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Angel Rodriguez
Researcher at Pan American Health Organization
Publications - 12
Citations - 405
Angel Rodriguez is an academic researcher from Pan American Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications receiving 308 citations.
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Zika Virus and the Guillain–Barré Syndrome — Case Series from Seven Countries
Thais dos Santos,Angel Rodriguez,Maria Almiron,Antonio Sanhueza,Pilar Ramon,Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira,Giovanini E. Coelho,Roberto Badaró,Juan Cortez,Martha L. Ospina,Raquel Pimentel,Rolando Masis,Franklin Hernandez,Bredy Lara,Romeo Montoya,Beatrix Jubithana,Angel Melchor,Angel Manuel Alvarez,Sylvain Aldighieri,Christopher Dye,Marcos A. Espinal +20 more
TL;DR: Evidence for the Guillain–Barre syndrome being temporally associated with Zika virus transmission is presented.
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Burden of influenza-associated respiratory hospitalizations in the Americas, 2010-2015.
Rakhee Palekar,Melissa A Rolfes,C. Sofia Arriola,Belsy O. Acosta,Patricia Alberto Guidos,Xiomara Badilla Vargas,Christina Bancej,Juliana Barbosa Ramirez,Elsa Baumeister,Alfredo Bruno,María Agueda Cabello,Jufu Chen,Jufu Chen,Paula Couto,Francisco José de Paula Júnior,Rodrigo Fasce,Walquiria Aparecida Ferreira de Almeida,Victor E. Fiesta Solorzano,Carlos Flores Ramírez,Natalia Goñi,Yadira De Molto,Jenny Lara,Diana C. Malo,José L. Medina Osis,Homer Mejía,Lourdes Moreno Castillo,Desiree Mustaquim,Andrea Nwosu,Jenny Ojeda,Antonio Paredes Samoya,Paola A. Pulido,Hector Hernandez,Rudvelinda Rivera Lopez,Angel Rodriguez,Myriam Saboui,Hilda Salazar Bolanos,Adrián Santoro,Jose Eduardo Silvera,Paulina Sosa,Viviana Sotomayor,Lourdes Suarez,Marta Von Horoch,Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner +42 more
TL;DR: The annual burden of influenza-associated respiratory hospitalizations in the Americas is estimated to be 772,000 (95% credible interval 716,000–829,000), with a heavy burden among young children and the elderly.
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Early epidemiological investigations: World Health Organization UNITY protocols provide a standardized and timely international investigation framework during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Isabel Bergeri,Hannah Lewis,Lorenzo Subissi,Anthony Nardone,Marta Valenciano,Brianna Cheng,Ketevan Glonti,Bridget Williams,Ibukun Oluwa Omolade Abejirinde,Alice Simniceanu,Alessandro Cassini,Rebecca Grant,Angel Rodriguez,Andrea Vicari,Lubna Al Ariqi,Tasnim Azim,Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe,Soatiana Rajatonirina,Joseph Okeibunor,Linh Vi Le,Mark A. Katz,Aisling Vaughan,Pernille Jorgensen,Gudrun Freidl,Richard Pebody,Maria D. Van Kerkhove +25 more
TL;DR: The suite of existing pandemic preparedness generic epidemiological early investigation protocols was rapidly adapted for COVID-19, branded the "UNITY studies" and promoted globally for the implementation of standardized and quality studies.
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Outcomes of an intermediate respiratory care unit in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Javier Carrillo Hernandez-Rubio,María Sánchez-Carpintero Abad,Andrea León,Guillermo Doblare Higuera,Leticia Garcia Rodriguez,Carmen Garcia Torrejon,Alejandro Mayor Cacho,Angel Rodriguez,Mercedes Garcia-Salmones Martin +8 more
TL;DR: The rate of endotracheal intubation in patients with severe respiratory failure from COVID-19 was 37 1% Complications and mortality were lower in patients in whom endotrachal intubiation could be avoided Prone positioning could reduce the need for endotraceal intubbation.
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Patterns of influenza B circulation in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010-2017.
Rakhee Palekar,Angel Rodriguez,Cinthia Avila,Gisela Badillo Barrera,Miriam Barrera,Hebleen Brenes,Alfedo Bruno,Nathalie El Omeiri,Rodrigo Fasce,Walquiria Aparecida Ferreira de Almeida,Danilo Franco,Maribel Huaringa,Jenny Lara,Roxana Loayza,Irma López-Martínez,Terezinha Maria de Paiva,José Francisco Durán Medina,Jenny Ojeda,Alba Maria Ropero,Viviana Sotomayor,Cynthia Vazquez,Marta Von Horoch +21 more
TL;DR: Influenza B is important in LAC with both B/Victoria and B/Yamagata circulating annually in all sub regions, and the potential impact and cost-effectiveness of using the quadrivalent vaccine rather than the trivalent influenza vaccine is investigated.