Cadavid D, Pennington PM, Kerentseva TA, Bergstrom S, Barbour AG:  Immunologic and genetic analyses of VmpA of a neurotropic strain of Borrelia turicatae.   Infection and Immunity, 65: 3352-3360, 1997.

 

 

Cordón-Rosales C, Beard BC:  Estudios moleculares de la dinámica poblacional de los vectores de la Enfermedad de Chagas.  Reunión sobre los vectores de la Enfermedad de Chagas en los países de Centro América.  Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 22-24 de octubre de 1997.

 

 

Herwaldt BL, Ackers ML, Cyclospora Working Group:  An outbreak in 1996 of cyclosporiasis associated with imported berries.  New England Journal of Medicine, 336(May 29):1548-1556, 1997.  (HHS-#054).

 

 

Mata M, Molina A, Mérida AM, Black WC:  Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in an Anopheles albimanus population in Guatemala.  Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 13 (2): 120, 1997. (HHS-#055)

 

 

Mérida AM, Cordón-Rosales C, Black IV WC, Molina de Archila E, Pineda L:  Breeding structure of Anopheles albimanus populations using RAPD-PCR: gene flow and dispersion.  Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 13 (2): 119, 1997. (HHS-#055)

 

 

Padilla N:  The role of Anopheles vestitipennis and An. albimanus in the transmission of malaria in Guatemala.  Thesis for PhD degree.  University of Liverpool, School of Tropical Medicine. 1997.

 

 

Pennington PM, Allred CD, West CS, Alvarez R, Barbour AG:  Arthritis severity and spirochete burden are determined by serotype in the Borrelia turicatae-mouse model of Lyme disease.    Infection and Immunity65: 285-292, 1997.

 

 

Weller SC, Ruebush TK, Klein RE:  Predicting treatment-seeking behavior in Guatemala: A comparison of the health services research and decision-theoretic approaches.  Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 11(2):224-245, 1997.  (HHS-#053)

 

 

Arana BA:  Toward a better understanding of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Guatemala.  Ph.D Thesis, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.1998.

 

 

Arana FE, Pérez-Victoria JM, Repetto Y, Morello A, Castanys S, Gamarro F:  Involvement of thiol metabolism resistance to glucantime in Leishmania tropica.  Biochemical Pharmacology, 56:1201-1208, 1998.  (HHS-#060)

 

 

Blanks J, Richards F, Beltran F, Collins R, Alvarez E, Zea Flores G, Bauler B, Cedillos R, Heisler M, Brandling-Bennett D, Baldwin W, Bayona M, Klein RE, Jacox M:  The Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas:  A history of partnership.  Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health, 1998, 3(6): 367-374,

 

 

Kramer MH, Greer GJ, Quiñonez JF, Padilla N, Hernández B, Arana BA, Lorenzana R, Morera P, Hightower AW, Eberhards ML, Herwaldt B:  First reported outbreak of abdominal Angiostrongyliasis.  Clinical Infectious Diseases, 26: 365-372, 1998.

 

 

Mahon BE, Sobel J, Townes JM, Mendoza C, Gudiel Lemus M, Cano F, Tauxe RV:  Surveying vendors of street-vended food:  A new methodology applied in two Guatemalan cities.  Epidemiology and Infection, submitted, July, 1998.

 

 

Palmieri M, Molina A, Yurrita MM, Molina E, Black IV WC, Mérida AM:  Variability in mitochondrial DNA in populations of Anopheles albimanus in Guatemala.  Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 14(3):228, September, 1998.  (HHS-#058)

 

 

Trotter RT, Weller SC, Baer RD, Pachter LM, Glazer M, de Alba JE, Klein RE:  Consensus theory model for AIDS/SIDA beliefs in four latino populations.  AIDS Education and Prevention Interdisciplinary Journal, 1998, submitted for publication. (HHS-#052)

 

 

Weller SC, Baer RA, Pachter LM, de Alba JE, Klein RE:  A comparative study of beliefs about Mollera Caída in Mexican-Americans, Mexicans and Guatemalas.  Anthropology and Medicine, 1998, in press.

 

 

Wizel B, Palmieri M, Mendoza CE, Arana BA, Sydney J, Sette A, Tarleton R:  Human infection with Trypanosoma cruzi induces parasite antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses.  Journal of Clinical Investigations, 102, 1062-1071, 1998.  (HHS-#059)

 

Arana BA, Roca M, Rizzo NR, Mendoza CE, Kroeger A:   Evaluation of a standardized leishmanin skin test in Guatemala. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical  Mededicine and  Hygiene, 93: 394-396, 1999.

 

 

Baer RD, Pachter LM, Trotter RT, de Alba JE, Glazer M, Klein RE, Deitrick L, Baker, DF, Brown L, Khan-Gordan K, Martin SR., Nichols J, Rugiero J:  Cross-cultural perspectives on the common cold.  Human Organization, 58: 251-260, 1999

 

 

Baer RD, Weller SC, Pachter L, Trotter RT, de Alba García JE, Glazer M, Klein R, Lockaby T, Nichols J, Parish R, Randall B, Reid  J, Morfit SW, Morfit V:  Beliefs about AIDS in five Latin and Anglo-American populations: the role of the biomedical model.  Anthropology & Medicine, 6: 13-29, 1999.

 

 

Bern C, Hernández B, López B, Arrowood MJ, Alvarez de Mejía M, Mérida AM, Hightower AW, Venczel L, Herwaldt BL, Klein RE:  Epidemiologic studies of Cyclospora cayetanensis in Guatemala.  Emerging Infectious Diseases, 5(6): 766-774, 1999

 

 

Brogdon WG, McAllister JC, Corwin AM and Cordón-Rosales C:  Oxidase-based DDT-pyrethroid cross-resistance in Guatemalan Anopheles albimanus.  Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology,  in press, 1999.

 

 

Brogdon WG, McAllister JC, Corwin AM, Cordón-Rosales C:  Independent selection of multiple mechanisms for pyrethroid resistance in Guatemalan Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae).  Journal of Economic Entomology, 92: 298-302, 1999.  HHS#-063

 

 

Cordón-Rosales C, Pennington PM, Palencia E, Beard CB:  Population dynamics of Triatoma dimidiata and Rhodnius prolixus in response to insecticide spraying of domiciles.  Abstracts of the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropicl Medicine and Hygiene, Washington D.C., Nov.28 – Dec. 2, 1999.

 

 

Cordón-Rosales C:  Guatemala: Malaria resurgence in the Americas and the role of vector control.  In:  Symposium: CDC Medical Entomology, honoring past contributions and anticipating future.  Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Atlanta, Georgia, December 12-16, 1999.

 

Cordón-Rosales C:  Resistencia de la malaria a los medicamentos en Guatemala.  Paper presented at the IX Congreso Panamericano de Infectología, Guatemala, Guatemala, May 3-7, 1999.

 

 

Durvasula RV, Grumbs A, Panackal A, Kuglov O, Taneja J, Kang AS, Cordón-Rosales C, Richards FF, Whitman RG, Beard CB:  Expression of a functional antibody fragment in the gut of Rhodnius prolixus via transgenic bacterial symbiotic Rhodococcus rhodnii.  Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 13: 115-119, 1999.

 

 

Durvasula RV, Kroger A, Goodwin M, Panackal A, Kruglov O, Taneja J, Grumbs A, Richards FF, Beard CB, Cordón-Rosales C:  Strategy for introduction of foreign genes into field populations of Chagas’ Disease vectos.  Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 92(6): 939-943, 1999.

 

 

Greer GJ, Nix NA, Cordón-Rosales C, Hernández B, MacVean CM, Powell MR:  Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in three rural communities in Guatemala.  Pan American Journal of Public Health, 6(2): 110-116, 1999.

 

 

Mérida AM, Palmieri M, Yurrita MY, Molina A, Molina E, Black IV WC:  Mitochondrial DNA variation among Anopheles albimanus populations.  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 61(2): 230-239, 1999.  (HHS-#064)

 

 

Padilla N, Cordón-Rosales C, Egglete T:  In vivo response of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum strains to chloroquine in Guatemala, Central America.  Abstracts of the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, D.C., Nov. 28 – Dec. 2, 1999.

 

 

Pennington PM, Cadavid D, Barbour AD:  Characterization of VspB of Borrelia turicatae, a major outer membrane protein expressed in blood and tissues of mice.  Infection and Immunity,  67: 4637-4645, 1999,

 

 

Pennington PM, Cadavid D, Bunikis J, Norris SJ, Barbour AG:  Extensive interplasmidic duplications change the virulence phenotype of the relapsing fever agent Borrelia turicatae. Molecular Microbiology. 34:1120-1132, 1999.

 

 

Pennington PM, Juárez S, Cordón-Rosales C:  Re-evaluating the risk of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission by Triatoma dimidiata and Rhodnius prolixus.  Abstracts of the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, D.C., November 28 – December 2, 1999.

 

Weller SC, Baer RD, Pachter LM, Trotter RT, Glazer M, de Alba JE, Klein RE:  Latino beliefs about diabetes.  Diabetes Care, 22: 722-728, 1999.

 

 

Arana BA, Rizzo NR, Navin TR, Klein RE, Kroeger A:  Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Guatemala: People’s knowledge, concepts and practices.  Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 94: 779-786, 2000.

 

 

Bern C, Hernández B, López B, Arrowood M.J, Mérida AM., Klein RE:  The contrasting epidemiology of Cyclospora and Cryptosporidium among outpatients in Guatemala.  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 63:(5): 231-235, 2000.

 

 

Cordón-Rosales C:  Genetic markers in domestic and sylvatic populations of Triatoma dimidiata.  In:  Special Program for Tropical Disease Research, World Health Organization, 2000.

 

 

Dotson EM, Harris KD, Cordón-Rosales C, Beard CG:  Comparison of tandemly repeated sequences in the control region of mitochondrial genomes of Chagas’ Disease vectors.  InAbstracts of the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Houston, Texas, October 2000.

 

 

Negreros MP, Pennington PM, Cordón-Rosales C:  Identificación de mamíferos como reservorios silvestres de la Enfermedad de Chagas (Trypanosoma cruzi) en la aldea Tituque, Olopa, Chiquimula, Guatemala.  Paper presented at the Tercer Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana de Conservación y Vida Silvestre Panamá, 2000.

 

 

Rizzo NR, Arana BA, Cordón-Rosales C, Argueta JC, Klein RE, Powell M:  Chagas disease seroprevalence among school age children in the endemic area of Guatemala.  American   Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 52:183-187,.2000.

 

 

Steinberg E, Mendoza CE, Arana BA, López B, Alvarez de Mejía M, Gold B, Bibb B, Priest J, Monroe S, Navin T, Bern C, Glass R, Gerba C, Naranjo J, Mintz E, Luby S:  Prevalence of infection with waterborne pathogens: a seroepidemiologic study in children 6-36 months old, San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.  Paper presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference, Houston, October 29-November 2, 2000.

 

Alvarez de Mejía M, López B, Mendoza CE:  Evaluación de la calidad microbiológica del agua en las plantas de tratamiento de agua que surten la Ciudad de Guatemala.  Revista Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, (11): 16-21, 2001.  (HHS-#075)

 

 

Arana BA, Mendoza CE, Rizzo NR, Kroeger A:  Randomized, controlled double-blind trial of the topical treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with paromomycin plus methylbenzethonium chloride ointment in Guatemala.  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,  65:466-470, 2001.

 

 

Arana BA, Rizzo NR, Díaz A:  Chemotherapy of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a review.  Medical Microbiology Immunology, 190:93-95, 2001.

 

 

 

Baer RD, Weller SC, Pachter L, Trotter RT, García de Alba J, Glazer M, Klein R, Deitrick L, Baker DF, Brown L, Khan-Gordon K, Martin SR, Nichols J, Ruggiero J:  Commonality of beliefs about the common cold:  Data from five cultures.  Social Science and Medicine, (submitted 2001).

 

 

Beard CB, Dotson EM, Pennington PM, Eichler S, Cordón-Rosales C, Durvasula RV:  Bacterial symbiosis and paratransgenic control of vector-borne Chagas’ Disease. Paper presented at the Third Internet Conference on Salivarian Trypanosomes and other Trypanosomatids, 2000.  International Journal of Parasitology, (submitted January 2001).

 

 

Beard CB, Dotson EM, Pennington PM, Eichler S, Cordon-Rosales C, Durvasula RV::  Bacterial symbiosis and paratransgenic control of vector-borne Chagas disease.  International  Journal of Parasitology, 31: 621-627, 2001.

 

 

Herwaldt BL, Arroyave KR de, Wahlquist SP, Mérida AM, López AS, Juranek DD:  Multiyear prospective study of intestinal parasitism in a cohort of Peace Corps volunteers in Guatemala.  Journal of Clinical Microbioloy, 39: 34-42, 2001.

 

 

Kroeger A, Ochoa H, Arana B, Díaz A, Rizzo N, Flores W:  Inadequate drug advice in the pharmacies of Guatemala and Mexico:  the scale of the problem and explanatory factors.  Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 95(6): 605-616, 2001.

 

Pachter LM, Weller SC, Baer RD, de Alba JE, Trotter RT, Glazer M, Klein RE:  Variation in asthma beliefs and practices among Mainland Puerto Ricans.  Journal of Asthma, 2001 (in press)

 

 

Beard CB, Cordón-Rosales C, Durvasula RV:  Bacterial symbionts and their potential use in the control of Chagas Disease transmission.  Annual Review of Entomology, 47:123-41, 2002.

 

 

Beard CB, Cordon-Rosales C, Durvasula RV:  Bacterial symbionts of the Triatominae and their potential use in control of Chagas Disease tranmission.  Annual Review of Entomology, 47, 123-141, 2002.  (HHS-#070)

 

 

Klein RE, Chajón G: Aplicación de los sistemas de información geográfica en el desarrollo socioeconómico del país.  In: Beatriz Villareal, (Compiladora): “Guatemala: El Futuro que Viene – Ciencia y Tecnología,” Guatemala, Imprenta Oscar de León Palacios, Chapter V, 247-262, 2002 (HHS-#076)

 

 

Li J, Welch RM, Nair US, Server TL, Irwin DE, Cordón-Rosales C, Padilla N: Dynamic malaria models with environmental changes.  Proceedings of the 34th  Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Hunsville, AL, 396-400, 2002.

 

 

Mérida AM, Klein RE, López B, Alvarez de Mejía M:  Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar.  In: Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, Volume 2, 1136-1146, 2002, New York, NY:  John Wiley and Sons.

 

 

Mérida AM, Klein RE, López B, Alvarez de Mejía M:  Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba disparIn: Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, Volume 2, 1136-1146, 2002, New York, NY:  John Wiley and Sons.  (HHS#-074)

 

 

Pachter LM, Weller SC, Baer RD, de Alba JE, Trotter RT, Glazer M, Klein RE:  Variation in asthma beliefs and practices among mainland Puerto Ricans, Mexican-Americans, and Guatemalans.  Journal of Asthma:  38(2): 119-134, 2002.

 

 

Weller SC, Baer RD, de Alba JE, Glazer M, Trotter RT, Pachter LM, Klein RE:  Regional variation in Latino beliefs of susto Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 26: 449-472, 2002.

 

 

Alvarez M, López B, Mendoza C, Renal J, Luby S, Klein RE:  Drinking water microbiology results using a combination method of flocculation and chlorination in control households versus intervention households, San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.  Abstract presented at the 15th Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Perth, Australia, September 2003.

 

 

Arana FE, Mendizabal ER, Noyes H, Rizzo NR, Arana BA: Comparación entre frotes, cultivos y PCR para el diagnóstico de Leishmaniasis Cutánea.  Memorias del VI Congreso de Parasitología y Medicina Tropical, Guatemala, November, 2003.

 

 

Asturias EJ, Soto M, Menendez R, Ramírez PL, Recinos F, Gordillo Holt E, Halseny NA:  Meningitis and pneumonia in children:  the importance of Hemophilus influenzae type b and Streptococcus pneumoniae.  Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 14(6): 377-384, 2003

 

 

Baer RD, Weller SC, García de Alba, JG, Trotter R, Pachter L, Klein RE:  A cross-cultural approach to the study of the perception of folk illness “nervios”.  Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 2003, in press.

 

 

Bruce N, Schei MA, Smith KR, Diaz A, Weber M, Ordonez S, Arana B, Khalakdina A, Klein RE:  Standardized assessment of childhood pneumonia in a randomized field trial of reduced air pollution exposure.  Epidemiology, 14: Vol.5, Suppl. 522, 2003

 

 

Chiller T, Mendoza C, López B, Alvarez M, Klein RE, Luby S:  Reducing diarrhea in Guatemalan children:  A randomized control trial of a flocculant disinfectant for drinking water.  Journal of the American Medical Association, submitted in 2003

 

 

Diaz A, Arana B, Bruce N, Klein R, Khalakdina A, Schei MA, Smith KR:  Natural stove dissemination in a poor community in rural Guatemala.  Epidemiology, 14: Vol. 5, Supplement 575, 2003.

 

 

 

 

Dowd SE, John D, Eliopolus J, Gerba CP, Naranjo J, Klein RE, López B, Mejía M de, Mendoza C, Pepper IL:  Confirmed detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis, Encephalitozoon intestinalis and Cryptosporidium parvum in water used for drinking.   Journal of Water Health, 01: 117-123, 2003

 

 

Durvasula RV, Sundaram RK, Cordon-Rosales C, Pennington PM, Beard CB:  Rhodnius prolixus and ists symbiont, Rhodococcus rhodnii: A model for paratrnsgenic transmission.   In:  Bourtozis, K. and Miller, T.A (eds).:  Insect Symbionts, Washington, DC:  CRC Press, Chapter 6, 83-95 pp., 2003

 

 

Hernández B, Aguilar S, Branson B, Arana F, Klein RE:  Evaluation of Rapid Tests for the Diagnostic of HIV in Guatemala. The 2nd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment,  Paris, France  July 13-17, 2003

 

 

Klein RE, Hidalgo E, Stupp P, Monteith R, Jefferds M, Goodwin M:  “Informe Final de Hombres Encuesta Nacional de Salud Materno Infantil 2002”.  Guatemala: Editorial Oscar de León Palacios, 2003.

 

 

Klein RE, Hidalgo E, Stupp P, Monteith R, Jefferds M, Goodwin M:”Informe Final de Mujeres Encuesta Nacional de Salud Materno Infantil 2002”.  Guatemala: Editorial Oscar de León Palacios, 2003.

 

 

Klein RE, Hidalgo E, Stupp P: “Informe Resumido Encuesto Nacional de Salud Materno Infantil 2002”.  Guatemala: Editorial Oscar de León Palacios, 2003.

 

 

López B, Alvarez M, Mendoza C, Gerba CP, Naranjo J, Luby S, Klein RE:  Quality of source water in a rural area of Guatemala.  Abstract  presented at the 15th Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology , Perth Australia, September 2003.

 

 

López B, Medina M: Primer caso de Microsporidum sp. en heces de un paciente con SIDA en Guatemala.  Revista de la Asociación Guatemalteca de Parasitología y Medicina Tropical, Volume 17, September 2003.

 

 

López MB: Telediagnóstico en Guatemala.  Revista de la Asociación Guatemalteca de Parasitología y Medicina Tropical, Volume 17, September 2003.

 

 

Monteiro FA, Barrett TV, Fitzpatrick S, Cordón-Rosales C, Feliciangeli D, Beard CB: Molecular phylogeography of the Amazonian Chagas disease vectors Rhodnius prolixus and R. robustusMolecular Ecology, 12(4):997-1006, 2003.

 

 

Nakagawa J, Cordón-Rosales C, Juárez J, Itzep C, Nonami T:  Impact of residual spraying in Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiate in the Department of Zacapa in Guatemala.  Memoria do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 98(2): 277-281, 2003 (HHS#-077)

 

 

Nakagawa J, Hashimoto K, Cordón-Rosales C, Juárez JA, Trampe R, Marroquín L:  Impact of vector control on Triatoma dimidiate in the department of Jutiapa in Guatemala.  Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 27 January 2003 (in press)

 

 

Noyes HA, Arana FE, Rizzo N, Kemp SJ, Hutchinson I, Pravica V, MacGregor GJ, Arana BA: Cutaneous leishmaniasis: inappropriate Th2 response or overactive Th1 response?  Abstract for the British Society of Parasitology Meeting, Manchester, UK, March 2003.

 

 

Pennington P, Beard CB:  Care, maintenance and experimental infection of triatomines. In, B.J. Beaty and W.C. Marquardt (eds.) The biology of disease vectors.  University Press of Colorado, 2003 in press. 

 

 

Rangel JM, López B, Mejía MA, Mendoza C, Luby S:  A novel technology to improve drinking water quality: a microbiological evaluation of in-home flocculation and chlorination in rural Guatemala.  Journal of Water and Health, 01.1: 15-22, 2003.

 

 

Reller ME, Mendoza CE, López MB, Alvarez M, Hoekstra RM, Olson CA, Baier KG, Keswick BH,  Luby SP:  A randomized controlled trial of household based flocculant-disinfectant drinking water treatment for diarrhea prevention in rural Guatemala.  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 69: 411-419, 2003

 

 

Rizzo NR, Arana BA, Díaz A, Klein RE, Cordón-Rosales C, Argueta JC, Powell MR:  Chagas’ Disease seroprevalence among school age children in the endemic area of Guatemala.  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 68(6): 678-682, 2003.

 

 

Ryan PR, Arana BA, Ryan JR, Wirtz RA, Wortmann GW, Rizzo N:  The domestic dog, a potential reservoir for Leishmania in the Peten region of Guatemala.  Veterinary Parasitology, 115: 1-7, 2003.

 

 

Schei MA, Bruce N, Smith-Siversten T, Díaz A, Khalakdina A, McCracken J, Ordoñez S, Arana BA, Klein RE, Hessen JO, Smith KR:  Pre-intervention prevalence and risk factors for asthma and atopic disease in a community with high indoor air pollution levels.  Epidemiology, 14: Vol.5, Suppl. 642. 2003

 

 

Aguilar JS, Hernandez DB, Arana F, Branson B, Klein RE:  Second generation surveillance as a tool for HIV prevention and health attention planning activities in pour countries, the Guatemalan Experience.  Abstract to be presented at the XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, 11-16 July, 2004.

 

 

Bruce N, Smith-Sivertsen T, Diaz A, Schei M, Smith KR, Arana B, Khalakdina A, Pope D, Thompson L, Klein RE: Prevention of burns among children in wood fuel using homes in rural Guatemala.  Abstract for the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Epidemiology: 15(4): S86, 2004.

 

 

 

 

Halsey NA, Pinto J, Espinosa-Rosales F, Faure-Fontanela A, da Silva E, Khan AJ, Webster ABD, Minor P, Dunn G, Asturias E, Hussain H, Pallansch M, Kew OM, Wikenstein J, Sutter R:  Search for poliovirus carriers among people with primary immune deficiency diseases in the United States, Mexico, Brazil and the United Kingdom.  Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 83: 3-8, 2004.

 

 

Salvadó CAM, Padilla N, Cordón-Rosales C, Véliz A:  Malaria rates:  A mathematical model driven approach.  Journal of Mathematical Biology, submitted in 2004.

 

 

Salvadó CAM: Una modificación al método de reducción de orden para resolver ecuaciones diferenciales homogéneas.  Revista de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, No. 12, 2004.

 

 

Steinberg E, Mendoza CE,  Arana BA, López MB, Mejía M, Gold B, Bibb B, Priest J, Monroe S, Navin T,  Bern C,  Glass R,  Gerba C, Naranjo J, Klein RE., Mintz E, Luby S: Prevalence of infection with waterborne pathogens: a seroepidmiologic study in children  6-36 months old,  San Juan Sacatepequez, Guatemala. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 70, 83-88, 2004.

 

 

Smith-Sivertsen T,  Díaz E,  Bruce N, Díaz A,  Khalakdina A, Schei M, McCracken J, Arana B, Klein R, Thompson L, and Smith K. 2004. Reducing indoor air pollution with a randomized intervention design – A presentation of the Stove Intervention Study in the Guatemalan Highlands. Norsk Epidemiologi 2004; 14: 137-143

 

 

Soto J, Arana BA, Toledo J, Rizzo NR, vega J, Diaz A, Luz M, Gutierrez P, Arboleda, Berman J, Junge K, Engel J, Sindermann H. 2004 Miltefosine for New World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 38, 1266-72 

 

 

Ryan PR, Arana BA, Ryan JR, Wirtz RA, Wortmann GW, Rizzo NR. (2003) The domestic dog, a potential reservoir for Leishmania in the Peten region of Guatemala. Veterinary Parasitology 115, 1-7

 

 

Rizzo NR, Arana BA, Diaz A, Cordon C, Klein RE, Powell MR. (2003) Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among school-age children in the endemic area of Guatemala. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and H Hygiene. 68, 678-682

 

 

Hochberg LP, Ryan JR, Arana BA, Rizzo NR, Ortega E, Romero L. Paz H, Wortmann GL. (2003).  Diagnosis and subgenus identification of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Guatemala and Panama using Smart CyclerTM Technology. http://www.smartcycler.com/pdfs/leishmaniasis.pdf

 

 

McCracken, J.P. ; Díaz, A.; Arana, B.; Smith K.R.; Schwartz J. Improved biomass stove intervention reduces blood pressure among rural Guatemalan women.  Abstract for the 17th Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Johannesburg, South Africa, 13-15 September, 2005

 

 

Smith-Sivertsen, T.; Bruce, N.; Pope, D.; Lie, R.T.; Diaz, A.; McCracken, J.; Arana, B.; Jenny, A.; Khalakdina, A.; Klein, R.K. ; Smith, K.R. Indoor air pollution from biomass fuel use and lung health in young Guatemalan women: preliminary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Abstract for the 17th Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Johannesburg, South Africa, 13-15 September, 2005.

 

 

Thompson, L.; Bruce, N.; Diaz, A.; Arana, B. Klein, R.; Jenny, A.; Smith, KR. Low birth weight in rural Guatemala: indoor air pollution as a contributing factor. Abstract for the 17th Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Johannesburg, South Africa, 13-15 September, 2005.