The diversity of life in the sea is critical to the health of ocean ecosystems that support living
resources and therefore essential to the economic, nutritional, recreational, and health …

Adipose tissue (AT) biology is linked to cardiovascular health since obesity is associated
with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and positively correlated with excessive visceral fat …

OBJECTIVE: To expand the" Countdown to 2015" analyses of health inequalities beyond the
75 countries being monitored worldwide to include all countries in Latin America and the …

The gut microbiota (GM) has been the subject of intense research in recent years. Therefore,
numerous factors affecting its composition have been thoroughly examined, and with them …

Objective To measure the association between gestational syphilis and stillbirth in Latin
America and the Caribbean. Methods In a retrospective study, data on stillbirth and …

Strongyloides stercoralis chronic infections are usually asymptomatic and underestimated.
We used direct fresh stool examination, Ritchie's method, and agar plate culture for …

In this work the simulation results of a newly developed meso-microscale coupling
methodology suited for steady-state computational fluid dynamic models (CFD) are …

Objective To consolidate available information from the Latin American and Caribbean
(LAC) region on 1) national incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and 2) national …

Birth defects contribute up to 21% of the mortality in those under 5 years of age in Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC), and that burden has been compounded by the Zika virus …

The deep sea plays a critical role in global climate regulation through uptake and storage of
heat and carbon dioxide. However, this regulating service causes warming, acidification and …