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A multicenter comparative study of the performance of four rapid immunochromatographic tests for the detection of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies in Brazil

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
Diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) infection in the chronic phase of Chagas disease (CD) is performed by serologic testing. Conventional tests are currently used with very good results but require time, laboratory infrastructure, and expertise ...
Jacqueline Araújo Domingos Iturra, Leonardo Maia Leony, Fernanda Alvarenga Cardoso Medeiros, Job Alves de Souza Filho, Liliane da Rocha Siriano, Suelene Brito Tavares, Alejandro Ostermayer Luquetti, Vinícius Silva Belo, Andréa Silvestre de Sousa, Andréa Silvestre de Sousa, Fred Luciano Neves Santos, Fred Luciano Neves Santos   +11 more
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Repolarization Parameters Are Associated With Mortality In Chagas Disease Patients In The United States

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 2014
Objective: The goal of this study was to examine the association between ECG repolarization parameters and mortality in Chagas disease (CD) patients living in the United States.
Jason Bradfield, MD, Brandon Woodbury, MD, Mahmoud Traina, MD, Salvador Hernandez, MD, Robin Wachsner, MD, Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD, Sheba Meymandi, MD   +6 more
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Acute chagas disease: new global challenges for an old neglected disease. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
Chagas disease is caused by infection with the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, and although over 100 years have passed since the discovery of Chagas disease, it still presents an increasing problem for global public health.
Daniela V Andrade, Kenneth J Gollob, Walderez O Dutra   +2 more
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Função do átrio esquerdo na miocardiopatia chagásica Function of the left atrium in the Chagas' cardiomyopathy

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2005
OBJETIVO: Estudar a função do átrio esquerdo em portadores de miocardiopatia dilatada de etiologia chagásica e correlacioná-la à função diastólica e à classe funcional.
Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes, Márcia de Melo Barbosa, Édson Siqueira da Rocha, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha   +3 more
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Different infective forms trigger distinct immune response in experimental Chagas disease. [PDF]

, 2012
Although metacyclic and blood trypomastigotes are completely functional in relation to parasite-host interaction and/or target cell invasion, they differ in the molecules present on the surface.
Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Carneiro Cláudia Martins, Martins-Filho, Olindo Assis, Alexandre Barbosa Reis, Cláudia Martins Carneiro, Francisco Amanda Fortes, Washington Luiz Tafuri, Carvalho, Andrea Teixeira, Machado Evandro Marques de Meneses, Nogueira, Nívia Carolina, Franscisco, Amanda Fortes, Evandro Marques de Meneses Machado, Vieira, Paula Melo de Abreu, Fonseca, Kátia da Silva, Francisco, Amanda Fortes, Andrea Teixeira-Carvalho, Paula Melo de Abreu Vieira, Nogueira, N??via Carolina, Machado, Evandro Marques de Menezes, Vieira Paula Melo de Abreu, Machado, Evandro Marques de Meneses, Tafuri, Washington Luiz, Reis Alexandre Barbosa, Teixeira-Carvalho Andrea, Reis, Alexandre Barbosa, Martins-Filho Olindo Assis, Nívia Carolina Nogueira, Kátia da Silva Fonseca, Carvalho, Andréa Teixeira de, Nogueira Nívia Carolina, Amanda Fortes Francisco, Tafuri Washington Luiz, Teixeira-Carvalho, Andrea, Carneiro, Cláudia Martins, Martins Filho, Olindo Assis, Fonseca Kátia da Silva   +35 more
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Troponin in Chagas disease [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003
Chagas disease is still a major tropical diseasein Latin America, affecting 16 to 18 million people.About 6 million people are infected with thecausative organism, Trypanosoma cruzi , in Brazil[1]. However, it often remains for decades in itsindeterminate form, symptomless, with tissue injuryin about 30% of the cases, which eventually willevolve to ...
Aras, Roque, Bastos, Claudilson, Mota, Gildo, Sodré, Fábio, Moreira, Agnaluce, Tavares, Armando, Lima, José Carlos   +6 more
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Current situation and perspectives regarding human Chagas disease in midwestern of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2014
Recognising the importance of Chagas disease in Brazil, Bambuí set up epidemiological surveillance for Chagas disease in 1974 and was the first municipality to do so.
Christiane Santos Matos, José Eloy dos Santos Júnior, Fernanda Alvarenga Cardoso Medeiros, Eliana Furtado, João Carlos Pinto Dias   +4 more
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A panel of ten microsatellite loci for the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). [PDF]

, 2008
Rhodnius prolixus is the main vector of Chagas disease in Venezuela, where it is found colonising rural housing consisting of unplastered adobe walls with palm and/or metal roofs.
Watts, PC, Feliciangeli, MD, Miles, MA, Kemp, SJ, Feliciangeli, M.D., Fitzpatrick, S., Watts, P.C., Miles, M.A., Fitzpatrick, S, Kemp, Stephen J., Kemp, S.J.   +10 more
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Chagas' Heart Disease [PDF]

Clinical Cardiology, 2000
AbstractChagas' disease is caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, that is transmitted to humans through the feces of infected bloodsucking insects in endemic areas of Latin America, or occasionally by nonvectorial mechanisms, such as blood transfusion.
A, Rassi, A, Rassi, W C, Little
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American trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease: Sexual transmission

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Objective: To contribute to the discussion on the research findings indicating the sexual transmission of American trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease in humans.
Clever Gomes, Adriana B. Almeida, Ana C. Rosa, Perla F. Araujo, Antonio R.L. Teixeira   +4 more
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