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    A Comparative Analysis of Universal and Sentinel Surveillance Data for Coronavirus Disease 2019: Insights From Argentina, Chile, and Mexico (2020–2022)
    (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2025-03-10)
    Lidia Redondo-Bravo
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    Kinda Zureick
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    Carla Voto
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    Xaviera Molina Avendaño
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    Laura Flores-Cisneros
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    Geographic divergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST5-SCCmecI in the aftermath of a major earthquake and tsunami: impact of a plasmid harboring heavy metal resistance genes
    (American Society for Microbiology, 2025-04-09)
    Jose R. W. Martínez
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    Manuel Alcalde-Rico
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    Estefanía Jara-Videla
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    Jinnethe Reyes
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    Lina P. Carvajal
    (MRSA) is a major public health menace. The global spread of MRSA is characterized by successive waves of epidemic clones dominating specific geographical regions. The acquisition of genes encoding resistance to heavy metals (HMRGs) is thought to be a key feature in the geographic divergence of MRSA. However, the cause-effect relationship between the presence of HMRGs and the divergence of MRSA clones remains to be clarified. In this study, we assessed the role that HMRGs may have played in the evolutionary divergence of the MRSA ST5-SCC <jats:italic>mec</jats:italic> I lineage in Latin America. We conducted a genomic characterization of 113 MRSA clinical isolates from six Latin American healthcare centers, including 53 isolates collected from two cities in Chile (Santiago and Concepción). We found a plasmid (pSCL4752) harboring arsenic, cadmium, and mercury resistance genes in 65% ( <jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 71) of the ST5-SCC <jats:italic>mec</jats:italic> I isolates. We also observed a geographic divergence associated with the presence of pSCL4752 in Chilean isolates, with a higher frequency in isolates from Concepción (88%) compared to Santiago (29%). Interestingly, a molecular clock analysis revealed that this divergence occurred in the aftermath of an 8.8 Mw earthquake and tsunami that struck the Concepción area in 2010. Moreover, our results demonstrate that the carriage of pSCL4752 can be beneficial or detrimental for ST5-SCC <jats:italic>mec</jats:italic> I isolates, depending on the environmental availability of these heavy metals. Our results suggest that the divergence of the ST5-SCC <jats:italic>mec</jats:italic> I MRSA lineage in Latin America could have been fostered by environmental disasters and influenced by the presence/absence of HMRGs harbored in a plasmid. </jats:p> <jats:sec> <jats:title>IMPORTANCE</jats:title> <jats:p> Methicillin-resistant <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus</jats:italic> (MRSA) is a major cause of life-threatening infections worldwide and a growing public health concern. The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as MRSA, is often linked to genetic adaptations that enhance their survival. Our research sheds light on how environmental changes, such as those triggered by a natural disaster, can influence the evolution and geographic spread of a highly resistant MRSA lineage in Latin America. We identified a plasmid carrying genes for resistance to arsenic, cadmium, and mercury, which was associated with the geographic divergence of the ST5-SCC <jats:italic>mec</jats:italic> I MRSA lineage, with striking differences in its prevalence between regions affected by a major earthquake and tsunami. By linking environmental events to pathogen evolution, our study highlights the role of ecological pressures in the spread of MRSA. These findings emphasize the need to integrate environmental monitoring into public health strategies to better understand the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance.
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    Adherence to an Early Exercise Plan Promotes Visceral Fat Loss in the First Month Following Bariatric Surgery
    (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025-02-14)
    Johanna Pino-Zuñiga
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    Paloma Lillo-Urzua
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    Mariela Olivares-Galvez
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    Ana Palacio-Aguero
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    Juan Camilo Duque
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    Metaverso en Enfermería y carreras de la salud: El futuro del aprendizaje experiencial ya comenzó
    (SciELO Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (ANID), 2025-01)
    Jorge Contreras Gutiérrez
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    PEREZ ACUÑA, CLAUDIA VERONICA  
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    Alejandro Nuñez Nuñez
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    Resilience of mobility network to dynamic population response across COVID-19 interventions: Evidences from Chile
    (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2025-02-20)
    Pasquale Casaburi
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    Lorenzo Dall’Amico
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    Nicolò Gozzi
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    Kyriaki Kalimeri
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    Anna Sapienza
    The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of non-traditional data sources, such as mobile phone data, to inform effective public health interventions and monitor adherence to such measures. Previous studies showed how socioeconomic characteristics shaped population response during restrictions and how repeated interventions eroded adherence over time. Less is known about how different population strata changed their response to repeated interventions and how this impacted the resulting mobility network. We study population response during the first and second infection waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile and Spain. Via spatial lag and regression models, we investigate the adherence to mobility interventions at the municipality level in Chile, highlighting the significant role of wealth, labor structure, COVID-19 incidence, and network metrics characterizing business-as-usual municipality connectivity in shaping mobility changes during the two waves. We assess network structural similarities in the two periods by defining mobility hotspots and traveling probabilities in the two countries. As a proof of concept, we simulate and compare outcomes of an epidemic diffusion occurring in the two waves. While differences exist between factors associated with mobility reduction across waves in Chile, underscoring the dynamic nature of population response, our analysis reveals the resilience of the mobility network across the two waves. We test the robustness of our findings recovering similar results for Spain. Finally, epidemic modeling suggests that historical mobility data from past waves can be leveraged to inform future disease spatial invasion models in repeated interventions. This study highlights the value of historical mobile phone data for building pandemic preparedness and lessens the need for real-time data streams for risk assessment and outbreak response. Our work provides valuable insights into the complex interplay of factors driving mobility across repeated interventions, aiding in developing targeted mitigation strategies.
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    Gut Microbiota‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles Influence Alcohol Intake Preferences in Rats
    (Wiley, 2025-03)
    Macarena Díaz‐Ubilla
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    Aliosha I. Figueroa‐Valdés
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    Hugo E. Tobar
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    María Elena Quintanilla
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    Eugenio Díaz
    <jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>Growing preclinical and clinical evidence suggests a link between gut microbiota dysbiosis and problematic alcohol consumption. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are key mediators involved in bacteria‐to‐host communication. However, their potential role in mediating addictive behaviour remains unexplored. This study investigates the role of gut microbiota‐derived bacterial extracellular vesicles (bEVs) in driving high alcohol consumption. bEVs were isolated from the gut microbiota of a high alcohol‐drinking rat strain (UChB rats), either ethanol‐naïve or following chronic alcohol consumption and administered intraperitoneally or orally to alcohol‐rejecting male and female Wistar rats. Both types of UChB‐derived bEVs increased Wistar's voluntary alcohol consumption (three bottle choice test) up to 10‐fold (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &lt; 0.0001), indicating that bEVs are able and sufficient to transmit drinking behaviour across different rat strains. Molecular analysis revealed that bEVs administration did not induce systemic or brain inflammation in the recipient animals, suggesting that the increased alcohol intake triggered by UChB‐derived bEVs operates through an inflammation‐independent mechanism. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the vagus nerve mediates the bEV‐induced increase in alcohol consumption, as bilateral vagotomy completely abolished the high drinking behaviour induced by both intraperitoneally injected and orally administered bEVs. Thus, this study identifies bEVs as a novel mechanism underlying gut microbiota‐induced high alcohol intake in a vagus nerve‐dependent manner.</jats:p>
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