Mass treatment of the human population with niclosamide was carried out in 2 villages in rural Guatemala where Taenia solium was endemic, to determine how this would affect the epidemiology of the parasite. Intestinal taeniasis was diagnosed by microscopy and coproantigen testing, and porcine cysticercosis by a specific Western blot. Before mass treatment, the prevalence of human taeniasis was 3.5%; 10 months after treatment it was 1%, a significant decrease (P < 10(-4)). All tapeworms that could be identified to the species level were T. solium. Similarly, the seroprevalence of antibodies to cysticercosis in pigs declined from 55% before treatment to 7% 10 months after treatment, once again a significant decrease (P < 10(-6)). These effects were seen in both villages. The possible use of mass chemotherapy as a tool in the control of T. solium is discussed.
Objective
To assess if violent deaths were associated with pay days in Guatemala.
Design
Interrupted time series analysis.
Setting
Guatemalan national autopsy databases.
Participants
Daily violence-related autopsy data for 22 418 decedents from 2009 to 2012. Data were provided by the Guatemalan National Institute of Forensic Sciences. Multiple pay-day lags and other important days such as holidays were tested.
Outcome measures
Absolute and relative estimates of excess violent deaths on pay days and holidays.
Results
The occurrence of violent deaths was not associated with pay days. However, a significant association was observed for national holidays, and this association was more pronounced when national holidays and pay days occurred simultaneously. This effect was observed mainly in males, who constituted the vast majority of violent deaths in Guatemala. An estimated 112 (coefficient=3.12; 95% CI 2.15 to 4.08; p<0.01) more male violent deaths occurred on holidays than were expected. An estimated 121 (coefficient=4.64; 95% CI 3.41 to 5.88; p<0.01) more male violent deaths than expected occurred on holidays that coincided with the first 2 days following a pay day.
Conclusions
Men in Guatemala experience violent deaths at an elevated rate when pay days coincide with national holidays. Efforts to be better prepared for violence during national holidays and to prevent violent deaths by rescheduling pay days when these days co-occur with national holidays should be considered.
COVID-19 afecta entre el 1.2 al 5% de niños y adolescentes en diversos países incluyendo Guatemala, la mayoría con manifestaciones clínicas leves a moderadas. La terapéutica farmacológica para enfermedad grave aún no está completamente establecida, por lo que se realizó una revisión de literatura de artículos científicos publicados en revistas indizadas para proporcionar una actualización del tratamiento de COVID-19 en niños y adolescentes, que ayude a orientar las decisiones clínicas. El tratamiento de casos leves consiste en antipiréticos, antibióticos en neumonía leve; en casos moderados, monitoreo de signos vitales, cánula binasal, manejo de líquidos, antipiréticos y analgésicos, toma de hemocultivo, inicio de antibióticos y uso de beta agonistas de acción corta o esteroides inhalados. En enfermedad grave, ventilación mecánica no invasiva o invasiva, ventilación prono temprana, soporte nutricional, hídrico y vasopresor, mantenimiento del equilibrio ácido base y de electrolitos. Se indica el uso de antibióticos y antivirales como remdesivir y el manejo inmunológico con interferón alfa, esteroides y/o inmunoglobulina. Se monitorea función hepática, renal, inmunológica, hematológica y cardíaca. No se ha encontrado evidencia de que la hidroxicloroquina, ivermectina y algunos antivirales disminuyan la mortalidad en pacientes pediátricos. Actualmente no existe ningún medicamento específico, validado científicamente para el tratamiento de COVID-19 en niños. El tratamiento para casos graves se decide a partir de las experiencias del tratamiento en adultos, por lo cual es importante continuar con investigación de fármacos específicos para la población pediátrica.
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