| Article | Author | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| A population-based study of prevalence and risk factors of chronic kidney disease in León, Nicaragua | Lebov JF, Valladares E, Peña R, Peña EM, Sanoff SL, Cisneros EC, Colindres RE, Morgan DR, Hogan SL | Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease | 2015 |
| Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease: an integrated clinical syndrome | Chawla LS, Kimmel PL | Kidney International Organization | 2012 |
| Acute kidney injury and CKD: chicken or egg? | Bedford M, Farmer C, Levin A, Ali T, Stevens P | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2012 |
| Additional perspectives on chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka – lessons learned from the WHO CKDu population prevalence study | Jennifer Hoponick RedmonEmail author, Myles F Elledge, Donna S Womack, Rajitha Wickremashinghe, Kamani P Wanigasuriya, Roshini J Peiris-John, Joseph Lunyera, Kristin Smith, James H Raymer and Keith E Levine | BMC Nephrology | 2014 |
| Possible link of Chronic arsenic toxicity with Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology in Sri Lanka | M.A.C.S. Jayasumana | Journal of Natural Sciences Research | 2005 |
| An epidemic of chronic kidney disease in Central America: an overview | Ramirez-Rubio O, McClean MD, Amador JJ, Brooks DR | Journal of Epidimiology Community Health | 2013 |
| Association Between Occupational Heat Stress and Kidney Disease Among 37 816 Workers in the Thai Cohort Study (TCS) | Benjawan Tawatsupa,1,2 Lynette L-Y Lim,2 Tord Kjellstrom,2,3 Sam-ang Seubsman,2,4 Adrian Sleigh,2 and the Thai Cohort Study Teamcorresponding author* | Journal of Epidimiology | 2012 |
| Burnt sugarcane harvesting is associated with acute renal dysfunction | Paula Santos U, Zanetta DM, Terra-Filho M, Burdmann EA | Kidney International Organization | 2015 |
| Changes in kidney function among Nicaraguan sugarcane workers | Changes in kidney function among Nicaraguan sugarcane workers. | International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health | 2015 |
| Chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology: prevalence and causative factors in a developing country | Nihal Jayatilake, Shanthi MendisEmail author, Palitha Maheepala and Firdosi R Mehta | BMC Nephrology | 2013 |
| Chronic kidney disease and associated risk factors in the Bajo Lempa region of El Salvador: Nefrolempa study, 2009 | Orantes CM, Herrera R, Almaguer M, Brizuela EG, Hernández CE, Bayarre H, Amaya JC, Calero DJ, Orellana P, Colindres RM, Velázquez ME, Núñez SG, Contreras VM, Castro BE | Salvadoran National Health Institute | 2009 |
| Chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology in Sri Lanka is a possible sequel of interstitial nephritis! | Badurdeen Z, Nanayakkara N, Ratnatunga NV, Wazil AW, Abeysekera TD, Rajakrishna PN, Thinnarachchi JP, Kumarasiri R, Welagedera DD, Rajapaksha N, Alwis AP. | NCBI | 2016 |
| 'Should we consider renaming 'Mesoamerican Nephropathy' as Nephropathy of Unknown Cause in Agricultural Labourers (NUCAL)? | Subramanian S, Javaid MM | NCBI | 2016 |
| Prevalence of patients receiving renal replacement therapy in El Salvador in 2014. | García-Trabanino R1, Trujillo Z2, Colorado AV3, Magaña Mercado S4, Henríquez CA5; En nombre de la Asociación de Nefrología e Hipertensión Arterial de El Salvador (ANHAES). | NCBI | 2016 |
| Intervention to reduce heat stress and improve efficiency among sugarcane workers in El Salvador: Phase 1. | Bodin T1, García-Trabanino R2, Weiss I3, Jarquín E4, Glaser J3, Jakobsson K5, Lucas RA6, Wesseling C1, Hogstedt C1, Wegman DH7; WE Program Working Group. | NCBI | 2016 |
| Kidney function in sugarcane cutters in Nicaragua - A longitudinal study of workers at risk of Mesoamerican nephropathy. | Wesseling C1, Aragón A2, González M3, Weiss I4, Glaser J5, Bobadilla NA6, Roncal-Jiménez C7, Correa-Rotter R8, Johnson RJ9, Barregard L10. | NCBI | 2016 |
| Mesoamerican Nephropathy: Do Novel Biomarkers of Kidney Damage Have a Role to Play? | Wesseling C1, García-Trabanino R2, Wegman DH3. | NCBI | 2016 |
| Chronic kidney disease and associated risk factors in two Salvadoran farming communities, 2012. | Vela XF, Henríquez DO, Zelaya SM, Granados DV, Hernández MX, Orantes CM | MEDICC | 2014 |
| Chronic kidney disease epidemic in Central America: urgent public health action is needed amid causal uncertainty. | Ordunez P, Martinez R, Reveiz L, Chapman E, Saenz C, Soares da Silva A, Becerra F | PLOS Org Neglected Tropical Diseases | 2014 |
| Heavy metals input with phosphate fertilizers used in Argentina | Lilian Marban, Silvia Rattoe Miguez, Lidia Guiffrede Lopez Carnelo | Science Direct | 1998 |
| Chronic kidney disease in Nicaragua: a qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with physicians and pharmacists. | Ramirez-Rubio O, Brooks DR, Amador JJ, Kaufman JS, Weiner DE, Scammell MK | BMC Public Health | 2013 |
| Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in agricultural communities. | Almaguer M, Herrera R, Orantes CM | MEDICC | 2014 |
| Chronic renal failure in North Central Province of Sri Lanka: an environmentally induced disease. | Wanigasuriya KP, Peiris-John RJ, Wickremasinghe R, Hittarage A | Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2007 |
| CKD hotspots around the world: where, why and what the lessons are | Martín-Cleary C, Ortiz A | Clinical Kidney Journal | 2014 |
| CKD in Central America: a hot issue | Brooks DR, Ramirez-Rubio O, Amador JJ | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2012 |
| CKD of unknown origin in Central America: the case for a Mesoamerican nephropathy. | Correa-Rotter R, Wesseling C, Johnson RJ | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2014 |
| Clinical and pathological characterization of Mesoamerican nephropathy: a new kidney disease in Central America. | Wijkström J, Leiva R, Elinder CG, Leiva S, Trujillo Z, Trujillo L, Söderberg M, Hultenby K, Wernerson A | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2013 |
| Clinical characteristics of chronic kidney disease of nontraditional causes in Salvadoran farming communities. | Herrera R, Orantes CM, Almaguer M, Alfonso P, Bayarre HD, Leiva IM, Smith MJ, Cubias RA, Torres CG, Almendárez WO, Cubias FR, Morales FE, Magaña S, Amaya JC, Perdomo E, Ventura MC, Villatoro JF, Vela XF, Zelaya SM, Granados DV, Vela E, Orellana P, Hevia R, Fuentes EJ, Mañalich R, Bacallao R, Ugarte M, Arias MI, Chávez J, Flores NE, Aparicio CE | MEDICC | 2014 |
| Cyclical dehydration-induced renal injury and Mesoamerican nephropathy: as sweet by any other name? | Robey RB | Kidney International Organization | 2015 |
| Decreased kidney function among agricultural workers in El Salvador. | Peraza S, Wesseling C, Aragon A, Leiva R, García-Trabanino RA, Torres C, Jakobsson K, Elinder CG, Hogstedt C | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2012 |
| Decreased kidney function of unknown cause in Nicaragua: a community-based survey. | Torres C, Aragón A, González M, López I, Jakobsson K, Elinder CG, Lundberg I, Wesseling C | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2010 |
| Dialysis enrollment patterns in Guatemala: evidence of the chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes epidemic in Mesoamerica. | Laux TS, Barnoya J, Guerrero DR, Rothstein M | BMC Nephrology | 2015 |
| End-stage renal disease among patients in a referral hospital in El Salvador | Trabanino RG, Aguilar R, Silva CR, Mercado MO, Merino RL | Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica | 2002 |
| Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in adults of Salvadoran agricultural communities. | Orantes CM, Herrera R, Almaguer M, Brizuela EG, Núñez L, Alvarado NP, Fuentes EJ, Bayarre HD, Amaya JC, Calero DJ, Vela XF, Zelaya SM, Granados DV, Orellana P | MEDICC | 2002 |
| Fructokinase activity mediates dehydration-induced renal injury. | Roncal Jimenez CA, Ishimoto T, Lanaspa MA, Rivard CJ, Nakagawa T, Ejaz AA, Cicerchi C, Inaba S, Le M, Miyazaki M, Glaser J, Correa-Rotter R, González MA, Aragón A, Wesseling C, Sánchez-Lozada LG, Johnson RJ | Kidney International Organization | 2013 |
| Heat exposure in sugarcane harvesters in Costa Rica. | Crowe J, Wesseling C, Solano BR, Umaña MP, Ramírez AR, Kjellstrom T, Morales D, Nilsson M | American Journal of Industrial Medicine | 2013 |
| Heat Stress Nephropathy From Exercise-Induced Uric Acid Crystalluria: A Perspective on Mesoamerican Nephropathy. | Roncal-Jimenez C, García-Trabanino R, Barregard L, Lanaspa MA, Wesseling C, Harra T, Aragón A, Grases F, Jarquin ER, González MA, Weiss I, Glaser J, Sánchez-Lozada LG, Johnson RJ | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2015 |
| Heat-related symptoms in sugarcane harvesters. | Crowe J, Nilsson M, Kjellstrom T, Wesseling C | American Journal of Industrial Medicine | 2015 |
| Histopathology of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Salvadoran agricultural communities. | López-Marín L, Chávez Y, García XA, Flores WM, García YM, Herrera R, Almaguer M, Orantes CM, Calero D, Bayarre HD, Amaya JC, Magaña S, Espinoza PA, Serpas L | MEDICC | 2014 |
| Hyperosmolarity drives hypertension and CKD--water and salt revisited. | Johnson RJ, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Roncal-Jimenez C, Lanaspa MA, Ishimoto T, Nakagawa T, Correa-Rotter R, Wesseling C, Bankir L, Sanchez-Lozada LG | National Review of Nephrology | 2014 |
| Investigating biomarkers of kidney injury and chronic kidney disease among workers in Western Nicaragua | Michael McClean, Juan Jose? Amador, Rebecca Laws, James S. Kaufman, Daniel E. Weiner, Jose? Marcell Sa?nchez Rodri?guez, Oriana Rami?rez, Rubio Daniel Brooks. | Boston University of Public Health | 2012 |
| Mesoamerican nephropathy: geographical distribution and time trends of chronic kidney disease mortality between 1970 and 2012 in Costa Rica. | Wesseling C, van Wendel de Joode B, Crowe J, Rittner R, Sanati NA, Hogstedt C, Jakobsson K | Occupational and Environmental Medicine | 2015 |
| Mesoamerican nephropathy: a neglected tropical disease with an infectious etiology? | Kristy O' Murray, Rebecca S.B. Fischer, Denis Chavarria, Christiane Duttmann, Melissa Garcia, Rodion Gorbachov, Peter J Hotez, William Jiron. | Microbes and Infection | 2015 |
| Nicaragua revisited: evidence of lower prevalence of chronic kidney disease in a high-altitude, coffee-growing village. | Laux TS, Bert PJ, Barreto Ruiz GM, González M, Unruh M, Aragon A, Torres Lacourt C | Journal of Nephorlogy | 2015 |
| Overlooked Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease after Leptospiral Infection: A Population-Based Survey and Epidemiological Cohort Evidence | Huang-Yu Yang,1,2 Cheng-Chieh Hung,1 Su-Hsun Liu,3 Yi-Gen Guo,1 Yung-Chang Chen,1 Yi-Ching Ko,1 Chiung-Tseng Huang,1 Li-Fang Chou,1 Ya-Chung Tian,1 Ming-Yang Chang,1 Hsiang-Hao Hsu,1 Ming-Yen Lin,4 Shang-Jyh Hwang,4,* and Chih-Wei Yang1,* | PLOS Org Neglected Tropical Diseases | 2015 |
| Paraquat in developing countries. | Wesseling C, van Wendel de Joode B, Ruepert C, León C, Monge P, Hermosillo H, Partanen TJ | International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health | 2013 |
| Positive association of renal insufficiency with agriculture employment and unregulated alcohol consumption in Nicaragua. | Sanoff SL, Callejas L, Alonso CD, Hu Y, Colindres RE, Chin H, Morgan DR, Hogan SL | Renal Failure Journal | 2013 |
| Prevalence of and risk factors for chronic kidney disease in rural Nicaragua. | O'Donnell JK, Tobey M, Weiner DE, Stevens LA, Johnson S, Stringham P, Cohen B, Brooks DR | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation: Oxford Journals | 2011 |
| Proteinuria and chronic renal failure in the coast of El Salvador: detection with low cost methods and associated factors | Gracia-Trabanino R, Domínguez J, JansàJM, Oliver A | Nefrologia | 2005 |
| Resolving the enigma of the mesoamerican nephropathy: a research workshop summary. | Wesseling C, Crowe J, Hogstedt C, Jakobsson K, Lucas R, Wegman DH | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2013 |
| Risk factors for reduced glomerular filtration rate in a Nicaraguan community affected by Mesoamerican nephropathy. | Raines N, González M, Wyatt C, Kurzrok M, Pool C, Lemma T, Weiss I, Marín C, Prado V, Marcas E, Mayorga K, Morales JF, Aragón A, Sheffield P | MEDICC | 2014 |
| Spatial distribution of unspecified chronic kidney disease in El Salvador by crop area cultivated and ambient temperature. | VanDervort DR, López DL, Orantes CM, Rodríguez DS | MEDICC | 2014 |
| Update on endemic nephropathies | Wernerson A, Wijkström J, Elinder CG | Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension | 2014 |
| The Central American Epidemic of CKD | Daniel E. Weiner*, Michael D. McClean†, James S. Kaufman‡, Daniel R. Brooks§ | Clinical Journal of the American School of Nephrology | 2013 |
| Mesoamerican Nephropathy or Global Warming Nephropathy? | Roncal-Jimenez C.A.a · García-Trabanino R.b · Wesseling C.c · Johnson R.J.a | 2016 | |
| The Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Mesoamerica: A Call for Interdisciplinary Research and Action | Catharina Wesseling, MD, PhD, Jennifer Crowe, MSc, Christer Hogstedt, MD, PhD, Kristina Jakobsson, MD, PhD, Rebekah Lucas, PhD, and David H. Wegman, MD, MSc | American Public Health Association | 2013 |
| Heat stress, dehydration, and kidney function in sugarcane cutters in El Salvador | Ramon Garcia-Trabanino, Emmanuel Jarquin, Catharina Wesseling, Richard Johnson, Marvin Ganzalex-Quiroz, Ilana Weiss, Jason Glaser, Juan Jose Vindell, Leo Stockfelt, Carlos Roncal, Tamara Harra, Lars Barrefard | Science Direct | 2015 |
| Mesoamerican Nephropathy: Report from First International Research Workshop on MeN | Catharina Wesseling Jennifer Crowe Christer Hogstedt Kristina Jakobsson Rebekah Lucas David Wegman | Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET-UNA) Program on Work, Environment and Health in Central America (SALTRA) | 2012 |
| Mesoamerican Nephropathy (MeN): A ‘New’ Chronic Kidney Disease related to Occupational Heat Exposure with Repeated Deprivation of Salts and Water | Carl-Gustaf Elinder1 *, Annika Wernerson2 and Julia Wijkström3 | International Journal of Nephrology and Kidney Failure | 2015 |
| Mesoamerican Nephopathy: A CKD of Unknown Etiology in Central America | University of Colorado, Denver | ||
| The Mesoamerican nephropathy: a regional epidemic of chronic kidney disease? | Vito M. Campese | Oxford University Press | 2016 |
| Risk factors associated with disease progression and mortality in chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology: a cohort study in Medawachchiya, Sri Lanka | L. Senevirathan, T. Abeysekera, S. Nannyakkara, R. Chandrajith, N. Ratnatunga | PubMed | 2011 |
| Uncertain etiologies of proteinuric-chronic kidney disease in rural Sri Lanka. | Milton AH, Jones AL, P Bandara, U Karunaratne | PubMed | 2011 |
| Inputs of trace elements in agricultural soils via phosphate fertilizers in European countries | Erik Smolders | Science Direct | 2008 |
| Genotypic and environmental variation in chromium, cadmium and lead concentrations in rice | Fanrong Zeng, Ying Mao, Wangda Cheng, Feibo Wu, Guoping Zhang | Science Direct | 2008 |
| Chronic renal failure among farm families in cascade irrigation systems in Sri Lanka associated with elevated dietary cadmium levels in rice and freshwater fish (Tilapia) | J.M.R.S. Bandara, D.M.A.N. Senevirathna, V. Herath, T, Abeysekara | Springer Link | 2008 |
| The fundamentals of epidemiology and ethics in science | Hyogo Horiguchi | Environmental Health and Preventative Medicine | 2015 |
| Proteinuria and other markers of Chronic Kidney disease: a position statement of the national kidney foundation (NKF) and the national institute of diabetes and digestive kidney diseases (NIDDK) | Garabed Eknoyan, Thomas Hostetterm Georgeo Bakris, Lee Herbert, Andrew S. Levey, Hans-Henrik Parving, Michael W. Steffes, Robert Toto | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2003 |
| Chronic kidney disease and risk of mortality, cardiovascular events or end-stage renal disease in older patients wih hypertension | Giorgio Gentile, Matias Trillini | Taylor and Francis Group Content | 2015 |
| Chronic kidney disease: global dimension and perspectives | Prof. Vivekanand Jha. Prof. Guillermo Gargia-Garcia, Prof. Kunitoshi Iseki, Zuo Li, Brett Plattner | The Lancet | 2013 |
| Urinary Arsenic Species and CKD in a Taiwanese Population: A Case-Control Study | Yu-Mei Hsueh, Chi-Jung, Horng-Sheng Shiue, Jin-Bor Chen, Shou-Shan Chiang, Mo-Hsiung Yang, Cheng-Wei Tai, Chien-Tien Su | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2009 |
| Deficiency of Multidrug and Toxin Extrusion 1 Enhances Renal Accumulation of Paraquat and Deteriorates Kidney Injury in Mice | Qing Li, Xiujuan Peng, Hyekyung Yng, Hongbing Wang, Yan Shu | Molecular Pharmaceutics | 2011 |
| The prognostic importance of a small acute decrement in kidney function in hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Coca SG, Peixoto AJ, Garg AX, Krumholz HM, Parikh CR | US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health | 2007 |
| A pilot field evaluation on heat stress in sugarcane workers in costa rica: what to do next? | Jennifer Crowe, Berna van Wendel de Joode and Catharina Wesseling | Global Health Action | 2009 |
| Heat stress assessment among workers in a nicaraguan sugarcane farm | Orlando Delgado Cortez | Global Health Action | 2009 |
| Final Scoping Study Report Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Disease in Nicaragua | Professor Daniel Brooks | Boston University of Public Health | 2009 |
| Balkan nephropathy: evolution of our knowledge | G. Bamias, J. Boletis | US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health | 2008 |
| Screening for CKD and cardiovascular disease risk factors using mobile clinics in Jalisco, Mexico | JA Gutierres-Padila, Mendoca-Garcia, Plascencia-Perez, K. Renoirte-Lopez, G Garcia-Garcia, A Lloyd, M. Tonelli | US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health | 2010 |
| Factores asociados a Enfermedad Renal Crónica, Región | Roy Wong McClure, Marvin Cervantes Loaiza, Leandra Abarca Gómez | Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social Gerencia Médica Dirección de Desarrollo de Servicios de Salud Área de Salud Colectiva Sub Área de Vigilancia Epidemiológica | 2014 |
| Mesoamerican nephropathy: a neglected tropical disease with an infectious etiology? | Kristy O. Murray, Rebecca S.B. Fischer, Denis Chavarria, Christiane Duttmann, Melissa N. Garcia, Rodion Gorchakov, Peter J. Hotez, William Jiron, Jessica H. Leibler, Job E. Lopez, Sreedhar Mandayam, Alejandro Marin, Jessica Sheleby | Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Houston, TX USA; Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua León (UNAN León), College of Veterinary Medicine, León, Nicaragua; Ingenio San Antonio, Chichigalpa, Nicaragua; Boston University, School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA; Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Houston, TX USA | 2015 |
| Nephrotoxic contaminants in drinking water and urine, and chronic kidney disease in rural Sri Lanka | Tewodros Rango, Marc Jeulandb, Herath Manthrithilake, Peter McCornick | Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Sanford School of Public Policy and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Institute of Water Policy, National University of Singapore, SingaporeInternationalWater Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 2015 |
| Biomarkers of Kidney Injury Among Nicaraguan Sugarcane Workers. | Rebecca L. Laws, PhD, Daniel R. Brooks, DSc, Juan José Amador, MD, MPH, Daniel E. Weiner, MD, MS, James S. Kaufman, MD, Oriana Ramírez-Rubio, MD, PhD, MPH, Alejandro Riefkohl, MD, Madeleine K. Scammell, DSc, Damaris López-Pilarte, MPH, José Marcel Sánchez, Lic, Chirag R. Parikh, MD, PhD, Michael D. McClean, ScD | Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. Research Service, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY; Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY. Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale University and VA Medical Center, New Haven, CT; Program of Applied Translational Research, Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT. | 2015 |
| CENCAM 2012 | Catharina W esseling Jennifer Cr owe Christer H ogstedt Kristina J akobsson Rebekah Lucas David Wegman | Central American Program f or W ork, Environment and Health - SALTRA Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET) Universidad Nacional (UNA), Costa Rica | 2012 |
| CENCAM 2015 | David Wegman Jennifer Crowe Christer Hogstedt Kristina Jakobsson Catharina Wesseling | Central American Program for Work, Environment and Health – SALTRA Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET) Universidad Nacional (UNA), Costa Rica. | 2015 |
| The global epidemic of chronic kidney disease: a call for action | Elizabeth Whelan | Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) | 2016 |
| Uddanam Nephropathy/Regional Nephropathy in India: Preliminary Findings and a Plea for Further Research | Anirban Ganguli, MD Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center Washington DC | AJKD | 2016 |
| Quest to identify geochemical risk factors associated with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in an endemic region of Sri Lanka—a multimedia laboratory analysis of biological, food, and environmental samples | Keith E. Levine, Jennifer Hoponick Redmon, Myles F. Elledge, Kamani P. Wanigasuriya, Kristin Smith, Breda Munoz, Vajira A. Waduge, Roshini J. Periris-John, Nalini Sathiakumar, James M. Harrington, Donna S. Womack, Rajitha Wickremasinghe | Springer Link | 2016 |
| Characterization of Mesoamerican Nephropathy in a Kidney Failure Hotspot in Nicaragua. | Joseph Kupferman, MD, Juan José Amador, MD, MPH, Katherine E. Lynch, MD, SM, Rebecca L. Laws, PhD, MPH, Damaris López-Pilarte, MPH, Oriana Ramírez-Rubio, MD, MPH, PhD, James S. Kaufman, MD, Jorge Luis Lau, MD, Daniel E. Weiner, MD, MS, Ninoska Violeta Robles, BS, Karina P. Verma, BA, Madeleine K. Scammell, DSc, Michael D. McClean, ScD, Daniel R. Brooks, DSccorrespondencePress enter key for correspondence informationemailPress enter key to Email the author, David J. Friedman, MD | NCBI | 2016 |
| Arterial stiffness & Sri Lankan chronic kidney disease of unknown origin | Fiona Gifford, Robert Kimmitt, Chula Herath, David J Webb, Vanessa Melville, Sisira Siribaddana, Michael Eddleston & Neeraj Dhaun | Nature.com | 2016 |
| Urinary Biomarkers KIM-1 and NGAL for Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology (CKDu) among Agricultural Communities in Sri Lanka | Pallagae Mangala C. S. De Silva , Khaja Shameem Mohammed Abdul, Eakanayake M. D. V. Eakanayake, Sudheera Sammanthi Jayasinghe, Channa Jayasumana, Hewa Bandulage Asanthi, Hettiarachigae S. D. Perera, Gamage G. Tushara Chaminda, Ediriweera P. S. Chandana, Sisira H. Siribaddana | PLOS | 2006 |
| 'Kidney Injury Marker 1 and Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin in Chronic Kidney Disease. | Castillo-Rodriguez E. · Fernandez-Prado R.· Martin-Cleary C.· Pizarro-Sánchez M.S.· Sanchez-Niño M.D.· Sanz A.B · Fernandez-Fernandez B. · Ortiz A. | Karger | 2016 |
| 'Quest to identify geochemical risk factors associated with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in an endemic region of Sri Lanka-a multimedia laboratory analysis of biological, food, and environmental samples. | Keith E. Levine, Jennifer Hoponick Redmon, Myles F. ElledgeKamani P. WanigasuriyaKristin SmithBreda MunozVajira A. WadugeRoshini J. Periris-JohnNalini SathiakumarJames M. HarringtonDonna S. Womack, Rajitha Wickremasinghe | NCBI | 2016 |
| 'Clinicopathological correlates of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Sri Lanka | M Selvarajah, P Weeratunga, S Sivayoganthan, N Rathnatunga, S Rajapakse | Indian Journal of Nephrology | 2016 |
| 'Mesoamerican nephropathy: a novel case of kidney failure in a US ED. | Stefan Flores, MDr, Ashley C. Rider, MD Harrison J. Alter, | NCBI | 2015 |
| 'Altitude and regional gradients in chronic kidney disease prevalence in Costa Rica: Data from the Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study. | Meera N. Harhay, Michael O. Harhay, Fernando Coto-Yglesias, Luis Rosero Bixby | NCBI | 2015 |
| 'Biomarkers of Kidney Injury Among Nicaraguan Sugarcane Workers | Rebecca L. Laws, PhD, MPH, Daniel R. Brooks, DSc, Juan José Amador, MD, MPH, Daniel E. Weiner, MD, MS, James S. Kaufman, MD, Oriana Ramírez-Rubio, MD, PhD, MPH, Alejandro Riefkohl, MD, Madeleine K. Scammell, DSc, Damaris López-Pilarte, MPH, José Marcel Sánchez, Lic, Chirag R. Parikh, MD, PhD, Michael D. McClean, Sc | NCBI | 2015 |
| 'Urine biomarkers of kidney injury among adolescents in Nicaragua, a region affected by an epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology. | Oriana Ramírez-Rubio1, Juan José Amador, James S. Kaufman, Daniel E. Weiner, Chirag R. Parikh, Usman Khan5, Michael D. McClean, Rebecca L. Laws, Damaris López-Pilarte, David J. Friedman, Joseph Kupferman and Daniel R. Brooks | Oxford Journals | 2015 |
| 'Climate change and occupational heat stress: methods for assessment | Ingvar Holmer | Coaction Publications | 2010 |
| 'Heat stress and workload associated with sugarcane cutting - an excessively strenuous occupation! | Rebekah AI Lucas, Theo Bodin, Ramon García-Trabanino, Catharina Wesseling, Jason Glaser, Ilana Weiss, Emmanuel Jarquin, Kristina Jakobsson, David H Wegman | Extreme Physiology & Medicine | 2015 |
| 'Hydration and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression: A Critical Review of the Evidence | William F. Clark, Jessica M. Sontrop, Shi-Han Huang, Louise Moist, Nadine Bouby, Lise Bankir | American Journal of Nephrology | 2016 |
| 'The impact of stress on the health of sugar cane cutters | Roseana Mara Aredes Priuli Maria Silvia de Moraes Rafael Morais Chiaravalloti | - | 2013 |
| 'Chronic kidney disease in Nicaragua: a qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with physicians and pharmacists | Oriana Ramirez-Rubio, Daniel R Brooks, Juan Jose Amador, James S Kaufman, Daniel E Weiner and Madeleine Kangsen Scammell | BMC | 2013 |
| 'Rehydration with soft drink-like beverages exacerbates injury dehydration and worsens dehydration-associated renal | Laura-Gabriela Sánchez-Lozada Carlos Roncal-Jiménez, Lise Bankir, Richard J. Johnson Horacio Osorio, Edilia Tapia, Virgilia Soto, Magdalena Madero, Miguel A. Lanaspa, Fernando E. García-Arroyo, Magdalena Cristóbal, Abraham S. Arellano-Buendía | American Journal of Physiology | 2016 |
| 'Work and health conditions of sugar cane workers in Brazil | Fernanda Ludmilla Rossi Rocha, Maria Helena Palucci Marziale, Oi-Saeng Hong | - | 2010 |
| 'The global epidemic of chronic kidney disease: a call for action | Elizabeth Whelan | BMJ | 2016 |
| 'Environmental exposures of trace elements assessed using keratinized matrices from patients with chronic kidney diseases of uncertain etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka. | Saranga Diyabalanagea, Sanjeewani Fonsekac, D.M.S.N.B. Dasanayakec, Rohana Chandrajith | NCBI | 2016 |
| 'Heat stress, hydration and uric acid: a cross-sectional study in workers of three occupations in a hotspot of Mesoamerican nephropathy in Nicaragua | Catharina Wesseling, Aurora Aragón, Marvin González, Ilana Weiss, Jason Glaser, Christopher J Rivard, Carlos Roncal-Jiménez, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, Richard J Johnson | BMJ | 2016 |
| 'Biomedia Citizenship and Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lank | M. W. Amarasiri de Silva | NCBI | 2017 |
| 'International Collaboration for the Epidemiology of eGFR in Low and Middle Income Populations - Rationale and core protocol for the Disadvantaged Populations eGFR Epidemiology Study (DEGREE) | Ben CaplinEmail authorView ORCID ID profile, Kristina Jakobsson, Jason Glaser, Dorothea Nitsch, Vivekanand Jha, Ajay Singh, Ricardo Correa-Rotter and Neil Pearce | BMC Nephrology | 2017 |
| 'Rationale, description and baseline findings of a community-based prospective cohort study of kidney function amongst the young rural population of Northwest Nicaragua | Marvin González-QuirozEmail author, Armando Camacho, Dorien Faber, Aurora Aragón, Catharina Wesseling, Jason Glaser, Jennifer Le Blond, Liam Smeeth, Dorothea Nitsch, Neil Pearce† and Ben Caplin† | BMC Nephrology | 2017 |
| 'Renal Morphology, Clinical Findings, and Progression Rate in Mesoamerican Nephropathy | Armando Camacho | AJKD | 2017 |
| 'Leptospira seropositivity as a risk factor for Mesoamerican Nephropathy. | Dorien Faber | NCBI | 2017 |
| 'Serological evidence of hantavirus infection in Girandurukotte, an area endemic for chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka. | Aurora Aragón | NCBI | 2017 |
| 'Deleterious role of trace elements - Silica and lead in the development of chronic kidney disease. | Catharina Wesseling | Science Direct | 2017 |
| 'Endemic Nephropathy Around the World. | Jason Glaser | Kidney International Reports | 2017 |
| 'Diminished disease progression rate in a chronic kidney disease population following the replacement of dietary water source with quality drinking water: A pilot study. | Jennifer Le Blond | Wiley Online Library | 2017 |
| 'Ingestion of dug well water from an area with high prevalence of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) and development of kidney and liver lesions in rats | Liam Smeeth | Ceylon Medical Journal | 2017 |
| 'Causal mechanism and component causes in Mesoamerican–Sri Lankan nephropathy: the moderator's view | Dorothea Nitsch | NDT | 2017 |
| 'Con: Mesoamerican nephropathy: is the problem dehydration or rehydration? | Neil Pearce† | NDT | 2017 |
| 'Pro: Heat stress as a potential etiology of Mesoamerican and Sri Lankan nephropathy: a late night consult with Sherlock Holmes | Ben Caplin† | NCBI | 2017 |
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| 'Pro: Heat Stress as a Potential Etiology of MesoAmerican and Sri Lankan Nephropathy: A Late Night Consult with Sherlock Holmes | Rick Johnson | NDT | 2017 |
| 'MesoAmerican Nephropathy: Is the Problem Dehydration or Rehydration? | Vito Campese | NDT | 2017 |
