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María Hortal
Researcher at University of the Republic
Publications - 12
Citations - 740
María Hortal is an academic researcher from University of the Republic. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Plaque reduction neutralization test. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 12 publications receiving 662 citations. Previous affiliations of María Hortal include Academia Nacional de Medicina & United Nations Development Programme.
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Global and regional burden of hospital admissions for severe acute lower respiratory infections in young children in 2010: a systematic analysis
Harish Nair,Harish Nair,Eric A. F. Simões,Igor Rudan,Bradford D. Gessner,Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner,Jian Shayne F Zhang,Daniel R. Feikin,Daniel R. Feikin,Grant A. Mackenzie,Jennifer C Moiïsi,Anna Roca,Henry C. Baggett,Syed M. A. Zaman,Syed M. A. Zaman,Rosalyn J. Singleton,Marilla G. Lucero,Aruna Chandran,Angela Gentile,Cheryl Cohen,Anand Krishnan,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Adriano Arguedas,Alexey Clara,Ana Lucia Andrade,Maurice Ope,Raúl Ruvinsky,María Hortal,John P. McCracken,Shabir A. Madhi,Nigel Bruce,Shamim Qazi,Saul S. Morris,Shams El Arifeen,Martin Weber,J. Anthony G. Scott,W. Abdullah Brooks,Robert F. Breiman,Harry Campbell +38 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that although 62% of children with severe ALRI are treated in hospitals, 81% of deaths happen outside hospitals, which suggests community-based management of severe disease could be an important complementary strategy to reduce pneumonia mortality and health inequities.
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Hospitalized children with pneumonia in Uruguay: pre and post introduction of 7 and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccines into the National Immunization Program.
TL;DR: To date, the ongoing surveillance documented a significant decline on incidence of hospitalizations for consolidated pneumonia in children younger than 24 months of age, confirming the success of the 2+1 vaccination schedule.
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Serological evidence of human Hantavirus infection in Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay.
TL;DR: A serological survey was conducted in 1985-1987 to determine the presence of infection for Hantavirus in the general population in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia, as well as among rodent-exposed laboratory workers in Argentina as discussed by the authors.
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The Apparent Importation of Penicillin-Resistant Capsular Type 14 Spanish/French Clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae into Uruguay in the Early 1990s
TL;DR: The results suggest that the dramatic increase of penicillin resistance in Uruguay depends on the introduction and spread of a type 14 clone, apparently imported from the south of Europe.
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Alarma por la resistencia a antimicrobianos: situación actual y desafíos
TL;DR: The Plan de Acción Mundial para controlar the resistencia antimicrobiana (PAAM) as mentioned in this paper was proposed by the Organización Médico de la Salud, the Organíncia Nacional de Salud Animal, and the Organía de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y el Desarrollo.