2011
Leishmania (Viannia) Infection in the Domestic Dog in Chaparral, Colombia
Santaella J, Ocampo CB, Saravia NG, Méndez F, Góngora R, Gomez MA, Munstermann LE, Quinnell RJ. Leishmania (Viannia) Infection in the Domestic Dog in Chaparral, Colombia. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2011, 84: 674-680. PMID: 21540374, PMCID: PMC3083732, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous leishmaniasisSkin biopsy specimensHuman cutaneous leishmaniasisReservoirs of LeishmaniaEnzyme-linked immunosorbentAmerican cutaneous leishmaniasisPrevalence of infectionBiopsy specimensLeishmania infectionRisk factorsCanine infectionLeishmania guyanensisBuffy coatL. braziliensisDogsInfectionLeishmaniasisPeridomestic transmissionL. guyanensisPositive resultsBlottingMore testsDomestic dogsGuyanensisBiopsy
1998
Epidemiology of endemic Oropouche virus transmission in upper Amazonian Peru.
Baisley K, Watts D, Munstermann L, Wilson M. Epidemiology of endemic Oropouche virus transmission in upper Amazonian Peru. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1998, 59: 710-6. PMID: 9840586, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntibody prevalenceLife-long residentsIgG antibodiesViral infectionStandard plaque reduction neutralization testPlaque reduction neutralization testWald chi-squareCross-sectional serosurveyHalf of personsVenous blood samplesRisk factor dataMultiple logistic regressionAge five yearsYears of ageSeropositive residentsSerologic statusRisk factorsViral antibodiesBlood samplesNeutralization testAntibody reactivityHuman infectionsORO virusLogistic regressionEndemic transmission