Infections with biological therapy: strategies for risk minimization in tropical and developing countries
In recent decades, biological therapy has enabled disease activity control and improved quality of life in patients with autoimmune diseases. These therapies that are involved in immune response modifications and change multiple immunological pathways induce an incremental risk for certain infectiou...
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The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2016-12-01
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| author | Carlos E. Pérez-Díaz Erika Uribe-Pardo Omar-Javier Calixto Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales |
| author_facet | Carlos E. Pérez-Díaz Erika Uribe-Pardo Omar-Javier Calixto Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales |
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| description | In recent decades, biological therapy has enabled disease activity control and improved quality of life in patients with autoimmune diseases. These therapies that are involved in immune response modifications and change multiple immunological pathways induce an incremental risk for certain infectious diseases. Though there have been recent advances in risk assessment for biological therapy, there is a lack of data and recommendations for assessing risks in populations with high prevalence of infectious diseases, such as those located in tropical areas and developing countries. We performed a review on infections with biological therapy as well strategies for risk minimization in areas with a high prevalence of tropical diseases.
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| spelling | doaj-art-32a5c2af5be74b5aac51d957e65ea2602025-08-20T02:27:18ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802016-12-01101210.3855/jidc.8222Infections with biological therapy: strategies for risk minimization in tropical and developing countriesCarlos E. Pérez-Díaz0Erika Uribe-Pardo1Omar-Javier Calixto2Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez3Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales4Servicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, ColombiaServicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, ColombiaServicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, ColombiaCentro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, BrazilFaculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, ColombiaIn recent decades, biological therapy has enabled disease activity control and improved quality of life in patients with autoimmune diseases. These therapies that are involved in immune response modifications and change multiple immunological pathways induce an incremental risk for certain infectious diseases. Though there have been recent advances in risk assessment for biological therapy, there is a lack of data and recommendations for assessing risks in populations with high prevalence of infectious diseases, such as those located in tropical areas and developing countries. We performed a review on infections with biological therapy as well strategies for risk minimization in areas with a high prevalence of tropical diseases. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/8222autoimmune diseaserheumatoid arthritistuberculosisbiological therapyinfectious diseases |
| spellingShingle | Carlos E. Pérez-Díaz Erika Uribe-Pardo Omar-Javier Calixto Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales Infections with biological therapy: strategies for risk minimization in tropical and developing countries Journal of Infection in Developing Countries autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis tuberculosis biological therapy infectious diseases |
| title | Infections with biological therapy: strategies for risk minimization in tropical and developing countries |
| title_full | Infections with biological therapy: strategies for risk minimization in tropical and developing countries |
| title_fullStr | Infections with biological therapy: strategies for risk minimization in tropical and developing countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infections with biological therapy: strategies for risk minimization in tropical and developing countries |
| title_short | Infections with biological therapy: strategies for risk minimization in tropical and developing countries |
| title_sort | infections with biological therapy strategies for risk minimization in tropical and developing countries |
| topic | autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis tuberculosis biological therapy infectious diseases |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/8222 |
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