Dr. Alberto Cuba Caparó (1915-2008).

Evaluation of two ELISA IgM assays in leptospirosis outbreak research.

Was assessed two rapid tests for serodiagnosis of acute leptospirosis, the ELISA IgM pool (Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima), compared with a commercial ELISA IgM (PANBIO) against the gold standard microagglutination te...

Major disasters … great responses

Provides a brief review of the major catastrophes that occurred in Peru during the twentieth century, which demanded greats responses. It tries to identify the most influential events that shaped the evolution of the eme...

Tecnologías de información y comunicación para la prevención y control de la infección por el VIH y otras ITS.

Avances tecnológicos innovadores como Internet, computadoras personales de bolsillo, teléfonos celulares y otros equipos son un arsenal en crecimiento en el esfuerzo de impedir y controlar el VIH y otras infecciones de t...

Pulmonary hydatidosis in a general hospital from Lima, Peru: experience in 113 patients

[b][i]Objective. [/i][/b]To describe the surgical, clinical and epidemiological characteristics in patients with pulmonary hydatid in the Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo. [b][i]Material and methods.[/i][/b] Descriptive, re...