Pablo Peñataro Yori

Research Associate

Academic Degrees

Nurse, University of Valencia, Spain 2000. MPH/MHS, Miguel Hernández University, Spain 2002.

School/Organization
Bloomberg School of Public Health

Department / Division
International Health
Disese Prevention and Control Program

Departmental Address
615 North Wolfe Street, Room W5515
Baltimore, MD 21205

Email: pyori@jhsph.edu
Phone: + 410 614 3959
Fax: + 410 614 6060

For more information visit my personal web page.

Research and Professional Experience

• My major research interest is in epidemiology of tropical diseases and GIS.

Honors and Awards

Research Projects
Epidemiology of Shigellosis in teh Peruvian Amazon
The aim of this project is to determine dominant routes of transmission of shigellosis in a highly endemic setting by combining molecular typing of isolates obtained through the longitudinal surveillance of pediatric cohort and environmental sources.

Etiology, Risk Factors and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development
The goal of the study is to describe the impact of repeated enteric infections on growth faltering, malnutrition and delayed child development. The primary hypothesis is that specific characteristics of the infections will impair gut integrity and lead to malnutrition. This is a cohort study to...

Road Construction, Colonization, and Epidemic Malaria in Peru’s Northern Amazon

Learn more about the project from the February 25, 2008, story on NPR, New Roads in the Amazon May Deliver Disease.

Between 2000 and 2004, Peru reported the largest net increase in malaria cases and the...



Selected Publications

• Journal Articles

• Yori PP, Schwab KJ, Gilman RH, Nappier S, Portocarrero DV, Black RE, Olortegui MP, Hall, ER, Moe C, Leon J, Cama V and Kosek M. Norovirus highly prevalent cause of endemic acute diarrhea in children in the Peruvian Amazon Accepted for Publication The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2009

• Asayag CR, Garay CR, Sanchez GM, Angeles CC, Baca CJ, Evans C, Yori PP, Kosek M. Eight year old with fever, hepatomegaly, and positive thick smear. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Oct;79(4):473

• Kosek M, Yori PP, Pan K, Paredes Olortegui M, Gilman RH, Perez J, Burga R, Meza Sanchez G, Hall E. Epidemiology of highly endemic multiply antibiotic resistant shigellosis in the Peruvian Amazon. PEDIATRICS Volume 122, Number 3, September 2008

• Ryan Matson, Carlos Tong Rios, Cesar Banda Chavez, Robert H. Gilman,David Florin, Victor Lopez Sifuentes, Roldan Cardenas Greffa, Pablo Penataro Yori, Roberto Fernandez, Daniel Velasquez Portocarrero, Joseph M. Vinetz, and Margaret Kosek. Improved Molecular Technique for the Differentiation of Neotropical Anopheline Species Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008;78 492-498

• Yori PP, Kosek M, Gilman RH, et al. Seroepidemiology of Strongyloidiasis in the Peruvian Amazon. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 74(1), 2006, pp. 97–102

• M. R. Baldwin, P. P. Yori, C. Ford. et al Tuberculosis and nutrition: disease perceptions and health seeking behavior of household contacts in the Peruvian Amazon. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2004 Dec;8(12):1484-91.

• Pablo P. Yori. La Visión de la Tuberculosis en Adictos a Drogas por Vía Parenteral y VIH + en la Ciudad de Elda. Medicina y Ciencias Sociales. nº. 12. ISNN:1576-5377. http://www.uv.es/medciensoc

• Book Chapter Pablo P. Yori, Emilia Herranz, Héctor Aranda. Acceso a Medicamentos Esenciales: un reto al que hacer frente. En: Cooperación al desarrollo y medicamentos esenciales. Ed. Farmamundi. Valencia 2002. ISNB:84-932496-0-2