Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Aug 2013
[Obesity and cancer in Chile: estimation of population attributable fractions].
Obesity is a risk factor for the development of certain types of cancer. ⋯ In Chile about 20% of all cancers could be prevented by obesity prevention and control strategies.
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Revista médica de Chile · Aug 2013
[Emergence of W135 meningococcal serogroup in Chile during 2012].
The epidemiologic behavior of the Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) in Chile has changed. At the end of 2011, the W135 serogroup belonging to the hypervirulent clone ST-11 emerged. It affected diverse countries of the world, after the Mecca pilgrimage in 2000. ⋯ The predominant clinical presentation of the W135 serogroup was a sepsis in 67% of cases. The fatality ratio of IDM during 2012 was 27%, the highest in the past 20 years. With this information, the Chilean Ministry of Health decreed a sanitary alert and implemented an integrated approach to control and prevent W-135 IDM, denominated "W-135 Action Plan".