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1. Covid-19 in South America: clinical and epidemiological characteristics among 381 patients during the early phase of the pandemic in Santiago, Chile

   Understanding the characteristics of the Covid-19 pandemic in different geographical regions, ethnic and socioeconomic settings are of emerging importance. This study presents the demographic and clinical feat...

   Authors: Macarena R. Vial, Anne Peters, Inia Pérez, María Spencer-Sandino, Mario Barbé, Lorena Porte, Thomas Weitzel, Mabel Aylwin, Pablo Vial, Rafael Araos and Jose M. Munita

   Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:955

   Content type: Research article Published on: 14 December 2020

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2. Impact of changing from staining to culture techniques on detection rates of Campylobacter spp. in routine stool samples in Chile

   Campylobacter is a leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis, but sensitive diagnostic methods such as culture are expensive and often not available in resource limited settings. Ther...

   Authors: Lorena Porte, Carmen Varela, Thomas Haecker, Sara Morales and Thomas Weitzel

   Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2016 16:196

   Content type: Research article Published on: 13 May 2016

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3. Longitudinal assessment of SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroconversionamong front-line healthcare workers during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic at a tertiary-care hospital in Chile

   Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Cross-sectional studies have provided variable rates of seroprevalence in HCWs. Longitudinal assessments of the serological response to Cov...

   Authors: Mirentxu Iruretagoyena, Macarena R. Vial, Maria Spencer-Sandino, Pablo Gaete, Anne Peters, Iris Delgado, Inia Perez, Claudia Calderon, Lorena Porte, Paulette Legarraga, Alicia Anderson, Ximena Aguilera, Pablo Vial, Thomas Weitzel and Jose M. Munita

   Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:478

   Content type: Research Published on: 26 May 2021

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4. Imported scrub typhus: first case in South America and review of the literature

   Scrub typhus is a neglected vector-borne zoonosis causing life-threatening illnesses, endemic in the Asian-Pacific region and, as recently discovered, in southern Chile. Scrub typhus is rarely reported in trav...

   Authors: Thomas Weitzel, Mabel Aylwin, Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito, Ju Jiang, Jose Manuel Munita, Luis Thompson, Katia Abarca and Allen L. Richards

   Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:10

   Content type: Case report Published on: 16 August 2018

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