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Central America

Normative Data for Learning and Memory Test (TAMV-I) in Latin American and Spanish Children: An item response theory and linear mixed models approach

Eliana María Fuentes Mendoza, Laiene Olabarrieta-Landa, Alberto Rodríguez-Lorenzana, Guido Mascialino, Esperanza Vergara-Moragues, Carlos José de los Reyes-Aragón, Natalia Albaladejo-Blázquez, Natalia Cadavid-Ruiz, María José Irias Escher, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, Erick Orozco-Acosta, Diego Rivera

published 18 Feb 2026

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Household factors influencing cockroach infestations and helminth parasites: Insights from a rural community in Guatemala

Wendy C. Hernández-Mazariegos, Felipe I. Torres, Manuel Rodríguez, Christian M. Ibáñez, Luis E. Escobar, Federico J. Villatoro

published 09 Jan 2026

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Prevalence, etiology, and transmission of fibropapillomatosis in Olive Ridley turtles at a mass-nesting colony in the Mexican Pacific

Elizabeth Labastida-Estrada, Karina Marisol Lugo-Trejo, Valentina Islas-Villanueva, Francisco Benítez-Villalobos, Federico Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa

published 07 Jan 2026

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Mixed-methods evaluation and behavior change interventions to improve hand hygiene resources and practices among healthcare workers in polyclinics and health centers in Belize, 2023

Anh N. Ly, Kelsey McDavid, Christina Craig, Rosalva Blanco, Vickie Romero, Melissa Diaz-Musa, Francis Morey, Russell Manzanero, Gerhaldine Morazan, Makenzie Towery, Anna Impellitteri, Matthew Lozier, Kristy O. Murray

published 02 Dec 2025

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Integrating remote datasets to identify precontact architecture and settlement patterns along the Wampu River system, Eastern Honduras

Anna S. Cohen, Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz, Elizabeth Groat, Quinn Eury

published 12 Nov 2025

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Isotopic evidence of increased societal diversification in Pre-Columbian Panama

Ashley E. Sharpe, Nicole E. Smith-Guzmán, Claudia Patricia Díaz Pérez, Luis Alberto Sánchez Herrera, Diana Carvajal-Contreras, Jason Curtis, Jonathan D. Cybulski, Benoit Desjardins, Ilean Isaza-Aizpurúa, George Kamenov, Yajaira Núñez-Cortés

published 06 Nov 2025

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A Bayesian spatio-temporal model of variation in homicide rates for El Salvador

Carlos Carcach

published 24 Sep 2025

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Relative age effect at Concacaf championships: Influence of sex, age, nationality, playing position, and playing status

Matthew Andrew, Sam Barraclough, James H. Dugdale, Matthew J. Reeves, Andrew O. Triggs, Adam L. Kelly

published 09 Jun 2025

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Monitoring sodium content in packaged foods sold in the Americas and compliance with the updated regional sodium reduction targets

Yahan Yang, Nadia Flexner, Maria Victoria Tiscornia, Leila Guarnieri, Adriana Blanco-Metzler, Hilda Núñez-Rivas, Marlene Roselló-Araya, Paola Arévalo-Rodríguez, Maria Fernanda Kroker-Lobos, Francisco Diez-Canseco, Mayra Meza-Hernández, Kiomi Yabiku-Soto, Lorena Saavedra-Garcia, Lorena Allemandi, Leo Nederveen, Mary R. L’Abbé

published 03 Apr 2025

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Inter-nesting area use, migratory routes, and foraging grounds for hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Western Caribbean

Stephen G. Dunbar, Daniel R. Evans, Lindsey R. Eggers, Quintin D. Bergman, Luis G. Fonseca, Frank V. Paladino, Lidia Salinas, Chelsea E. Durr

published 12 Mar 2025

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PRECIS-2 used as an implementation science tool for global environmental health: A cross-sectional evaluation of the Ecolectivos study protocol to reduce burning of household plastic waste in rural Guatemala

Lisa M. Thompson, Annalyse Ferguson, Hina Raheel, Amy E. Lovvorn, Mayari Hengstermann-Artiga, Maria Renee Lopez, Melinda Higgins, Eri Saikawa, Margaret A. Handley

published 30 Dec 2024

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Geographic risk assessment of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans invasion in Costa Rica as a means of informing emergence management and mitigation

Henry C. Adams, Katherine E. Markham, Marguerite Madden, Matthew J. Gray, Federico Bolanos Vives, Gerardo Chaves, Sonia M. Hernandez

published 26 Dec 2024

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Factors associated with self-reported suboptimal antiretroviral adherence and limited retention in care among people living with HIV who attend a large ART clinic in Panama City, Panama

Amanda Gabster, Félix Díaz Fernández, Juan Miguel Pascale, Angelique Orillac, Samuel Moreno-Wynter, Casey D. Xavier Hall, Eugenia Flores Millender, Frank (´Frankie´) Wong, Mónica Jhangimal, Anyi Yu-Pon, Cristel Rodríguez-Vargas, Diógenes Arjona-Miranda, Bárbara Fuentes, Germán Henostroza, Ana Belén Araúz

published 27 Nov 2024

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