Robert H Gilman

Epilepsy and neurocysticercosis in Atahualpa: a door-to-door survey in rural coastal Ecuador.

The epidemiology of intestinal microsporidiosis in patients with HIV/AIDS in Lima, Peru.

Screening for cystic echinococcosis in an endemic region of Peru using portable ultrasonography and the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay.

Risk factors for canine echinococcosis in an endemic area of Peru.

Vaccination of pigs to control human neurocysticercosis.

Failure to complete the TB diagnostic algorithm in urban Perú: a study of contributing factors.

Detection of muscle calcifications by thigh CT scan in neurocysticercosis patients.

Monocyte-astrocyte networks and the regulation of chemokine secretion in neurocysticercosis.

Taeniasis and cysticercosis in housemaids working in affluent neighborhoods in Lima, Peru.

Short report: secondary transmission in porcine cysticercosis: description and their potential implications for control sustainability.

Does traditional medicine use hamper efforts at tuberculosis control in urban Peru?

Changes in serum immunoglobulin G levels as a marker for Cryptosporidium sp. infection in Peruvian children.

Serodiagnosis of neurocysticercosis using synthetic 8-kD proteins: comparison of assay formats.

Diversity of bat-associated Leptospira in the Peruvian Amazon inferred by bayesian phylogenetic analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA sequences.

Transmission dynamics of Taenia solium and potential for pig-to-pig transmission.

Helicobacter pylori-associated chronic atrophic gastritis involving the gastric body and severe disease by Vibrio cholerae.

The effect of deforestation on the human-biting rate of Anopheles darlingi, the primary vector of Falciparum malaria in the Peruvian Amazon.

Seroepidemiology of strongyloidiasis in the Peruvian Amazon.

Efficacy of a 3-day course of albendazole treatment in patients with a single neurocysticercosis cyst.

Longitudinal analysis of cryptosporidium species-specific immunoglobulin G antibody responses in Peruvian children.

[Comparison of the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori stomach infection in Peruvian and Japanese population].

Taenia solium and Taenia ovis: stage-specific expression of the vaccine antigen genes, TSOL18, TSOL16, and homologues, in oncospheres.

Validation of string test for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infections.

Characterization and cloning of T24, a Taenia solium antigen diagnostic for cysticercosis.

Clinical correlates of tuberculosis co-infection in HIV-infected children hospitalized in Peru.

La cuerda dulce--a tolerability and acceptability study of a novel approach to specimen collection for diagnosis of paediatric pulmonary tuberculosis.

Polymerase chain reaction and molecular genotyping to monitor parasitological response to anti-malarial chemotherapy in the Peruvian Amazon.

Understandings of reproductive tract infections in a peri-urban pueblo joven in Lima, Peru.

Infrequent MODS TB culture cross-contamination in a high-burden resource-poor setting.

Mixed Cryptosporidium infections and HIV.

Development of a normal human immunoglobulin G standard curve for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: use for comparison of antigen efficacy.

Aegicerin, the first oleanane triterpene with wide-ranging antimycobacterial activity, isolated from Clavija procera.

Improved recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from children using the microscopic observation drug susceptibility method.

An intervention-control study of corralling of free-ranging chickens to control Campylobacter infections among children in a Peruvian periurban shantytown.

Neurocysticercal antigens stimulate chemokine secretion from human monocytes via an NF-kappaB-dependent pathway.

Effectiveness of enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR and random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting for Helicobacter pylori strain differentiation.

Comparison of altitude effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection between rural and urban communities in Peru.

Limited diversity of Anopheles darlingi in the Peruvian Amazon region of Iquitos.

Determining risk for severe leptospirosis by molecular analysis of environmental surface waters for pathogenic Leptospira.

Outbreak of cyclosporiasis at a naval base in Lima, Peru.

Postmortem findings and opportunistic infections in HIV-positive patients from a public hospital in Peru.

Microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility assay for the diagnosis of TB.

Periurban Trypanosoma cruzi-infected Triatoma infestans, Arequipa, Peru.

Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and high-risk sexual behaviors in heterosexual couples attending sexually transmitted disease clinics in Peru.

Development of a multilocus sequence typing tool for Cryptosporidium hominis.

Tuberculosis mortality, drug resistance, and infectiousness in patients with and without HIV infection in Peru.

A simple method for collecting measured whole blood with quantitative recovery of antibody activities for serological surveys.

Swine cysticercosis hotspots surrounding Taenia solium tapeworm carriers.

Natural ventilation for the prevention of airborne contagion.

Decrease in prevalence of peptic ulcer and gastric adenocarcinoma at the Policlínico Peruano Japones, Lima, Peru, between the years 1985 and 2002. Analysis of 31,446 patients.

Evaluation of brucellosis by PCR and persistence after treatment in patients returning to the hospital for follow-up.

Possible transmission of Cryptosporidium canis among children and a dog in a household.

The detection of airborne transmission of tuberculosis from HIV-infected patients, using an in vivo air sampling model.

Economic burden of neurocysticercosis: results from Peru.

Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosis.

Development of an enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay using two baculovirus expressed recombinant antigens for diagnosis of Taenia solium taeniasis.

Differences in clinical manifestations among Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in HIV-infected persons.

Strategies for the elimination of taeniasis/cysticercosis.

Taenia solium oncosphere adhesion to intestinal epithelial and Chinese hamster ovary cells in vitro.

Multinucleate giant cells release functionally unopposed matrix metalloproteinase-9 in vitro and in vivo.

Polymerase chain reaction detection of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum DNA from stored serum samples: implications for retrospective diagnosis of malaria.

Characterization of a novel Taenia solium oncosphere antigen.

Comparison of the peptidase activity in the oncosphere excretory/secretory products of Taenia solium and Taenia saginata.

Fecal contamination of drinking water within peri-urban households, Lima, Peru.

Nested PCR for specific diagnosis of Taenia solium taeniasis.

Evaluation and treatment of chagas disease in the United States: a systematic review.

Human brucellosis.

Targeted screening strategies to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in children.

Isolation of cytotoxic metabolites from targeted peruvian amazonian medicinal plants.

Zinc cream and reliability of tuberculosis skin testing.

Diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis, central Peruvian Highlands.

Improved diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis using the microscopic- observation drug-susceptibility technique.

The Peruvian contribution to the knowledge of the role of Helicobacter pylori infection in the genesis of gastric premalignant lesions that predispose to gastric cancer.

Improved molecular technique for the differentiation of neotropical anopheline species.

Human leptospirosis caused by a new, antigenically unique Leptospira associated with a Rattus species reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon.

Brucellosis in household members of Brucella patients residing in a large urban setting in Peru.

Use of PCR to improve diagnostic yield in an outbreak of cyclosporiasis in Lima, Peru.

Links between sex-related expectations about alcohol, heavy episodic drinking and sexual risk among young men in a shantytown in Lima, Peru.

Tuberculosis diagnosis and multidrug resistance testing by direct sputum culture in selective broth without decontamination or centrifugation.

Variation in the prevalence of gastric cancer in Perú.

Chagas disease transmission in periurban communities of Arequipa, Peru.

Anti-infective and cytotoxic compounds present in Blepharodon nitidum.

Performance of oscillometric blood pressure devices in children in resource-poor settings.

Multi-country analysis of the effects of diarrhoea on childhood stunting.

Peptide YY: a gut hormone associated with anorexia during infectious diarrhea in children.

Absence of brain involvement and factors related to positive serology in a prospective series of 61 cases with pulmonary hydatid disease.

Human hydatid disease in Peru is basically restricted to Echinococcus granulosus genotype G1.

Lack of an adverse effect of Giardia intestinalis infection on the health of Peruvian children.

Surveillance for early silicosis in high altitude miners using pulse oximetry.

Inter- and intra-assay reproducibility of microplate Alamar blue assay results for isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, streptomycin, ciprofloxacin, and capreomycin drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Hypertension among adults in a deprived urban area of Peru - undiagnosed and uncontrolled?

Epidemiology of highly endemic multiply antibiotic-resistant shigellosis in children in the Peruvian Amazon.

Pedestrian road traffic injuries in urban Peruvian children and adolescents: case control analyses of personal and environmental risk factors.

Synthesis, cytotoxicity, and anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity of new chalcones.

The infectiousness of tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV.

Cryptosporidium species and subtypes and clinical manifestations in children, Peru.

Impregnated netting slows infestation by Triatoma infestans.

DNA-level diversity and relatedness of Helicobacter pylori strains in shantytown families in Peru and transmission in a developing-country setting.

Polymerase chain reaction for chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection yields higher sensitivity in blood clot than buffy coat or whole blood specimens.

Perilesional brain oedema and seizure activity in patients with calcified neurocysticercosis: a prospective cohort and nested case-control study.

MLVA genotyping of human Brucella isolates from Peru.

Can the power of mobile phones be used to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in developing countries?

Diagnosis of pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis by stool PCR.

Direct observation of hygiene in a Peruvian shantytown: not enough handwashing and too little water.

A novel Taenia solium protein that resembles troponin T proteins.

Sexual behavior and drug consumption among young adults in a shantytown in Lima, Peru.

Helicobacter pylori CagA phosphorylation-independent function in epithelial proliferation and inflammation.

Frequency of diarrhoea as a predictor of elevated blood pressure in children.

Taenia solium cysticercosis hotspots surrounding tapeworm carriers: clustering on human seroprevalence but not on seizures.

Short report: serologic evidence of human ehrlichiosis in Peru.

A multipronged approach to the study of peruvian ethnomedicinal plants: a legacy of the ICBG-Peru Project.

Effect of pyrazinamidase activity on pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Evaluation of nitazoxanide and oxfendazole efficacy against cystic echinococcosis in naturally infected sheep.

Urine antigen detection for the diagnosis of human neurocysticercosis.

Geographic variation in the sensitivity of recombinant antigen-based rapid tests for chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

Spatial patterns in discordant diagnostic test results for Chagas disease: links to transmission hotspots.

Upper-room ultraviolet light and negative air ionization to prevent tuberculosis transmission.

Epilepsy and neurocysticercosis: an incidence study in a Peruvian rural population.

Comparison of culture techniques at different stages of brucellosis.

Detection of Taenia solium antigens and anti-T. solium antibodies in paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with intraparenchymal or extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis.

Utility of a protein fraction with cathepsin L-Like activity purified from cysticercus fluid of Taenia solium in the diagnosis of human cysticercosis.

The effect on cardiovascular risk factors of migration from rural to urban areas in Peru: PERU MIGRANT Study.

Sputum PCR-single-strand conformational polymorphism test for same-day detection of pyrazinamide resistance in tuberculosis patients.

Linking deforestation to malaria in the Amazon: characterization of the breeding habitat of the principal malaria vector, Anopheles darlingi.

Global health training is not only a developed-country duty.

Norovirus highly prevalent cause of endemic acute diarrhea in children in the peruvian Amazon.

Molecular epidemiology of Brucella genotypes in patients at a major hospital in central Peru.

Gender differences in sex-related alcohol expectancies in young adults from a peri-urban area in Lima, Peru.

Helicobacter Pylori's plasticity zones are novel transposable elements.

Interleukin-1 beta single-nucleotide polymorphism's C allele is associated with elevated risk of gastric cancer in Helicobacter pylori-infected Peruvians.

Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Preliminary population-based epidemiological and clinical data on 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A (pH1N1) from Lima, Peru.

Multiantigen print immunoassay for comparison of diagnostic antigens for Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis.

STAT3, p38 MAPK, and NF-kappaB drive unopposed monocyte-dependent fibroblast MMP-1 secretion in tuberculosis.

Cytotoxic and anti-infective sesquiterpenes present in Plagiochila disticha (Plagiochilaceae) and Ambrosia peruviana (Asteraceae).

Peruvian and globally reported amino acid substitutions on the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pyrazinamidase suggest a conserved pattern of mutations associated to pyrazinamide resistance.

Factors associated with delayed tuberculosis test-seeking behavior in the Peruvian Amazon.

Chagas disease, migration and community settlement patterns in Arequipa, Peru.

Comparison of two types of epidemiological surveys aimed at collecting daily clinical symptoms in community-based longitudinal studies.

Development and evaluation of a magnetic immunochromatographic test to detect Taenia solium, which causes taeniasis and neurocysticercosis in humans.

Evaluation of oxfendazole, praziquantel and albendazole against cystic echinococcosis: a randomized clinical trial in naturally infected sheep.

Microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay for tuberculosis screening before isoniazid preventive therapy in HIV-infected persons.

Evaluation of molecular tools for detection and drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in stool specimens from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

What is adolescence?: Adolescents narrate their lives in Lima, Peru.

Development of low-cost inverted microscope to detect early growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in MODS culture.

Trypanoside, anti-tuberculosis, leishmanicidal, and cytotoxic activities of tetrahydrobenzothienopyrimidines.

Adolescents can know best: using concept mapping to identify factors and pathways driving adolescent sexuality in Lima, Peru.

Development and evaluation of porcine cysticercosis QuickELISA in Triturus EIA analyzer.

Migration surrogates and their association with obesity among within-country migrants.

Antimycobacterial metabolites from Plectranthus: royleanone derivatives against Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains.

Cloning and characterization of the acidic ribosomal protein P2 of Cryptosporidium parvum, a new 17-kilodalton antigen.

Risk factors for antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli carriage in young children in Peru: community-based cross-sectional prevalence study.

Large scale immune profiling of infected humans and goats reveals differential recognition of Brucella melitensis antigens.

Chagas cardiomyopathy in the context of the chronic disease transition.

Prolonged infectiousness of tuberculosis patients in a directly observed therapy short-course program with standardized therapy.

Diagnostic approaches for paediatric tuberculosis by use of different specimen types, culture methods, and PCR: a prospective case-control study.

Mechanisms regulating monocyte CXCL8 secretion in neurocysticercosis and the effect of antiparasitic therapy.

Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors among rural and urban groups and rural-to-urban migrants in Peru: a cross-sectional study.

Optimizing tuberculosis testing for basic laboratories.

The prevalence of angina symptoms and association with cardiovascular risk factors, among rural, urban and rural to urban migrant populations in Peru.

Molecular analysis of household transmission of Giardia lamblia in a region of high endemicity in Peru.

Helicobacter pylori from Peruvian amerindians: traces of human migrations in strains from remote Amazon, and genome sequence of an Amerind strain.

Wealth and its associations with enteric parasitic infections in a low-income community in Peru: use of principal component analysis.

Autonomic dysfunction and risk factors associated with Trypanosoma cruzi infection among children in Arequipa, Peru.

Effects of distance from a heavily transited avenue on asthma and atopy in a periurban shantytown in Lima, Peru.

[Epidemiology and control of cysticercosis in Peru].

Pharmacokinetics of combined treatment with praziquantel and albendazole in neurocysticercosis.

A history of chagas disease transmission, control, and re-emergence in peri-rural La Joya, Peru.

A worldwide analysis of beta-defensin copy number variation suggests recent selection of a high-expressing DEFB103 gene copy in East Asia.

Dihydro-β-agarofuran sesquiterpenes isolated from Celastrus vulcanicola as potential anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis multidrug-resistant agents.

Anti-triatomine saliva immunoassays for the evaluation of impregnated netting trials against Chagas disease transmission.

Serologic diagnosis of human Taenia solium cysticercosis by using recombinant and synthetic antigens in QuickELISAâ„¢.

A1C as a diagnostic criteria for diabetes in low- and middle-income settings: evidence from Peru.

Cytotoxic and anti-infective phenolic compounds isolated from Mikania decora and Cremastosperma microcarpum.

Differences in cardiovascular risk factors in rural, urban and rural-to-urban migrants in Peru.

Autosome STRs in native South America-Testing models of association with geography and language.

[Health-related quality of life among urban and rural to urban migrant populations in Lima, Peru].

The effect of rural-to-urban migration on social capital and common mental disorders: PERU MIGRANT study.

Cavia porcellus as a model for experimental infection by Trypanosoma cruzi.

Effect of urbanisation on asthma, allergy and airways inflammation in a developing country setting.

Attenuated CagA oncoprotein in Helicobacter pylori from Amerindians in Peruvian Amazon.

Cysticercosis of the central nervous system: how should it be managed?

Acute and congenital Chagas disease.

Systems biology approach predicts antibody signature associated with Brucella melitensis infection in humans.

Sustainability of solar disinfection to provide safe drinking water in rural Peru.

TsAg5, a Taenia solium cysticercus protein with a marginal trypsin-like activity in the diagnosis of human neurocysticercosis.

Retracing micro-epidemics of Chagas disease using epicenter regression.

Evaluation of bleach-sedimentation for sterilising and concentrating Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens.

Pyrazinoic acid efflux rate in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a better proxy of pyrazinamide resistance.

Socio-demographics and the development of malaria elimination strategies in the low transmission setting.

The highly antigenic 53/25kDa Taenia solium protein fraction with cathepsin-L like activity is present in the oncosphere/cysticercus and induces non-protective IgG antibodies in pigs.

Presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs in Peru.

Standardization of a fluorescent-based quantitative adhesion assay to study attachment of Taenia solium oncosphere to epithelial cells in vitro.

Addressing geographical variation in the progression of non-communicable diseases in Peru: the CRONICAS cohort study protocol.

A field trial of alternative targeted screening strategies for chagas disease in arequipa, peru.

Cough detection algorithm for monitoring patient recovery from pulmonary tuberculosis.

Comparative effects of vivax malaria, fever and diarrhoea on child growth.

Computerised lung sound analysis to improve the specificity of paediatric pneumonia diagnosis in resource-poor settings: protocol and methods for an observational study.

T. solium taeniasis coproantigen detection is an early indicator of treatment failure for taeniasis.