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2023
  • Sánchez, X., Latacunga, A., Cárdenas, I., Jimbo-Sotomayor, R., Escalante, S. (2023). Antibiotic prescription patterns in patients with suspected urinary tract infections in Ecuador. PLoS ONE 18(11): e0295247. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295247
  • Medina, V. E., & Coronel , A. K. (2023). El lenguaje de la vulneración en los cuerpos de las mujeres con discapacidad. En Ensayos de Investigación y Perspectiva de Género, vol. III, edición especial: Género, Desigualdades y Desarrollo en la Región Andina. Lima: Cátedra UNESCO de Igualdad de Género en Instituciones de Educación Superior. Lima: Cátedra UNESCO de Igualdad de Género en Instituciones de Educación Superior.
  • Medina-Maldonado, V., Morejón Terán, Y., Torres-Torres, L., Jimenéz-Ruiz, I., Pastor-Bravo, M. del M., Urgilés Vallejo, P., Vargas Estupillan, E., & Fruto Pla, A. (2023). Red Flags: Violencia en el noviazgo de adolescentes (1a ed.). Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. EdiPUCE.
  • Chivardi, C., Sosa, A. Z., Cavalcanti, D. M., Ordoñez, J. A., Diaz, J. F., Zuluaga, D., Almeida, C., Serván‐Mori, E., Hessel, P., Moncayo, A. L., & Rasella, D. (2023). Understanding the social determinants of child mortality in Latin America over the last two decades: a machine learning approach. Scientific Reports, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47994-w
  • Olmos, H. P., Espín, I. G. D., Ayala, R. M. D. L. G., & Quishpe, E. (2023). Perfil de riesgo de los pies de personas con diabetes tipo 2 y factores asociados. La Ciencia al Servicio de la Salud y la Nutrición, 14(1), 92-104.Olmos, H. P., Espín, I. G. D., Ayala, R. M. D. L. G., & Quishpe, E. (2023). Perfil de riesgo de los pies de personas con diabetes tipo 2 y factores asociados. La Ciencia al Servicio de la Salud y la Nutrición, 14(1), 92-104.
  • Hernández, M. L., Dujardin, J. P., Villacís, A. G., Yumiseva, C. A., Remón, C., & Mougabure-Cueto, G. (2023). Resistance to deltamethrin in Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): does it influence the phenotype of antennae, wings, and heads?. Acta Tropica, 106976. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.106976
  • Erazo, C. V., Cifuentes, A. C., Navas, A. M., Carrión, F. G., Caicedo-Gallardo, J. D., Andrade, M., & Moncayo, A. L. (2023). Psychosocial dysfunction of children and adolescents during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ecuador: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open, 13(6), e068761.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068761
  • Cavalcanti, D. M., Ordoñez, J. A., Aransiola, T., Almeida, C., Díaz, J. F. P., Mayorga, D. Z., ... & Rasella, D. (2023). Evaluation and Forecasting Analysis of the Association of Conditional Cash Transfer With Child Mortality in Latin America, 2000-2030. JAMA Network Open, 6(7), e2323489-e2323489. Doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23489oi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23489
  • Simbaña-Rivera, K., Torres-Roman, J. S., Challapa-Mamani, M. R., Guerrero, J., la Cruz-Ku, D., Ybaseta-Medina, J., & Martinez-Herrera, J. F. (2023). Regional disparities of prostate cancer mortality in Ecuador: an examination of trends and correlates from 2004 to 2019. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 1-9. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15941-z
  • Mendoza-Gordillo, M. J. (2023). A qualitative analysis of the breastfeeding experiences of mothers who are nurses and nutritionists. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2023.2189366 
  • García, D. G., Garzón-Romero, C., Salazar, M. A., Lagos, K. J., Campaña, K. O., Debut, A., ... & Romero, M. P. (2023). Bioinspired Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticles Based on Iron Oxides Using Orange Waste and Their Application as Photo-Activated Antibacterial Agents. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(5), 4770. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054770
  • Pastor-Bravo, M. del M., Vargas, E., & Medina-Maldonado, V. (2023). Strategies to Prevent and Cope with Adolescent Dating Violence: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 2355. MDPI AG.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032355

  • Baus, E.G., Carrasco-Tenezaca, M., Frey, M. & Medina Maldonado, V. E. (2023). Risk Factors for the Mental Health of Adolescents from the Parental Perspective: Photo-Voice in Rural Communities of Ecuador. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2205; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032205  

  • Mora-Criollo, P., Carrasco-Tenezaca, M., Casapulla, S., Bates, B. R., & Grijalva, M. J. (2023) A qualitative exploration of knowledge of Chagas disease among adolescents in rural Ecuador. Rural and remote health, 23(1), 6796. https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH6796
  • Núñez, A., Ntumngia, F., Guerra, Y. et al (2023). Genetic diversity and natural selection of Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte invasion genes in Ecuador. Malaria Journal 22(1), 225. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04640-0
  • Mendoza-Gordillo, M. J., Bates, B. R., & Vivat, B. (2023). The (im)possibility of being a breastfeeding working mother: experiences of Ecuadorian healthcare providers. Frontiers in Communication, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1153679
  • Sánchez X, Calderón N, Solis O, Jimbo-Sotomayor R. (2023). Antibiotic Prescription Patterns in Children Under 5 Years of Age With Acute Diarrhea in Quito-Ecuador. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 2023;14. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319231196110
  • Bates, B. R., Carrasco-Tenezaca, M., Mendez-Trivino, A. M., Mendoza, L. E., Nieto-Sanchez, C., Baus, E. G., & Grijalva, M. J. (2023). Identifying Barriers and Facilitators for Home Reconstruction for Prevention of Chagas Disease: An Interview Study in Rural Loja Province, Ecuador. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8(4), 228. MDPI AG. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8040228
  • Pérez-Tasigchana, F., Valcárcel-Pérez, I., Arias-Quispe, M., Astudillo, L., Bruno, A., Herrera G., M., Armas, R., de Mora, D., Pinos, J., Olmedo, A., Salas, R., Jimbo-Sotomayor, R., Chiluisa, C., Acosta, P., Sánchez, X., & Whittembury, A. (2023). Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in Ecuador: A test-negative design. Vaccine: X, 100404, 100404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100404
  • Martín-Cruz, B., Cecchetti, M., Simbaña-Rivera, K., Rial-Berriel, C., Acosta-Dacal, A., Zumbado-Peña, M., Henríquez-Hernández, L. A., Gallo-Barneto, R., Cabrera-Pérez, M. Á., Melián-Melián, A., Suárez-Pérez, A., & Luzardo, O. P. (2023). Potential exposure of native wildlife to anticoagulant rodenticides in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain): Evidence from residue analysis of the invasive California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae). The Science of the total environment, 911, 168761. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168761
 
 
 
2022
 
 
  • Carrasquilla, M., Early, A. M., Taylor, A. R., Knudson Ospina, A., Echeverry, D. F., Anderson, T. J. C., Mancilla, E., Aponte, S., Cárdenas, P., Buckee, C. O., Rayner, J. C., Sáenz, F. E., Neafsey, D. E., & Corredor, V. (2022). Resolving drug selection and migration in an inbred South American Plasmodium falciparum population with identity-by-descent analysis. PLoS pathogens, 18(12), e1010993. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010993
  • Sánchez, X., Moreno, A., Jimbo-Sotomayor, R., Armijos, L., Viloria, A. (2022) Soft-Tissue Sarcomas in Adults in Ecuador in the Period 2010–2020. Sarcoma, vol. 2022, Article ID 1391537. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/1391537
  • Pesántez Ríos G, Armijos Acurio L, Jimbo Sotomayor R, Cueva V, Pesántez Ríos X, Navarrete Zambrano H, Pascual S, Pesántez Cuesta G. (2022) A Pilot Study on the Use of Low Doses of CBD to Control Seizures in Rare and Severe Forms of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. Life 12(12):2065. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12122065
  • Bates, B.R &  Grijalva, M.J. (2022) Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards monkeypox during the 2022 outbreak: An online cross-sectional survey among clinicians in Ohio, USA. Journal of Infection and Public Health 15(12): 1459-1465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2022.11.004.
  • Nieto-Sanchez, C., Hatley, D.M., II, Grijalva, M.J., Peeters Grietens, K, Bates, B.R. (2022) Communication in Neglected Tropical Diseases’ elimination: A scoping review and call for action. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 16(10): e0009774. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009774
  • Rivadeneira, M.F., Moncayo, A.L., Cóndor, J.D.Tello, B., Buitrón, J., Astudillo, F., Caicedo-Gallardo, J.D., Estrella-Proaño, A., Naranjo-Estrella, A.  & Torres, A.L. (2022) High prevalence of chronic malnutrition in indigenous children under 5 years of age in Chimborazo-Ecuador: multicausal analysis of its determinants. BMC Public Health 22, 1977. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14327-x
  • Depickère, S., Villacís, A.G., Santillán-Guayasamín, S. et al. (2022). Rhodnius (Stål, 1859) (Hemiptera, Triatominae) genus in Bolivian Amazonia: a risk for human populations?. Parasites Vectors 15, 307. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05423-3
  • Grijalva, M.J.; Villacís, A.G.; Ocaña-Mayorga, S.; Yumiseva, C.A.; Nieto-Sanchez, C.; Baus, E.G. and Moncayo, A.L. (2022).Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Chemical Control for Chagas Disease Vectors in Loja Province, Ecuador. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 22:9, 449-458. http://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2021.0089
  • Flores Sacoto, K.M., Sanchez Del Hierro, G.A., Moreno-Piedrahita Hernández, F.G. and Jarrin Estupiñan, J.X. (2022). Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 and its Relationship to Sociodemographic Characteristics in Ecuador, 2020. Int J Public Health 67:1604768. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604768
  • Armijos, L., Tello, B., Sevilla, C., Cano, I., Fonseca, J., Vivas, L., Rivadeneira, M., Jimbo, R., Sánchez, X., Santillán, N., Espín, I.  (2022). Development of a web-based tool –The Score Bebé ®– for enhancing neonatal risk stratification: A nationwide retrospective study. In: Jay Kalra and Nancy Lightner (eds) Healthcare and Medical Devices. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 51. AHFE International, USA. http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002102
  • Vera-Arias, C.A.; Holzschuh, A.; Oduma, C.O.; Badu, K.; Abdul-Hakim, M.;  Yukich, J.; Hetzel, M.W.; Fakih, B.S.; Ali, A.;  Ferreira, M.U.; Ladeia-Andrade, S.; Sáenz, F.E.; Afrane, Y.;  Zemene, E.; Yewhalaw, D.; Kazura, J.W.; Yan, G.; Koepfli, C.  (2022). High-throughput Plasmodium falciparum hrp2 and hrp3 gene deletion typing by digital PCR to monitor malaria rapid diagnostic test efficacy. eLife 11:e72083https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72083
  • Ortiz-Prado, E.; Izquierdo-Condoy, J.S.; Fernandez-Naranjo, R.; Simbaña-Rivera, K.; Vásconez-González, J.; Naranjo, E.P.L.; Cordovez, S.; Coronel, B.; Delgado-Moreira, K.; Jimbo-Sotomayor, R.(2022). A Comparative Analysis of a Self-Reported Adverse Events Analysis after Receiving One of the Available SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Schemes in Ecuador. Vaccines, 10, 1047. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10071047
  • Jimbo-Sotomayor, R., Watts, E., Armijos, L., Sriudomporn, S., Sánchez, X., Echeverria, A., Whittembury, A., Patenaude, B. (2022). Return on Investment of 10-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Ecuador From 2010 to 2030. Value in Health Regional Issues 31, 148-154. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2022.05.003
  • Grijalva, M.J., Moncayo, A.L., Yumiseva, C.A., Ocaña-Mayorga, S., Baus, E.G., Villacís, A.G. (2022). Evaluation of Selective Deltamethrin Application with Household and Community Awareness for the Control of Chagas Disease in Southern Ecuador. Journal of Medical Entomology, tjac050, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjac050
  • Cuadrado, C.F.; Díaz-Barrios, A.; Campaña, K.O.; Romani, E.C.; Quiroz, F.; Nardecchia, S.; Debut, A.; Vizuete, K.; Niebieskikwiat, D.; Ávila, C.E.; Salazar, M.A.; Garzón-Romero, C.; Blasco-Zúñiga, A.; Rivera, M.R.; Romero, M.P. (2022). Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial ZnMintPc Encapsulated in Magnetic-Nanocomposites with Graphene Oxide/MWCNTs Based on Bimodal Action of Photodynamic and Photothermal Effects. Pharmaceutics, 14, 705. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14040705
  • Brusnahan, A., Carrasco-Tenezaca, M., Bates, B. R., Roche, R., & Grijalva, M. J. (2022). Identifying health care access barriers in southern rural Ecuador. International journal for equity in health, 21(1), 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-022-01660-1
  • Tello, B., Rivadeneira, M.F., Moncayo, A.L., Buitrón, J., Astudillo, F., Estrella, A. and Torres, A.L. (2022).  Breastfeeding, feeding practices and stunting in indigenous Ecuadorians under 2 years of age. Int Breastfeed J. 17(19). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-022-00461-0
  • Bates, B.R., Villegas-Botero, A., Costales, J.A, Moncayo, A.L., Tami, A., Carvajal, A. & Grijalva, M.J. (2022) COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Three Latin American Countries: Reasons Given for Not Becoming Vaccinated in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, Health Communication, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2035943
  • Pita, S., Gómez-Palacio, A., Lorite, P., Dujardin, J. P., Chavez, T., Villacís, A. G., Galvão, C., Panzera, Y., Calleros, L., Pereyra-Mello, S., Burgueño-Rodríguez, G., & Panzera, F. (2022). Multidisciplinary approach detects speciation within the kissing bug Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus populations (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae). Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 116, e210259. https://doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760210259
  • Hernandez-Castro, L.E., Villacís, A.G., Jacobs, A., Cheaib, B., Day, C.C., Ocaña-Mayorga, S., Yumiseva, C.A., Bacigalupo, A., Andersson, B., Matthews, L., Landguth, E.L., Costales, J.A., Llewellyn, M.S., Grijalva, M.J. (2022) Population genomics and geographic dispersal in Chagas disease vectors: Landscape drivers and evidence of possible adaptation to the domestic setting. PLOS Genetics 18(2): e1010019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010019
  • Valderrama-Martínez, C., Bates, B.R. & Grijalva, M.J. (2022) Learning Communication Channel Selection Lessons From The Earthquake In Bahía De Caráquez, Ecuador, 2016, Southern Communication Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2022.2037062
  • Chavez-Lindell, T.L., Moncayo, A.L., Vinueza Veloz, M.F., Odoi, A. (2022). An exploratory assessment of human and animal health concerns of smallholder farmers in rural communities of Chimborazo, Ecuador. PeerJ 9:e12208 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12208
 
 
 
 
2021
 
  • Patricia Mora-Criollo, Reetobrata Basu, Yanrong Qian, Jaime A Costales, Jaime Guevara-Aguirre, Mario J Grijalva, John Joseph Kopchick. The Effect of the GH/IGF-1 Axis During Trypanosoma Cruzi Infection, Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 5, Issue Supplement_1, April-May 2021, Pages A492–A493, https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvab048.1007
  • Shariq I. Sherwani, Benjamin R. Bates & Mario J. Grijalva (2021) Charitable Giving in the Context of Unfamiliar Organizations: The Effectiveness of Construal Level Theory in Predicting Donating Intentions and Antecedents, Southern Communication Journal, 86:5, 472-486, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2021.1929434
  • Bates BR, Grijalva DA, Grijalva MJ. (2021). Un enfoque participativo centrado en la cultura. Una forma alternativa de definir el desarrollo en el espacio rural de Ecuador. Escribanía Vol. 19 Núm 1. (24). https://doi.org/10.30554/escribania.v19i1.4328.
  • Benjamin R. Bates, Daniela A. Grijalva, Paul A. Jacho, C. Xavier Barriga-Abril & Mario J. Grijalva (2021) Participatory mural painting and identifying resources in Asset Based Community Development research: a case in rural Ecuador, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2021.1940253
  • Chiriboga-Ponce, R:F., Cueva-Tirira, G., Crespo-Proaño, C., González-Rodríguez, A., Pineda-Males, P. & Grijalva-Cobo, M. J. (2021). Importancia de los marcadores infecciosos para identificar portadores de hepatitis B en donantes de sangre. Gaceta Médica de México , 157 (1), 37-42. Epub 18 de junio de 2021. https://doi.org/10.24875/gmm.20000032
  • Proaño Meneses, J., Mardones Monatanares, M., Chiriboga-Ponce, R.F. (2021). Estudio de la relación entre el grupo sanguíneo eritrocitario ABO con los niveles del factor von Willebrand en pacientes diagnosticados con la enfermedad. Acta de bioquímica clínica Latinoamericana, 55 (3): 311-7.

  • Ocana-Mayorga, S., Bustillos, J., Villacís, A., Moncayo, A., Yumiseva, C., Brenière, S., & Grijalva, M. (2021). Human Blood Meals in Sylvatic Triatomines Challenges Domestic-Centered Strategies for Prevention of Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission in Ecuador. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, tpmd201312. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1312
  • Alvear Durán, S., Sanchez-Del-Hierro, G., Gomez-Correa, D., Enriquez, A., Sanchez, E., Belec, M., Casapulla, S., Grijlava, M. J., & Shubrook, J. H. (2021). A pilot of a modified diabetes prevention program in Quito, Ecuador. Journal of osteopathic medicine, 10.1515/jom-2020-0175. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1515/jom-2020-0175
  • Caicedo-Gallardo, J. D., Rivadeneira, M. F., Torres, A. L., Tello, B., Astudillo, F., Buitrón, G. J., & Moncayo, A. L. (2021). Social capital and its relationship with malnutrition and anemia in children from rural coastal Ecuador. Rural and remote health, 21(4), 6271. https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH6271
  • ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group (2021). COVID-19 symptoms at hospital admission vary with age and sex: results from the ISARIC prospective multinational observational study. Infection, 1–17. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-021-01599-5
  • Alonso-Padilla, J., López, M. C., Esteva, M., Zrein, M., Casellas, A., Gómez, I., . . .Grijalva, M.J. . . . Viotti, R. (2021). Serological reactivity against T. cruzi-derived antigens: Evaluation of their suitability for the assessment of response to treatment in chronic Chagas disease. Acta Tropica, 221, 105990. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105990
  • Veloz Villavicencio, E. , Portero, C. and Narvaez-Trujillo, A. (2021) Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity of Organic and Peptidic Extracts of Ecuadorian Endophytic Fungi. Advances in Microbiology, 11, 266-282. doi: 10.4236/aim.2021.115020.
  • Moreno Roca, A., Armijos, L., Jimbo Sotomayor, R., Céspedes Rivadeneira, C., Rosero Reyes, C. and López Ayala, C. (2021). Cohort study of the overall survival of patients with pancreatic cancer in a hospital of specialties of Quito-Ecuador in the period 2007–2017. Innovative Surgical Sciences, 6(2): 75-79. https://doi.org/10.1515/iss-2020-0030Moreno 
  • Cuesta, S. A., Reinoso, C., Morales, F., Pilaquinga, F., Morán-Marcillo, G., Proaño-Bolaños, C., Blasco-Zúñiga, A., Rivera, M. &  Meneses, L. (2021). Novel antimicrobial cruzioseptin peptides extracted from the splendid leaf frog, Cruziohyla calcarifer. Amino Acids. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-021-02986-w
  • Bates, B. R., Tami, A., Carvajal, A., & Grijalva, M. J. (2021). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 among Venezuelans during the 2020 epidemic: An online cross-sectional survey. PLoS ONE, 16(4), e0249022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249022
  • Vela, A., Coral-Almeida, M., Sereno, D., Costales, J.A., Barnabé C, Brenière SF (2021) In vitro susceptibility of Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units (DTUs) to benznidazole: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15(3): e0009269. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009269
  • Sánchez, X., Orrico, M., Morillo, T., Manzano, A., Jimbo, R. and L. Armijos (2021). Reducing unnecessary antibiotic prescription through implementation of a clinical guideline on self-limiting respiratory tract infections. PLOS ONE 16(4): e0249475. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249475
  • Talavera-López, C., Messenger, L.A., Lewis, M.D., Yeo, M., Reis-Cunha, J.L., Matos, G.M., Bartholomeu, D.C., Calzada, J.E., Saldaña, A,, Ramírez, J.D., Guhl, F., Ocaña-Mayorga, S., Costales, J.A., Gorchakov, R., Jones, K., Nolan, M.S, Teixeira, S.M.R., Carrasco, H.J., Bottazzi, M.E., Hotez, P.J., Murray, K.O., Grijalva, M.J., Burleigh, B., Grisard, E.C., Miles, M.A. and Andersson, B. (2021). Repeat-Driven Generation of Antigenic Diversity in a Major Human Pathogen, Trypanosoma cruzi. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 11(77):614665. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.614665
  • Cevallos Guerrero, A., Fernández, H. Á., Jimbo Sotomayor, R., Guevara, G. C., Mera Orces, D., & Naranjo-Saltos, F. (2021). Adherencia al tratamiento en pacientes con trastornos neuropsiquiátricos difusos asociados a lupus eritematoso sistémico. Revista Colombiana de Reumatología. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcreu.2020.12.003
  • Sánchez Choez, X., Loaiza Martínez, M., Vaca Tatamuez, V., López Peña, M., Manzano Pasquel, A., & Jimbo Sotomayor, R. (2021). Medical Cost of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in Ambulatory Care. Value in Health Regional Issues, 26, 1-9. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2020.10.001
  • Erazo, C. E., Erazo, C. V., Grijalva, M. J., & Moncayo, A. L. (2021). Knowledge, attitudes and practices on influenza vaccination during pregnancy in Quito, Ecuador. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 72. doi:10.1186/s12889-020-10061-4
  • Ocaña-Mayorga, S., Bustillos, J.J., Villacís A.G., Pinto, C.M., Brenière, S.F., Grijalva, M.J. (2021). Triatomine Feeding Profiles and Trypanosoma cruzi Infection, Implications in Domestic and Sylvatic Transmission Cycles in Ecuador. Pathogens. 10(1):42. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10010042
  • Otieno, A. W., Roark, J., Khan, M. L., Pant, S., Grijalva, M.J. & Titsworth, S. (2021). The kiss of death – Unearthing conversations surrounding Chagas disease on YouTube, Cogent Social Sciences, 7:1, 1858561, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2020.