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Health literacy & Chagas disease knowledge: A cross-sectional study in Southern Loja Province, Ecuador

PEC Innovation
Objective: Health literacy is associated with many patient outcomes. This study sought to determine the association between a person's level of health literacy and their knowledge about Chagas disease. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with
Talia L. Caridi, Fernanda Mariño-Polo, Cora G. Farra, Alison M. Mingus, Athar Memon, Mario J. Grijalva, Benjamin R. Bates   +6 more
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Risks of endemicity, morbidity and perspectives regarding the control of Chagas disease in the Amazon Region

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
Chagas disease, in the Amazon Region as elsewhere, can be considered an enzootic disease of wild animals or an anthropozoonosis, an accidental disease of humans that is acquired when humans penetrate a wild ecosystem or when wild triatomines invade human
José Rodrigues Coura, Angela CV Junqueira   +1 more
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Characterization of dermatan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate profiles during brain regeneration in Styela plicata

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Adult ascidians are capable of regenerating their entire brains following injury, and glycosaminoglycans have been shown to either promote or inhibit neuritogenesis. In this study, dermatan 2,6‐disulfate (D2,6S) was identified as the predominant complex carbohydrate in the ascidian brain.
Taynan Motta Portal, Samara de Oliveira Pimentel, Bruno da Costa Rodrigues, Mauro Sérgio Gonçalves Pavão, Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca, Cintia Monteiro de Barros   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospitalizations due to stroke and their relationship with Chagas disease: a population-based analytical study using data from the Hospital Information System of the Brazilian National Health System, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2022

Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Objective To assess whether hospitalizations due to stroke were associated with Chagas disease and the Chagas disease vulnerability index in the state of Minas Gerais. Methods This was a population-based analytical observational study.
Ana Clara de Jesus Santos, Nayara Dornela Quintino, Jeniffer Eduarda Firmino Almeida Silva, Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes, João Alves Pereira, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Ariela Ferreira Mota, Desirée Sant'Ana Haikal   +7 more
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Freqüência da hipertensão arterial em chagásicos crônicos e sua repercussão no coração: estudo clínico e anatomopatológico Frequency of hypertension in patients with chronic chagas’ disease and its consequences on the heart: a clinical and pathological study

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2007
FUNDAMENTO: Dados da literatura sobre a concomitância da doença de Chagas e hipertensão arterial são controversos e, quando presentes, não se referem à repercussão da simultaneidade na história natural da doença de Chagas ou na hipertensão.
Cristina Brandt Friedrich Martin Gurgel, Eros Antonio de Almeida   +1 more
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Diagnosis and Off‐Label Treatment of Subcutaneous Putative Dracunculoid Nematodes in Apteronotus albifrons Originating From Wild‐Caught Fisheries

Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Apteronotus albifrons (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), commonly known as the black ghost knifefish, is a high‐value ornamental fish that is susceptible to various parasites. The affected fish were wild‐caught fisheries and subsequently introduced into a commercial breeding system.
Pedro Henrique Magalhães Cardoso, Simone de Carvalho Balian, Herbert Sousa Soares, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Gracienhe Gomes dos Santos, José Blanchard Girão Ribeiro Filho, Mauricio Laterça Martins   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Congenital Chagas disease: A cohort study to assess molecular diagnostic methods at the Chagas disease national reference center of Argentina.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundTrypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite which causes Chagas disease. Mother-to-child transmission is the main route of transmission in vector-free areas.
Constanza Lopez-Albizu, Carolina Inés Cura, Juan Carlos Ramirez, Pamela Peyran, Andrés Benchetrit, Emmaría Danesi, Sergio Sosa-Estani   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatio-temporal trends in mortality due to Chagas disease in the State of Bahia, Brazil, from 2008 to 2018 [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Background: Chagas disease is a silent illness with high mortality burden in many Latin American countries, such as Brazil. Bahia has the fourth highest mortality rate in Brazil.
Cristiane Medeiros Moraes de Carvalho, Gilmar Ribeiro-Jr, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Liane Santiago Andrade, Cicílio Alves Moraes, Maria Aparecida Araújo Figueiredo   +5 more
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The Trypanosoma cruzi vitamin C dependent peroxidase confers protection against oxidative stress but is not a determinant of virulence. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: The neglected parasitic infection Chagas disease is rapidly becoming a globalised public health issue due to migration. There are only two anti-parasitic drugs available to treat this disease, benznidazole and nifurtimox. Thus it is important
Fortes Francisco, A, Martin C Taylor, John M Kelly, Michael D Lewis, Shane R. Wilkinson (721807), Fortes Francisco, Amanda, Amanda Fortes Francisco (330407), Taylor, Martin C, Lewis, MD, Amanda Fortes Francisco, Wilkinson, SR, Michael D. Lewis (172100), Taylor, MC, Lewis, Michael D, Kelly, JM, Shane R Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Shane R, Kelly, John M, Martin C. Taylor (449215), John M. Kelly (488103)   +19 more
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Periodontitis and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Mechanistic Evidence

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This review aims to provide a conceptual framework for understanding the mechanistic interplay between periodontitis and IBD, with a particular emphasis on the microbial and immunological crosstalk linking the oral cavity and the gastrointestinal tract.
Ana Paula V. Colombo, Adriana M. de Oliveira, Nobuhiko Kamada, Sho Kitamoto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source