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  Iniciação sexual e práticas contraceptivas de adolescentes na tríplice fronteira entre Brasil, Argentina e Paraguai 

  Priotto, Elis Maria T. Palma; Führ, Aline Luiza; Gomes, Ludmila Mourão Xavier; Barbosa, Thiago Luis de Andrade (‎2018-01)‎

  [‎RESUMO]‎. Objetivo. Determinar a prevalência de iniciados sexualmente e as práticas contraceptivas de adolescentes na região de tríplice fronteira entre Foz do Iguaçu (‎Brasil)‎, Ciudad del Este (‎Paraguai)‎ e Puerto Iguazú (‎Argentina)‎. Método. Estudo transversal do qual participaram 2 788 adolescentes de escolas públicas com idade entre 12 e 18 anos. As informações foram obtidas através de questionários aplicados nas escolas no período de 2012 a 2013. Foram analisadas a prevalência de iniciação sexual, práticas contraceptivas e variáveis sociodemográficas ...
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  Pediatric cancer registries in Latin America: the case of Argentina's pediatric cancer registry 

  Fedorovsky, Johanna Michelle; Cuervo, Luis Gabriel; Luciani, Silvana (‎2017-12)‎

  [‎ABSTRACT]‎. Despite its low incidence, pediatric cancer makes up a significant portion of childhood illnesses. Yet information on pediatric cancer in Latin America is scarce. Since the early 2000s the World Health Organization (‎WHO)‎ has been highlighting the role of cancer registries in cancer surveillance and control. This article describes the main aspects of pediatric cancer registration in Latin America, highlighting the successes of Argentina’s national pediatric cancer registry, Registro Oncopediátrico Hospitalario Argentino (‎ROHA)‎, which ...
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  Potential occurrence of Zika from subtropical to temperate Argentina considering the basic reproduction number (‎R0)‎ 

  Orellano, Pablo; Vezzani, Darío; Quaranta, Nancy; Cionco, Rodolfo; Reynoso, Julieta; Salomon, Oscar (‎2017-11)‎

  Objective. To assess the potential occurrence of Zika transmission throughout Argentina by the mosquito Aedes aegypti considering the basic reproduction number (‎R0)‎. Methods. A model originally developed for dengue was adapted for Zika. R0 was estimated as a function of seven parameters, three of them were considered temperature-dependent. Seasonal Zika occurrence was evaluated in 9 locations representing different climatic suitability for the vector. Data of diary temperatures were extracted and included in the model. A threshold of R0 = 1 was ...