Walter H. Curioso, M.D.

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Total number of publications: 85

Original articles (peer-reviewed journals)

Curioso WH, Quistberg DA, Cabello R, Gozzer E, Garcia PJ, Holmes KK, Kurth AE. "It´s time for your life": How should we remind patients to take medicines using short text messages? AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2009 (In press).

Curioso WH, Gozzer E, Valderrama M, Rodriguez-Abad J, Villena JE, Villena AE. Understanding the potential role of cell phones and the Internet to support care for diabetic patients and caregivers in Peru. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2009 (In press).

Patel RA, Shinohara K, Marshall LM, Curioso WH. Approaches to Tagging Resources: A Design Exploration with Physicians. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2009 (In press).

Arriola-Quiroz I, Curioso WH, Cruz-Encarnacion M, Gayoso O. Characteristics and publication patterns of theses from a Peruvian medical school. Health Information and Libraries Journal 2009 (In press).

Rivas Nieto AC, Curioso WH, Guillén Astete C. Participación Estudiantil en Proyectos de Intervención Rural en Salud: La experiencia IRIS-X en Perú. [Student participation in Rural Health Intervention Projects: The IRIS-X experience in Peru]. Rev Per Med Exp Sal Pub 2009 (In press).

Kimball AM, Curioso WH, Arima Y, Fuller S, Garcia PJ, Segovia-Juarez J, Castagnetto JM, Leon-Velarde F, Holmes KK. Developing capacity in health informatics in a resource poor setting: lessons from Peru. Human Resources for Health 2009;7(1):80. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available at:  http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/7/1/80

Curioso WH, Gozzer E, Valderrama M, Rodriguez-Abad J, Villena JE, Villena AE. Uso y percepciones hacia las tecnologías de información y comunicación en pacientes con diabetes en un hospital público del Perú. [Use and perceptions towards information and communication technologies in patients with diabetes in a Peruvian public hospital]. Rev Per Med Exp Sal Pub 2009; 26(2): 161-67.  [Spanish]. Available in PDF : rpmesp2009.v26.n2.a5.pdf

Curioso WH, Peinado J, Rubio CF, Lazo-Escalante M, Castagnetto JM. Biomedical and Health Informatics in Peru: Significance for Public Health. Health Info Libr J. 2009;26(3): 246-251. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available in PDF : Curioso_BHI_Peru.pdf

Busse P, Curioso WH. Internet use and the network composition of people living with HIV/AIDS in an urban area in Peru. AIDS and Behavior 2009 Jun 2. [Epub ahead of print] (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available in PDF : Busse_Curioso2009.pdf

 Zimic M, Coronel J, Gilman RH, Luna CG, Curioso WH, Moore DA. Can the power of mobile phones be used to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in developing countries? Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2009; 103(6): 638-40. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available in PDF : curioso_tbc_2008.pdf

Curioso WH, Lazo-Escalante M, Gotuzzo E, García HH, Gilman RH, García PJ. Entrenando a la nueva generación de estudiantes en salud global en una universidad Peruana. [Training the new generation of students in global health at a Peruvian university]. Rev Med Exp Sal Pub 2008;25(3): 269-273. [Spanish]. Available in PDF :  curioso_salud_global.pdf

Villafuerte-Galvez J, Curioso WH, Miranda JJ. The Role of Medical Students in the Fight to Control Neglected Tropical Diseases: A View from Peru. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2008; 2(9): e292. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000292. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available at: http://www.plosntds.org/doi/pntd.0000292

Garcia PJ, Curioso WH. Strategies for Aspiring Biomedical Researchers in Resource-Limited Environments. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2008; 2(8): e274. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000274. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available at: http://www.plosntds.org/doi/pntd.0000274

Curioso WH, Kurth AE, Cabello R, Segura P, Berry DL. Usability Evaluation of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to support HIV Treatment Adherence and Safer Sex Behavior in Peru. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2008;:918. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available in PDF : curioso_amia_08.pdf

Bernabe-Ortiz A, Curioso WH, Gonzales MA, Evangelista W, Castagnetto JM, Carcamo CP, Hughes JP, Garcia PJ, Garnett GP, Holmes KK. Handheld computers for self-administered sensitive data collection: a comparative study in Peru. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8:11 (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/8/11/abstract/

Curioso WH, Arriola-Quiroz I, Cruz-Encarnacion M. Una estrategia simple para mejorar la búsqueda de artículos indexados en SciELO. [A simple strategy to improve searching of indexed articles in SciELO]. Rev Med Chile 2008;136(6):796-98. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available at: http://www.scielo.cl/pdf/rmc/v136n6/art20.pdf

Curioso WH, Hansen JR, Centurion-Lara A, Garcia PJ, Wolf FM, Fuller S, Holmes KK, Kimball AM. Evaluation of a joint Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics international course in Peru. BMC Medical Education 2008; 8:1. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/8/1/abstract/

Kurth AE, Curioso WH, Ngugi E, McClelland L, Segura P, Cabello R, Berry DL. Personal Digital Assistants for HIV Treatment Adherence, Safer Sex Behavior Support, and Provider Training in Resource-Constrained Settings. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2007;:921. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available in PDF : kurth_amia_07.pdf

Curioso WH, Kimball AM, Garcia PJ, Segovia-Juarez J, Castagnetto JM, Fuller S. Training Biomedical and Health Informatics Professionals in Peru: Towards the Development of the First Graduate Diploma Program in the Country. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2007;:1018. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available in PDF : curioso_amia_07.pdf

Manne J, Curioso WH. Technology and health care in the developing world. sBritish Medical Journal 2007;7(12):436. Available at: http://student.bmj.com/issues/07/12/life/436.php

Curioso WH, Castillo CK, Soto AL, Iglesias QC, Echevarria ZJ, Gotuzzo HE. Cerrando la brecha digital en el Perú: Educando a personas viviendo con VIH/SIDA para evaluar la calidad de la información en salud en la Internet. [Closing The Digital Divide In Peru: Educating People Living With HIV/AIDS To Evaluate The Quality Of Health Information On The Internet] Rev Med Exp Sal Pub 2007;(3):280-85. Press here for PDF of the article

Curioso WH, Blas MM, Kurth AE, Klausner J. Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación para la Prevención y Control de la Infección por el VIH y otras ITS. [Information and Communication Technologies for Prevention and Control of HIV infection and Other STIs]. Rev Med Exp Sal Pub 2007;(3):262-71. Press here for PDF of the article

La Rosa M, Puelles V, Sasieta H, Soto L, Curioso WH. Sífilis secundaria en un paciente viviendo con VIH. [Secondary syphilis in a patient living with HIV]. Rev Med Exp Sal Pub 2007;(3):294-99 Press here for PDF of the article

Curioso WH, Kurth AE. Access, use and perceptions regarding Internet, cell phones and PDAs as a means for health promotion for people living with HIV in Peru. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2007; 7:24. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/7/24/abstract

Curioso WH, Segovia-Juarez JL, Rubio CF. Situación de la Informática Biomédica en Perú [Current Situation of Biomedical Informatics in Peru]. Informática y Salud 2007; 64: 22-28. [Spanish]. Available in PDF: Curioso_Segovia_Rubio_2007.pdf

Villafuerte-Galvez J, Curioso WH. Teaching Global Health at the Frontlines: A multi-disciplinary course in Peru presents basic concepts to students. PLoS Medicine 2007; 4(6):e130. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available in PDF : plos_globalhealth.pdf

Curioso WH, Blas MM, Nodell B, Alva IE, Kurth AE. Opportunities for Providing Web-Based Interventions to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections in Peru. PLoS Medicine 2007;4(2):e11. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available in PDF : cabinas.pdf
Press release: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-02/plos-dic022207.php

Curioso WH, Karras BT, Campos PE, Buendia C, Holmes KK, Kimball AM. Design and Implementation of Cell PREVEN: A Real-Time Surveillance System for Adverse Events Using Cell Phones in Peru. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2005; 176-180. (PubMed indexed in Medline).  Available in PDF:  cellpreven.pdf

Fry LC, Curioso WH, Rickes S, Horton G, Hirschowitz BI, Monkemuller K. Comparison of 13C- urea blood test to 13C-breath test and rapid urease test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection. Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam. 2005;35(4):225-9.  (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available in PDF:  urea_C13.pdf

Holmes KK, Curioso WH, Nodell B. What has worked in preventing sexual transmission of HIV infection?. Clinical Care Options for HIV Symposium. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Conference 2005. Available at: http://faculty.washington.edu/wcurioso/holmes.pdf 

Mönkemüller KE, Harewood GC, Curioso WH, Fry LC, Wilcox CM, Morgan DE, Baron TH. Biochemical analysis of pancreatic fluid collections predicts bacterial infection. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2005;20 (11), 1667-1673. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available in PDF biochemical.pdf

Curioso WH, Montori V, Curioso WI. [ Evidence-based medicine for the gastroenterologist ]. Medicina basada en evidencias para el gastroenterólogo. Rev Gastroenterol Peru 2004;24(1):75-91. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available from URL:
http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/BVRevistas/gastro/Vol_24N1/a08.htm Available in PDF (1.44 MB): curiosoMBE.pdf

Fry LC, Curioso WH, Lazenby AJ., Monkemuller KE. Whipple's disease. Gastrointest Endosc 2004;59(4):538-9. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available in PDF: http://faculty.washington.edu/wcurioso/curiosomonkemuller.pdf

Curioso WH. EBM Online. Evidence-Based Medicine (http://ebm.bmjjournals.com/). Evid Based Med 2003; 8(5): 135. Available from URL: http://ebm.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/8/5/135   Available in PDF: ebmcurioso.pdf

Curioso WH, Segura-Paucar E, Curioso-Abriojo W. [ Primary journals that contains the best evidence in Gastroenterology ]. Revistas primarias que contienen las mejores fuentes de evidencia en Gastroenterología. Revista Informédica. 2002. Available in PDF: wcurioso.pdf

Torres-Lam R, León-Barúa R, Berendson-Seminario R, Curioso Vílchez W, Roe Battistini E, Biber Poillevard M. [ Small intestine bacterial overgrowth in patients with chronic diarrhea and normal control subjects ]. Sobrecrecimiento bacteriano en el intestino delgado en pacientes con diarrea crónica y sujetos controles normales. Rev Gastroent Peru 2003;23(2):111-114. (PubMed indexed in Medline).  Available from URL: http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bvrevistas/gastro/Vol_23N2/Sobrecrecimiento.htm   Available in PDF: sobidiarrea.pdf

Curioso-Vilchez W., Rivera-Vega J, Curioso-Abriojo W. [ Rapunzel Syndrome: Case report and review of the literature]. Sindrome de Rapunzel: Reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura. Rev Gastroenterol Peru 2002;22(2):168-172. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available from URL:  
 http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bvrevistas/gastro/Vol_22N2/sindrome_Rapunzel.htm

Curioso WH, Donaires-Mendoza N, Bacilio-Zerpa C, Ganoza-Gallardo C, Leon-Barua R. [Prevalence and association between dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome in Peruvian native jungle community ]. Prevalencia y asociación de la dispepsia y el síndrome del intestino irritable en una comunidad de la selva peruana.  Rev Gastroenterol Peru 2002;22(2): 129-140. (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available from URL:  
 http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bvrevistas/gastro/Vol_22N2/Prevalencia_asociación.htm

Curioso WH, Saldías J, Zambrano R. [ Electronic medical records: A Peruvian experience in a National Hospital. Health care staff and patient’s satisfaction ]. Historias clínicas electrónicas; Experiencia en un hospital peruano. Satisfacción por parte del personal de salud y pacientes. Revista de la Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna 2002;15(1):22-29.  Best original article published over the last two years SPMI (November 2002). Available from URL:  
 http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/Bvrevistas/spmi/v15n1/histo_clini.htm Available in PDF: hcefulltext.pdf

Horna P, Curioso W, Guillén C, Torres C, Kawano J.  [ Knowledge, abilities and characteristics of the Internet access in medical students of a Peruvian university]. Conocimientos, Habilidades y Características del Acceso a Internet en Estudiantes de Medicina de una Universidad Peruana.Anales de la Facultad de Medicina 2002;63(1):32-9. Available from URL:  
http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/BVRevistas/Anales/v63_n1/Conocimientos_habilidades.htm  Available in PDF:  internet.pdf

Curioso WH, Curioso WI. [ Useful resources for the gastroenterologist available on the Internet ] Recursos útiles para el gastroenterólogo disponibles en Internet. Rev Gastroenterol Peru. 2000;20(1):64-75  (PubMed indexed in Medline). Available from URL:   
http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bvrevistas/gastro/vol_20n1/recursos.htm
 

Letters

Garcia PJ, Curioso WH, Lazo-Escalante M, Gilman RH, Gotuzzo E. Global health training is not only a developed-country duty. Journal of Public Health Policy 2009;30(2):250-2. (PubMed indexed in Medline) Available in PDF:  Garcia_et_al_Global_2009. pdf

Villafuerte-Galvez J, Curioso WH, Gayoso O. Biomedical Journals and Global Poverty: Is HINARI a Step Backwards?. PLoS Medicine 2007;4(6):e220. (PubMed indexed in Medline) Available from: http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0040220

Curioso WH, Blas MM. [Internet, Addiction, Cybersex and Sexually Transmited Infections: Fiction or reality?] Internet, Adicción,
Cibersexo e Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual en el Perú: ¿Ficción o realidad?. Rev Med Her 2007;18(1):52-3. Available from URL: http://www.upch.edu.pe/famed/rmh/18-1/v18n1ced2.htm
PDF: http://www.scielo.org.pe/pdf/rmh/v18n1/v18n1ced2.pdf

Villafuerte-Galvez J, Curioso WH, Gayoso O. HINARI access in Peru: A step backwards?. PLoS Medicine 2006;3(8):r1636.
Available at: http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=read-response&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030380#r1636

Curioso WH, Nodell B, Kurth A.  Cell phones as a health care intervention in Peru: The Cell-PREVEN project. Globalization and Health 2006;2:9:240527. Available from URL: http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/2/1/9/comments#240527

Curioso WH, Miranda JJ, Kimball AM.  Learning from low income countries: what are the lessons?: Community oral rehydration units can contain cholera epidemics. British Medical Journal 2004;329(7475):1183-1184. (PubMed indexed in Medline) Available from URL:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7475/1183-b

Curioso WH, Miranda JJ, Kimball AM. Controlling the cholera epidemic in Peru: The community’s Oral Rehydration Units. eBritish Medical Journal 2004;328:7443 eDC1 #58810. Available from URL: 
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/328/7443/DC1#58810

Curioso WH. Free files related with Evidence-based medicine for hand-held devices. eBritish Medical Journal 2002; 324: eDC2  #20516.  Available from URL: 
http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7334/DC2#20516

Horna P, Curioso WH. Overrated perception of the Internet by medical students of a developing country. eBritish Medical Journal 2002; 324: e569 #20483.  Available from URL: http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7337/569#20483

Curioso WH, Monkemuller K.E. Neomycin should not be used to treat hepatic encephalopathy. British Medical Journal 2001;323(7306):233. (PubMed indexed in Medline) Available from URL: http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7306/233

Curioso WH, Curioso W.I. Triple therapy with furazolidone is a cost-effective alternative in developing countries. eBritish Medical Journal 2001; 323: e1047#17337  Available from URL: http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/323/7320/1047#17337
 

Editorial

Mayta-Tristán P, Curioso WH. Política editorial ante la detección de una publicación redundante. [Editorial policy after the detection of a redundant publication]. Rev Med Exp Sal Pub 2009; 26(1): 5-8. [Spanish]. Available in PDF : rpmesp2009.v26.n1.a1.pdf



Book chapters

Curioso WH, Kurth AE, Blas MM, Klausner J. Information and Communication Technologies for Prevention and Control of HIV infection and Other STIs. In Holmes KK. et al., ed. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 4th edition; NY, McGraw-Hill; 2007. p. 2057-2074.
http://www.amazon.com/Sexually-Transmitted-Diseases-Holmes/dp/0071417486/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196311413&sr=1-1

Curioso WH, Segovia Juárez J. Informática Biomédica: Oportunidades para la Educación, Investigación y Desarrollo en el Perú. En: Chocobar M, Gotuzzo E, Gozzer E, Jiménez F, Murrugarra L, Zubko A (eds). Perú y América Latina en la Era Digital: Transformando la Sociedad.. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, 2007.

Curioso WH. New Technologies and Public Health in Developing Countries: The Cell PREVEN Project. [Book Chapter] In: Murero M, Rice R, editors. The Internet and Health Care: Theory, Research and Practice. Mahwah, NJ. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 2006. p. 375-393.
Orders available at: https://www.erlbaum.com/shop/?pg=products&specific=0-8058-5815-6
Read the chapter in full-text: http://faculty.washington.edu/wcurioso/libro_cell.htm

Curioso WH, Curioso WI. [An evidence-based review on the treatment of acute diarrhea in adults]. Tratamiento de la enfermedad diarreica aguda infecciosa en adultos (Revisión basada en evidencias) pages 60-66. [Book Chapter]  In: Conceptos en Terapéutica Médica: Medicina basada en evidencias.  Tercera edición. SOCEMCH. Lima, 2004.

Curioso WI, Curioso WH. [Evidence for the treatment for Helicobater pylori in patients with dyspepsia]  Evidencias en el tratamiento del Helicobacter pylori en pacientes con dispepsia. [Book Chapter]  In: Conceptos en Terapéutica Médica: Medicina basada en evidencias. Segunda edición. SOCEMCH. Lima, 2000.



Abstracts

Garcia PJ, Curioso WH, Lazo-Escalante M, Gotuzzo E, Garcia HH, Gilman RH. Innovative training on global health for the young generations: Lessons from the South. Presented at: Consortium of Universities for Global Health First Annual Meeting; September 14-15, 2009; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; USA..

Blas MM, Curioso WH, Alva IE, Carcamo C, Segovia-Juarez JL, Garcia PJ, Fuller S, Kimball AM. Evaluación de un Curso Internacional y Multidisciplinario de Informática Biomédica en el Perú. INFOLAC 2008; Buenos Aires, Argentina. Available in PDF.

Castillo K, Echevarria J, Curioso W, Iglesias E, Soto L, Fucay L, Llacsahuaga E, Peña M, Gotuzzo E. Tele-education as a tool to fight against HIV/AIDS: Providing current information to people living with HIV/AIDS.  Abstract WEPE0447. 17th International AIDS Conference; 3–8 August 2008; Mexico City, Mexico. Available in PDF.

Curioso W, Kepka D, Cabello R, Segura P, Kurth A. Living with HIV/AIDS stigma in Lima, Peru. Abstract THPE0793. 17th International AIDS Conference; 3–8 August 2008; Mexico City, Mexico. Available in PDF.

Kepka D, Curioso W, Cabello R, Segura P, Kurth A. HIV/AIDS beliefs and adaptation to living with HIV in Lima, Peru.  Abstract THPE0682. 17th International AIDS Conference; 3–8 August 2008; Mexico City, Mexico. Available in PDF.

Garcia PJ, Curioso WH, Segovia-Juarez J, Castagnetto J, Fuller S, Kimball AM. Training Biomedical and Health Informatics Workforce in Peru. Public Health Informatics 2007 Conference: Creating a Global Partnership in Public Health Informatics. September 17,18, 2007. Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Curioso WH, Kurth AE, Segura P, Cabello R, Berry D. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to support HIV Treatment Adherence and Safer Sex Behavior Support in Peru. Public Health Informatics 2007 Conference: Creating a Global Partnership in Public Health Informatics. September 17,18, 2007. Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Curioso WH, Lazo-Escalante M, Raza M, Castagnetto J, LLanos-Cuentas A, Garcia PJ. Global Health Peru Portal: A Gateway for Peruvian Health Information. Public Health Informatics 2007 Conference: Creating a Global Partnership in Public Health Informatics. September 17,18, 2007. Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle, Washington, USA. p. 28.
Poster available here: http://faculty.washington.edu/wcurioso/cphi_global.pdf
Abstract available here: http://faculty.washington.edu/wcurioso/poster_cphi_global.pdf

Kurth AE, Curioso WH, Blas MM. Information and Communication Technologies for HIV/STI (Abstract no. O-106). In: Programs and Abstracts of the 17th Meeting of the International Society for STD Research. Seattle, WA, July 29 - August 1, 2007. Available in PDF : Abstract_ISSTDR_2007.pdf

Kurth AE, Curioso WH, Wolpin S, Segura P, Cabello R, Berry D. Personal Digital Assistants for ART Adherence and Safer Sex Behavior Support: A Novel Intervention in Peru.  2nd International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence. Co-hosted by the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). March 28-30, 2007.

Garcia PJ, Curioso WH, Garcia HH, Gilman RH, Gotuzzo E. [Global Health: opportunities for education and research in Peru]. Salud Global: Oportunidades para la educación e investigación en el Perú. Scientific Seminar in Public Health. July 13-14, 2006. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.

Harewood GC, Monkemuller KE, Curioso WH, Fry LC, Wilcox MC, Morgan DE, Baron TH. Clinical significance of biochemical analysis of pancreatic fluid collections. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2004;99(10): S51-S51 153. Available in PDF at: http://faculty.washington.edu/wcurioso/biochemical.pdf

Horna P, Curioso W, Guillén C, Torres C, Kawano J. [Knowledge, abilities and characteristics of the Internet access in medical students of a Peruvian university]. Conocimientos, Habilidades y Características del Acceso a Internet en Estudiantes de Medicina de una Universidad Peruana. Presentation: Primer Congreso Internacional de Científicos Peruanos 2003. Hotel Marriott. Lima. Published: Actas de Evento. (Abstract: ME 103) Page 116.

Curioso WH, Segura-Paucar E, Curioso-Abriojo W. [Primary journals that contains the best evidence for the gastroenterologist ]. Revistas primarias que contienen las mejores fuentes de evidencia en Gastroenterología. Congreso Extraordinario de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú. Lima 2002. Revista de Gastroenterología del Perú  2002;22 Suppl 1:164.

Curioso WH, Monkemuller K. [International collaboration on the world-wide-web: Development of the first world atlas of digestive endoscopy via Internet]. Colaboración internacional en la World Wide Web: Desarrollo del primer atlas mundial de endoscopía digestiva vía Internet (AMEDI). Presentation: XXVII Congreso Panamericano de Enfermedades Digestivas. Lima-2001. (Abstract: 313)   

Curioso WH, Fry LC, Baron TH, Wilcox CM, Morgan DE, Monkemuller K.E. Biochemical (BQ), microbiological and radiological (Rx) evaluation of pancreatic pseudocysts (PC). Presentation: XXVII Congreso Panamericano de Enfermedades Digestivas. Lima-2001. (Abstract: 109)

Curioso WH. [ Internet files development for handheld devices utilizing evidence-based medicine ]. Desarrollo de archivos vía Internet para computadoras portátiles tipo "Palm" utilizando Medicina basada en evidencias. Presentation: XV Congreso Científico Nacional (XV CCN) de la SOCIPEM. Lima-2001. (Abstract: 150406)

Curioso WH, León-Barúa R, Donaires N, Bacilio C, Ganoza C. [Prevalence and association between dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome in a Peruvian jungle community ]. Prevalencia y asociación de la dispepsia y el síndrome del intestino irritable en una comunidad de la selva peruana. Presentation: XXVII Congreso Panamericano de Enfermedades Digestivas. Lima-2001. (Abstract: 196) 

Curioso WH, Portuguez C. [ Usefulness, activity and preferences towards listservs for medical students: Analysis of ESTMEDLAT ].  Utilidad, actividad y preferencias hacia las listas de interés por Internet para estudiantes de Medicina: Análisis de ESTMEDLAT. Presentation:  XV Congreso Científico Nacional (XV CCN) de la SOCIPEM. Lima-2001. (Abstract: 150405).  Third place in XV Congreso Científico Nacional SOCIPEM (Medical Education) (October 2001).

Curioso W, Guillén C. [Listservs for medical students: Analysis of EstMedLat and AisLatinos]. Listas de discusión para estudiantes de medicina: Análisis de EstMedLat y Aislatinos. Presentation: XIV Congreso Científico Internacional FELSOCEM. Abstract published in: Memorias XIV Congreso Científico Internacional FELSOCEM , Paraguay 2000. 

Curioso WH,  Donaires N, Bacilio C, Maguiña C. [Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to herbal medicine on the treatment of entero-parasites  in a rural community province of Tarapoto – Peru]. Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas relacionadas a la medicina herbaria en el tratamiento de enteroparasitosis en una comunidad rural de Tarapoto-Perú. Presentation: XI Jornadas Médicas Heredianas. UPCH 1999 (ID: 139).

Cabrejos C, Curioso W, Canales J, Llanos-Cuentas A. [ Epidemiological and entomological characteristics of the Leishmaniasis in Huanuco ]. Características epidemiológicas y entomológicas de  la Leishmaniasis en Huánuco. Presentation: XI Jornadas Médicas Heredianas  UPCH 1999 (ID: 91).

Curioso W, Cabrejos C, Canales J, Llanos-Cuentas A. [Clinical characteristics of the Leishmaniasis in Huanuco]. Características clínicas  de la Leishmaniasis en Huánuco.  Presentation:  XI Jornadas Médicas Heredianas UPCH 1999 (ID: 92). 

Horna P, Curioso W. [Internet as a media of diffusing and promoting investigation: The SOCEMCH’s experience]. Internet como medio de difusión y promotor de Investigación. Experiencia de la SOCEMCH. Presentation: XI Jornadas Médicas Heredianas UPCH 1999 (ID: 120).  

Curioso WH, Cabrejos C, Llanos-Cuentas A. [ Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to  Leishmaniasis in the province of Ambo – Huanuco – Peru ]. Conocimientos, actitudes y practicas relacionadas a la Leishmaniasis en la provincia de Ambo (Huánuco - Perú). Presentation: XI Jornadas Médicas Heredianas. UPCH 1999 (ID: 90).

Curioso W. [Herbal Medicine: An evidence-based medicine approach]. Medicina Herbaria: Enfoque desde la Medicina Basada en Evidencias. Presentation: XI Jornadas médicas Heredianas UPCH 1999 (ID: 97) 

Horna P, Curioso W, Ricaldi J. [ Internet publishing: Experience on the development of the SOCEMCH’s website ].  Publicación en Internet. Experiencia en la construcción del WebSite de la SOCEMCH. XII Congreso Científico Internacional FELSOCEM . Presentation: XII Congreso Científico Internacional FELSOCEM, Cartagena de Indias. Colombia 1998.
 


Press notes

Gray L. Low-Cost Technology - a Boon for Global Health.
UW Weekly. University of Washington.
http://uwnews.org/uweek/uweekarticle.asp?articleID=34765

Burlingame L. Text message your doctor. UW The Daily (July 18, 2007) Available at:
http://thedaily.washington.edu/article/2007/7/18/textMessageYourDoctor

Walter H. Curioso, MD, MPH: Low-Cost Computing and Communications a Boon for Global Health
http://depts.washington.edu/deptgh/about/profiles/curioso.html

"The Internet and Health Care" featuring Cell-PREVEN. Dr. Curioso’s chapter, "New Technologies and Public Health in Developing Countries: The Cell PREVEN Project", details his project and discusses the application of the system in other contexts, such as disease outbreaks.
In English: http://faculty.washington.edu/wcurioso/libro_cell.htm

American Medical News, the nation's best-read newspaper on professional, social, economic and policy issues in medicine, covered the CELL PREVEN project in the February 21st issue. Cell phones help doctors collect data in new ways:
Available on URL: http://www.prevenperu.org/cellpreven/cellphone.pdf

Curioso W.H., Saldías J, Zambrano R . [ Electronic medical records allow an efficient exchange of information ]. Historias clínicas electrónicas permiten intercambio eficiente de información. Diario Gestión Médica. Ed. 257. Año 7. Págs 16-17. 4 de Marzo 2002. Available on URL: http://www.enlacesmedicos.com/gestion.htm


Web publications

Administrator, ESTMEDLAT  Medical Students Mailing List (to subscribe, send the message to estmedlat-subscribe@gruposyahoo.com ), an international discussion list for international medical students (in spanish), July 1997 to present ( http://groups.yahoo.com/list/estmedlat/ ) 

Administrator, PROMOUPCH2001  Medical Students Mailing List (to subscribe, send the message  to promoupch2001-subscribe@gruposyahoo.com.ar ), a discussion list for medical students of Universidad Peruana  Cayetano Heredia (in spanish), January 2000 to present. ( http://groups.yahoo.com/list/promoupch2001/ ) 

Webmaster, Enlaces Médicos (Medical Links Web Site) ( http://www.enlacesmedicos.com/ ), a hierarchical index of medical Internet resources and Evidence-based Medicine, August 1997 to present.  

Webmaster, IRIS II Medical Rural Project - Huánuco Perú Web Site.
( http://www.geocities.com/waltercurioso/infognra.htm ), an index of health research projects developed from Cayetano Heredia medical students, August 1999 

Webmaster. The Peruvian musical MIDI Web Site. ( http://www.geocities.com/waltercuvil/ ), an  index of Peruvian music in midi files, April 1997 to present   

Personal Webpage at University of Washington, Seattle, WA. (Research projects, presentations): http://faculty.washington.edu/wcurioso

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