@article{KannBruennertHansenetal.2020,
  author    = {Kann, Simone and Bruennert, Daniela and Hansen, Jessica and Concha Mendoza, Gustavo Andr{\´e}s and Crespo Gonzalez, Jos{\´e} Jos{\´e} and Armenta Quintero, Cielo Leonor and Hanke, Miriam and Hagen, Ralf Matthias and Backhaus, Joy and Frickmann, Hagen},
  title     = {High prevalence of intestinal pathogens in Indigenous in Colombia},
  series = {Journal of Clinical Medicine},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {Journal of Clinical Medicine},
  number    = {9},
  issn      = {2077-0383},
  doi       = {10.3390/jcm9092786},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-211289},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Background: Intestinal infections remain a major public health burden in developing countries. Due to social, ecological, environmental, and cultural conditions, Indigenous peoples in Colombia are at particularly high risk. Materials: 137 stool samples were analyzed by microscopy and real-time-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR), targeting protozoan parasites (Giardia intestinalis, Entamoeba histolytica, Cryptosporidium spp., and Cyclospora cayetanensis), bacteria (Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella spp., Shigella ssp./enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC), Yersinia spp., enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), enterotoxin-producing E. coli (ETEC), enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), and Tropheryma whipplei), and helminths (Necator americanus, Strongyloides stercoralis, Ascaris lumbricoides, Ancylostoma spp., Trichuris. trichiura, Taenia spp., Hymenolepis nana, Enterobius vermicularis, and Schistosoma spp.). Microscopy found additional cases of helminth infections. Results: At least one pathogen was detected in 93\% of the samples. The overall results revealed protozoa in 79\%, helminths in 69\%, and bacteria in 41\%. G. intestinalis (48\%), Necator/hookworm (27\%), and EAEC (68\%) were the most common in each group. Noteworthy, T. whipplei was positive in 7\% and T. trichirua in 23\% of the samples. A significant association of one infection promoting the other was determined for G. intestinalis and C. jejuni, helminth infections, and EIEC. Conclusions: The results illustrate the high burden of gastrointestinal pathogens among Indigenous peoples compared to other developing countries. Countermeasures are urgently required.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BauerConchaMendozaKreienbrocketal.2022,
  author    = {Bauer, Hannah and Concha Mendoza, Gustavo Andr{\´e}s and Kreienbrock, Lothar and Hartmann, Maria and Frickmann, Hagen and Kann, Simone},
  title     = {Prevalence of common diseases in Indigenous people in Colombia},
  series = {Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease},
  volume    = {7},
  journal   = {Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease},
  number    = {6},
  issn      = {2414-6366},
  doi       = {10.3390/tropicalmed7060109},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-278953},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {The Indigenous tribe called the Wiwa lives retracted in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Little is known about their health status and whether the health care system in place covers their needs. In 2017 and 2018, a permanent physician was in charge for the Wiwa. Diseases and complaints were registered, ranked, and classified with the ICD-10 coding. Datasets from the Indigenous health care provider Dusakawi, collected from local health points and health brigades travelling sporadically into the fields for short visits, were compared. Furthermore, a list of provided medication was evaluated regarding the recorded needs. The most common complaints found were respiratory, infectious and parasitic, and digestive diseases. The top ten diagnoses collected in the health points and in the health brigade datasets were similar, although with a different ranking. The available medication showed a basic coverage only, with a critical lack of treatment for many severe, chronic, and life-threatening diseases. Most of the detected diseases in the Indigenous population are avoidable by an improvement in health care access, an expansion of the provided medication, and an increase in knowledge, hygiene, and life standards.},
  language  = {en}
}