; issues and policy; local food systems; local government; planning; poverty; rural areas; rural development; urban areas; urbanization; Canada; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Netherlands; Senegal; Sri Lanka; Zambia
- Abstract:
- ... In the context of growing urbanisation, urban poverty, and climate change impacts, the importance of urban food security and urban food systems is increasingly recognised by both local and national governments, as well as international actors. There is also a growing understanding that urban development and food systems cannot be decoupled from rural development given the multiple impacts that urb ...
- DOI:
- 10.3390/su9081455
- https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081455
- Author:
- TOM AUER; CANDAN U. SOYKAN; CHAD B. WILSEY; NICOLE L. MICHEL; CAITLIN M. JENSEN; GARY M. LANGHAM; GEOFF LEBARON; CONNIE C. SANCHEZ; JOHN TAKEKAWA
- Source:
- Bird conservation international 2017 v.27 no.4 pp. 512-524
- ISSN:
- 1474-0001
- Subject:
- Neotropics; basins; breeding; climate; climate change; data collection; landscapes; migratory birds; monitoring; prioritization; sedentary species; surveys; winter; wintering grounds; Argentina; Central America; Chile; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... Recent studies have highlighted the threat that climate change poses to species, as areas of climatic suitability contract or shift across the landscape. North American Neotropical long-distant migrant bird species present a unique problem compared to sedentary species because climate change may differ significantly across their breeding and wintering grounds. Studying the potential future distrib ...
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0959270916000265
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270916000265
- Author:
- Yuli Angélica Pinzón-Rico; Lauren Raz
- Source:
- Economic botany 2017 v.71 no.1 pp. 45-57
- ISSN:
- 0013-0001
- Subject:
- Dioscorea polygonoides; cholesterol; commercialization; indigenous species; interviews; markets; medicinal plants; medicinal properties; metabolic diseases; nontimber forest products; public health; sales; toxicity; triacylglycerols; tubers; yams; Andes region; Asia; Colombia; Latin America; United States
- Abstract:
- ... Commercial exploitation of wild yams (Dioscorea spp.) was once a pillar of the Mexican economy and is currently practiced in the USA and Asia. However, no such activity has yet been reported in South America, the continent richest in Dioscorea species. Upon discovery of wild Dioscorea tubers in marketplaces in Bogotá, Colombia, we sought to (1) identify the species being sold, (2) document the med ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s12231-017-9371-5
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-017-9371-5
- Author:
- Uffe Christian Braae; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Fortune Sithole; Ziqi Wang; Arve Lee Willingham
- Source:
- Parasites & vectors 2017 v.10 no.1 pp. 424
- ISSN:
- 1756-3305
- Subject:
- Taenia solium; at-risk population; basins; cysticercosis; epilepsy; georeferencing; parasites; rearing; risk; screening; swine; Caribbean; Colombia; Guatemala; Honduras; Latin America; Mexico; Nicaragua; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... BACKGROUND: This study aimed to map the occurrence of Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis at national level within Central America and the Caribbean basin, and to map the distribution of porcine cysticercosis at first-level administrative subdivision level (department level) and the porcine population at risk. This zoonotic parasite is believed to be widely endemic across most of Latin America. ...
- DOI:
- 10.1186/s13071-017-2362-7
- PubMed:
- 28923090
- PubMed Central:
- PMC5604492
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2362-7
- Author:
- Brett Cohen
- Source:
- Sustainable Production and Consumption 2017 v.10 pp. 15-20
- ISSN:
- 2352-5509
- Subject:
- carbon; case studies; climate; climate change; developing countries; greenhouse gas emissions; guidelines; issues and policy; models; planning; solid wastes; wastewater; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Latin America; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... The Mitigation and Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) program is a collaboration amongst developing countries to establish the evidence base for long-term transition to robust economies that are carbon efficient and climate resilient. The program endeavours to contribute towards ambitious climate change mitigation, aligning economic development with policy and planning. This case study paper descri ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.spc.2016.12.002
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2016.12.002
- Author:
- Lee W. Cohnstaedt; Catalina Alfonso-Parra; Ildefonso Fernandez-Salas
- Source:
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 2017 v.33 no.3 pp. 215-224
- ISSN:
- 8756-971X
- Subject:
- Aedes; Anopheles; Culex; Lutzomyia; biological control; dengue; diet; ecology; health care workers; insect vectors; insecticide resistance; larvae; leishmaniasis; malaria; microRNA; monitoring; mosquito control; planning; protocols; public health; public speaking; rearing; sterile insect technique; vector control; Brazil; California; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; Puerto Rico
- Abstract:
- ... The 27th Annual Latin American Symposium presented by the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) was held as part of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the AMCA in San Diego, CA, in February 2017. The Latin American Symposia promote the participation of vector control specialists, public health workers, and academicians from Latin America and the sharing of data between continents. Generally, presen ...
- DOI:
- 10.2987/17-6653.1
- https://doi.org/10.2987/17-6653.1
- Author:
- I. F. Espeschit; D. G. G. Schwarz; A. C. S. Faria; M. C. C. Souza; F. A. Paolicchi; R. A. Juste; I. A. Carvalho; M. A. S. Moreira
- Source:
- Tropical animal health and production 2017 v.49 no.8 pp. 1557-1576
- ISSN:
- 0049-4747
- Subject:
- Bacilli; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; buffaloes; cattle; chronic diseases; databases; diarrhea; disinfection; environmental factors; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; etiological agents; gastrointestinal system; goats; milk; milk production; paratuberculosis; pasteurization; polymerase chain reaction; sheep; surveys; systematic review; weight loss; wild animals; wildlife; Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; Panama; Peru; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... Latin America is the definition of the American group, where languages of Latin origin are spoken, including countries in South, Central, and North America. Paratuberculosis is a gastrointestinal contagious chronic disease that affects ruminants, whose etiological agent is the bacilli Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). Paratuberculosis is characterized by intermittent diarrhea, dec ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11250-017-1385-6
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-017-1385-6
- Author:
- Pereira Danilo A. dos Santos; Ceresini Paulo C.; Castroagudín Vanina L.; Ramos-Molina Lina M.; Chavarro-Mesa Edisson; Negrisoli Matheus Mereb; Campos Samara Nunes; Pegolo Mauro E. S.; Takada Hélio Minoru
- Source:
- Phytopathology 2017 v.107 no.1 pp. 121-131
- ISSN:
- 0031-949X
- Subject:
- Ceratobasidium oryzae-sativae; Urochloa; fungi; gene flow; greenhouses; highlands; loci; microsatellite repeats; pastures; pathogens; reproductive system; rice; sexual reproduction; Brazil; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... The fungus Rhizoctonia oryzae-sativae is an important pathogen that causes the aggregated sheath spot disease on rice. In this study, we investigated the genetic structure of rice-adapted populations of R. oryzae-sativae sampled from traditional rice-cropping areas from the Paraíba Valley, São Paulo, Brazil, and from Meta, in the Colombian Llanos, in South America. We used five microsatellite loci ...
- DOI:
- 10.1094/PHYTO-05-16-0219-R
- https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-05-16-0219-R
80. Prevalence of risky eating behaviors and associated factors in indigenous population in Colombia
- Author:
- Carlos Gomez-Restrepo; Carlos Javier Rincón; Sergio Castro-Diaz
- Source:
- Revista mexicana de trastornos alimentarios 2017 v.8 no.2 pp. 113-122
- ISSN:
- 2007-1523
- Subject:
- adults; binging; dieting; health policy; men; mental health; national surveys; nationalities and ethnic groups; risk factors; sociodemographic characteristics; vomiting; women; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Data on risky eating behaviors (REB) in Latin American ethnic groups is scarce. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of REB in adult indigenous from Colombia, as well as to identify feasible sociodemographic and individual risk factors. A total of 493 records of adult indigenous men and women (Mage=29.5 years, SD=7.39) were retrieved from the National Survey of Mental Health. The ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.rmta.2017.04.001
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmta.2017.04.001
- Author:
- Marta Llorca; Marinella Farré; Ethel Eljarrat; Sílvia Díaz‐Cruz; Sara Rodríguez‐Mozaz; Daniel Wunderlin; Damià Barcelo
- Source:
- Environmental toxicology and chemistry 2017 v.36 no.7 pp. 1716-1727
- ISSN:
- 0730-7268
- Subject:
- drugs; flame retardants; food chain; freshwater; perfluorocarbons; persistent organic pollutants; personal care products; pyrethroid insecticides; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; Nicaragua
- Abstract:
- ... Although it is known that emerging contaminants are widespread all over the globe, there is a gap of information about their distribution in some geographical areas, such as Latin America. The present bibliographic work reviews the available literature about the presence of organic emerging contaminants in Latin American freshwater and marine biota between 2002 and 2016 and includes 23 works from ...
- DOI:
- 10.1002/etc.3626
- https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.3626
- Author:
- Luisa M. Montoya-Porras; Triana-Chavez Omar; Juan F. Alzate; Claudia X. Moreno-Herrera; Gloria E. Cadavid-Restrepo
- Source:
- Acta tropica 2018 v.178 pp. 327-332
- ISSN:
- 0001-706X
- Subject:
- Aeromonas; Attalea butyracea; Burkholderia; Chagas disease; DNA; Dietzia; Kocuria; Pelomonas; Ralstonia; Rhodnius; Triatoma; Trypanosoma cruzi; aseptic conditions; bacteria; genes; hematophagous insects; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; microbial communities; midgut; ribosomal RNA; taxonomy; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Chagas disease affects more than 6 million people in Latin America, it is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted mainly by bloodsucking insects of the Triatominae subfamily. Studies on microbial communities that inhabit the insect gut are important to understanding their role in the parasite transmission and development. The present work aims to evaluat ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.11.004
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.11.004
- Author:
- Juan Carlos Suárez Salazar; José A. Polanía; Amara Tatiana Contreras Bastidas; Leonardo Rodríguez Suárez; Steve Beebe; Idupulapati M. Rao
- Source:
- Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology 2018 v.30 no.4 pp. 303-320
- ISSN:
- 2197-0025
- Subject:
- Phaseolus vulgaris; acid soils; aluminum; beans; biomass; canopy; dry matter partitioning; early development; farmers; genotype; grain yield; grains; phenology; photosynthesis; pods; pollen; seeds; temperature; toxicity; tropics; viability; Amazonia; Colombia; Latin America; Southern Africa
- Abstract:
- ... The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a major food legume cultivated by smallholder farmers in the tropics of Latin America and eastern and southern Africa. Acid soil and high temperature limit its production. Here we quantify differences in agronomical, phenological and physiological performance of common bean lines in order to identify promising lines with adaptation to acid soils and high ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s40626-018-0125-2
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40626-018-0125-2
- Author:
- Irene Montes-Londoño; Florencia Montagnini; Mark S. Ashton
- Source:
- New forests 2018 v.49 no.2 pp. 249-263
- ISSN:
- 0169-4286
- Subject:
- Maclura tinctoria; agricultural land; allometry; calcium; farms; forest trees; guidelines; hills; indigenous species; introduced plants; nitrogen; organic matter; pH; planting; reforestation; soil; soil fertility; timber production; tree age; tree and stand measurements; tree growth; tree trunk; Andes region; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... As reforestation and restoration processes gain momentum across the world native tree species are being established for production, conservation and restoration purposes in agricultural landscapes. One such tree with promise is dinde [Maclura tinctoria (L.) D. Don ex Steud]; a multi-purpose, Neotropical tree species that is being widely introduced on to farms of the coffee axis region in the Latin ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11056-017-9617-1
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-017-9617-1
- Author:
- Rosina Soler; Pablo Luis Peri; Héctor Bahamonde; Verónica Gargaglione; Sebastián Ormaechea; Alejandro Huertas Herrera; Laura Sánchez Jardón; Cristian Lorenzo; Guillermo Martínez Pastur
- Source:
- Rangeland ecology & management 2018 v.71 no.5 pp. 637-645
- ISSN:
- 1550-7424
- Subject:
- agroforestry; agrosilvopastoral systems; grazing; international cooperation; livestock; principal investigators; public services and goods; ranchers; research and development; research support; stakeholders; trees; Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Europe; Latin America; North America; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... In recent decades agroforestry has undergone significant development in Latin America. South America generates the most scientific research on the topic in the region. We conducted a comprehensive review and analysis of knowledge production for South American agroforestry that includes livestock grazing, known as agrosilvopastoralism (AS), examining how different sociopolitical factors such as sou ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.rama.2017.12.006
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2017.12.006
- Author:
- Cassandra Rauert; Tom Harner; Jasmin K. Schuster; Anita Eng; Gilberto Fillmann; Luisa Eugenia Castillo; Oscar Fentanes; Martín Villa Ibarra; Karina S. B. Miglioranza; Isabel Moreno Rivadeneira; Karla Pozo; Beatriz Helena Aristizábal Zuluaga
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.52 no.13 pp. 7240-7249
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- air; esters; flame retardants; organophosphorus compounds; perfluoroalkyl acids; perfluorocarbons; persistent organic pollutants; pesticides; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; population density; siloxanes; sulfonates; Brazil; Caribbean; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... A special initiative was run by the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) Network to provide atmospheric data on a range of emerging chemicals of concern and candidate and new persistent organic pollutants in the Group of Latin America and Caribbean (GRULAC) region. Regional-scale data for a range of flame retardants (FRs) including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), organophosphate este ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b00995
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00995
- Author:
- Mario Javier Olivera; Julián Felipe Porras Villamil; Christian Camilo Toquica Gahona; Jorge Martín Rodríguez Hernández
- Source:
- Journal of parasitology research 2018 v.2018 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 2090-0031
- Subject:
- Chagas disease; cardiomyopathy; early diagnosis; experimental design; health care workers; infrastructure; public health; screening; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Chagas disease is the leading cause of nonischemic cardiomyopathy in Latin America. Timely access to diagnosis and trypanocidal treatment and preventive tools for millions of infected people continues to be a challenge. The purpose of this study was to identify potential barriers for the diagnosis of Chagas disease in Colombia from the perspective of healthcare providers. Using a simultaneous mixe ...
- DOI:
- 10.1155/2018/4940796
- PubMed:
- 29568648
- PubMed Central:
- PMC5820642
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4940796
- Author:
- Elvis Parraguez-Vergara; Beatriz Contreras; Neidy Clavijo; Vivian Villegas; Nelly Paucar; Francisco Ther
- Source:
- International journal of agricultural sustainability 2018 v.16 no.4-5 pp. 326-341
- ISSN:
- 1747-762X
- Subject:
- case studies; ecosystems; environmental degradation; farmers; food sovereignty; gender; markets; seed exchange; social inequality; traditional farming; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Guatemala; Latin America; Mexico; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... The current challenge for world agriculture is to provide food for a growing population, within a context of environmental degradation and economic inequality. The challenge is how to produce accessible, healthy, diverse, nutritious, safe and abundant food in a way that is sustainable, allowing farmers to exert food sovereignty while at the same time addressing ecosystem conservation. The aim of t ...
- DOI:
- 10.1080/14735903.2018.1489361
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2018.1489361
- Author:
- Rubén Santiago Nicholls; Sofía Duque; Luz Adriana Olaya; Myriam Consuelo López; Sol Beatriz Sánchez; Alba Lucía Morales; Gloria Inés Palma
- Source:
- Parasites & vectors 2018 v.11 no.1 pp. 237
- ISSN:
- 1756-3305
- Subject:
- Onchocerca volvulus; Simulium; World Health Organization; antibodies; children; coasts; community service; drugs; eyes; guidelines; health education; immunologic techniques; insect surveys; ivermectin; microfilariae; monitoring; morbidity; onchocerciasis; parasites; pathogenicity; polymerase chain reaction; tropical diseases; Africa; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Guatemala; Latin America; Mexico; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis is a chronic parasitic infection originally endemic in 13 discrete regional foci distributed among six countries of Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela). In Colombia, this disease was discovered in 1965 in the Pacific Coast of the country. The National Onchocerciasis Elimination Program was established in 1993 with the aim of elimina ...
- DOI:
- 10.1186/s13071-018-2821-9
- PubMed:
- 29642939
- PubMed Central:
- PMC5896109
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2821-9
- Author:
- Irina Kovalskys; Mauro Fisberg; Georgina Gómez; Rossina G Pareja; Martha C Yépez García; Lilia Y Cortés Sanabria; Marianella Herrera-Cuenca; Attilio Rigotti; Viviana Guajardo; Ioná Zalcman Zimberg; Agatha Nogueira Previdelli; Luis A Moreno; Berthold Koletzko;
- Source:
- Public health nutrition 2018 v.21 no.14 pp. 2535-2547
- ISSN:
- 1475-2727
- Subject:
- adolescents; adults; beans; beverages; breads; candy; carbohydrate content; cross-sectional studies; diet recall; eggs; energy intake; fish; food intake; fruits; gender; grains; lipid content; lipids; meat; nuts; oils; pasta; pastries; protein content; public health; roots; sugars; urban areas; urban population; vegetables; whole grain foods; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Latin America; Peru; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... Few previous studies in Latin America (LA) have provided data on dietary intake composition with a standardized methodology. The present study aimed to characterize energy intake (EI) and to describe the main food sources of energy in representative samples of the urban population from eight LA countries from the Latin American Study in Nutrition and Health (ELANS). Cross-sectional study. Usual di ...
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1368980018001222
- PubMed:
- 29848396 29848396
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980018001222
- Author:
- Cynnamon Dobbs; Ángela Hernández-Moreno; Sonia Reyes-Paecke; Marcelo D. Miranda
- Source:
- Ecological indicators 2018 v.85 pp. 1068-1080
- ISSN:
- 1470-160X
- Subject:
- carbon; census data; cities; climate; ecosystem services; environmental factors; environmental indicators; issues and policy; landscapes; models; recreation; spatial data; temporal variation; urban planning; urbanization; vegetation cover; Chile; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Latin America is one of the most urbanized region in the world, where patterns of urbanization are disorganized and disjoint from urban planning, with unknown effects for ecosystem services (ES). We evaluated the ES in Bogota and Santiago for a 30-year period. Using remote sensing data, models and census data we quantified carbon regulation, climate mitigation and recreation potential. We assessed ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.11.062
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.11.062
- Author:
- A. Galvis; M.F. Jaramillo; P. van der Steen; H.J. Gijzen
- Source:
- Agricultural water management 2018 v.209 pp. 102-110
- ISSN:
- 0378-3774
- Subject:
- biochemical oxygen demand; cost benefit analysis; crops; economic sustainability; fertilizers; groundwater; infrastructure; irrigated farming; irrigation requirement; nutrients; rain; sugarcane; surface water; tariffs; taxes; wastewater; wastewater irrigation; wastewater treatment; watersheds; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Treated wastewater may be reused for crop irrigation. This contributes to recovery of water and nutrients, and at the same time it helps to reduce pollution discharge to receiving water bodies. Despite these advantages of reuse of treated wastewater, there is little experience of this in Colombia and Latin America. In part, this condition is explained by the lack of studies that show the potential ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.agwat.2018.07.019
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.07.019
- Author:
- Diego Garcia; Alexandra Porras; Alejadro Rico Mendoza; Nelson Alvis; Maria Cristina Navas; Fernando De La Hoz; Marlen De Neira; Elkin Osorio; José Fernando Valderrama
- Source:
- Vaccine 2018 v.36 no.19 pp. 2721-2726
- ISSN:
- 0264-410X
- Subject:
- Hepatitis B virus; antibodies; basins; blood sampling; children; cross-sectional studies; disease control; hepatitis B; hepatitis B antigens; immunoglobulin G; neonates; risk factors; rural areas; surface antigens; vaccination; vaccines; villages; Amazonia; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is highly endemic in the Colombian Amazon basin. In Colombia, the universal hepatitis B vaccination in that area has been active since 1993. The program targets children aged under five years. Newborns receive at least three doses, and in 2001, HBV vaccine birth dose was included. This study aimed to evaluate the advances on HBV control in the Colombian Amazon.A p ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.11.004
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.11.004
- Author:
- Shengjie Ren; Peter B. Mather; Binguo Tang; David A. Hurwood
- Source:
- Aquaculture 2018 v.491 pp. 221-231
- ISSN:
- 0044-8486
- Subject:
- Litopenaeus vannamei; alleles; breeding lines; breeding programs; breeding stock; case studies; genetic improvement; genetic relationships; genetic variation; hatcheries; inbreeding; inbreeding coefficient; microsatellite repeats; phylogeny; population structure; synthetic populations; China; Colombia; Ecuador; Hawaii; Latin America; Mexico; Panama; Thailand
- Abstract:
- ... Knowledge about the origins and relative levels of genetic variation available in domesticated strains can be used to develop robust synthetic populations for use in stock improvement programs, in particular, where wild stocks are unavailable or the target species is alien. Here, we undertook a case study of Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) where we utilised neutral molecular genetic variat ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.03.036
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.03.036
- Author:
- Carolina Lenis; Alicia Galiano; Imelda Vélez; Iván Darío Vélez; Carlos Muskus; Antonio Marcilla
- Source:
- Acta tropica 2018 v.183 pp. 95-102
- ISSN:
- 0001-706X
- Subject:
- Paragonimus mexicanus; acetabulum; adults; animal ovaries; branching; cytochrome-c oxidase; eggs; holotypes; human diseases; humans; internal transcribed spacers; light microscopy; metacercariae; morphs; paragonimiasis; phylogeny; respiratory tract diseases; scanning electron microscopy; sympatry; testes; Colombia; Costa Rica; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Paragonimiasis is a subacute to chronic inflammatory granulomatous lung disease caused by the genus Paragonimus. In Latin America Paragonimus mexicanus Miyazaki & Ishii, 1968 is the only confirmed species to cause human infections. Paragonimus caliensis Little, 1968 is an uncommon species often regarded as a synonym of P. mexicanus. Recently, the study of two types of Paragonimus metacercariae fro ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.03.024
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.03.024
- Author:
- Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela; John Garcia-Ulloa; Jaboury Ghazoul; Andres Etter
- Source:
- Biological conservation 2018 v.224 pp. 117-121
- ISSN:
- 0006-3207
- Subject:
- Elaeis guineensis; amphibians; biodiversity; birds; environmental impact; fauna; forests; lowlands; mammals; natural resources conservation; planning; risk; Africa; Colombia; Indonesia; Latin America; Malaysia
- Abstract:
- ... Large-scale conversion of forest to oil palm has precipitated severe environmental impacts in the lowlands of Malaysia and Indonesia. It is a major conservation priority to ensure that projected expansion of oil palm in Africa and Latin America does not lead to analogous environmental devastation in these mega-diverse places. In an effort to minimize negative impacts from a species conservation pe ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.05.024
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.05.024
- Author:
- Martha Chaves; Thomas Macintyre; Gerard Verschoor; Arjen E.J. Wals
- Source:
- Journal of rural studies 2018 v.59 pp. 153-162
- ISSN:
- 0743-0167
- Subject:
- data collection; lifestyle; models; rural areas; Colombia; Latin America; North America
- Abstract:
- ... This paper explores the emerging concept of buen vivir – interpreted as integrative and collective well-being – as it is being envisioned and practiced by a network of sustainability initiatives in Colombia. As an example of a transition narrative currently taking place in Latin America and beyond, buen vivir represents a turn towards a more biocentric, relational and collective means of understan ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.02.007
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.02.007
- Author:
- Nathalie El Omeiri; Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner; Mark G. Thompson; Wilfrido Clará; Mauricio Cerpa; Rakhee Palekar; Sara Mirza; Alba María Ropero-Álvarez; the REVELAC-i network participants
- Source:
- Vaccine 2018 v.36 no.24 pp. 3555-3566
- ISSN:
- 0264-410X
- Subject:
- Influenza A virus; Influenza B virus; children; confidence interval; elderly; hospitals; influenza; influenza vaccines; models; patients; polymerase chain reaction; transcription (genetics); vaccination; viruses; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Honduras; Latin America; Panama; Paraguay
- Abstract:
- ... Despite widespread utilization of influenza vaccines, effectiveness (VE) has not been routinely measured in Latin America.We used a case test-negative control design to estimate trivalent inactivated influenza VE against laboratory-confirmed influenza among hospitalized children aged 6months-5years and adults aged ≥60years which are age-groups targeted for vaccination. We sought persons with sever ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.06.036
- PubMed:
- 28648543
- PubMed Central:
- PMC5988548
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.06.036
- Author:
- Alvaro Mitsunori Nishikawa; Ana Marli Christovam Sartori; Giulia Marcelino Mainardi; Angela Carvalho Freitas; Alexander Itria; Hillegonda Maria Dutilh Novaes; Patrícia Coelho de Soárez
- Source:
- Vaccine 2018 v.36 no.19 pp. 2510-2522
- ISSN:
- 0264-410X
- Subject:
- adults; childhood; children; cost effectiveness; decision making; economic evaluation; medicine; models; polysaccharides; quality-adjusted life year; systematic review; uncertainty; vaccination; vaccines; Brazil; Colombia; Europe; Latin America; United States
- Abstract:
- ... To systematically review the economic evaluations of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) in adults aged ≥60 years to inform the development of local studies through the discussion of parameters and assumptions that influence the results of the analyses.We searched the MEDLINE, Excerpta Medica, Cochrane Library, Latin-American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), Bra ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.03.070
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.03.070
- Author:
- Oscar Manuel Baez-Villanueva; Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini; Lars Ribbe; Alexandra Nauditt; Juan Diego Giraldo-Osorio; Nguyen Xuan Thinh
- Source:
- Atmospheric research 2018 v.213 pp. 34-50
- ISSN:
- 0169-8095
- Subject:
- basins; developing countries; probability; rain; satellites; watersheds; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... In developing countries, an accurate representation of the spatio-temporal variability of rainfall is currently severely limited, therefore, satellite-based rainfall estimates (SREs) are promising alternatives. In this work, six state-of-the-art SREs (TRMM 3B42v7, TRMM 3B42RT, CHIRPSv2, CMORPHv1, PERSIANN-CDR, and MSWEPv2) are evaluated over three different basins in Latin-America, using a point-t ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.05.011
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.05.011
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