In the most recent epidemic of cholera in Latin America, nearly a million cases were reported and almost 9000 people died between January 1991 and December 1993. The epidemic spread rapidly from country to country, affecting in three years all the countries of Latin America except Uruguay and the Caribbean. Case-control studies carried out in Peru showed a significant association between drinki...

Bolivia and Chile. These diverse countries hold not only striking beauty throughout these regions, but also vast natural resources. In the Atacama Desert region, the discovery of such important natural resources have left residual problems lingering in the economic and political relations between these South American nations, and still cause tensions today. This paper explores historic disputes...

Research suggests that the coronavirus pandemic disproportionately affected poor communities. However, relatively little is known about how this differential impact support for, and compliance with, COVID-19 lockdown policies. This article examines relationship between socioeconomic inequalities public opinion towards containment measures in Peru. Despite strict quarantine adopted by government...

more than 90% of patients infected with cutaneous leishmaniasis live in afghanistan, the middle east, algeria, brazil, and peru. cutaneous leishmaniasis in iran is caused by leishmania tropica and leishmania major . most skin lesions evolve from papular to nodular, to ulcerative form with a central depression surrounded by a raised indurate border. some lesions persist as nodules or plaques. mu...