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The Learning Curve for Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy in Latin America: A Slide to the Right? [PDF]

Clinical Endoscopy, 2021
Background/Aims Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has been increasingly used for achalasia in Latin America, where Chagas disease is prevalent, and this makes POEM more challenging.
Michel Kahaleh, Amy Tyberg, Supriya Suresh, Arnon Lambroza, Fernando Rodriguez Casas, Mario Rey, Jose Nieto, Guadalupe Ma Martínez, Felipe Zamarripa, Vitor Arantes, Maria G Porfilio, Monica Gaidhane, Pietro Familiari, Juan Carlos Carames, Romulo Vargas-Rubio, Raul Canadas, Albis Hani, Guillermo Munoz, Bismarck Castillo, Eduardo T Moura, Farias F Galileu, Hannah P Lukashok, Carlos Robles-Medranda, Eduardo G de Moura   +23 more
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Seroprevalencia de la enfermedad de Chagas (Trypanosoma cruzi) en la población escolar e incidencia parasitaria de Triatoma dimidiata en la parroquia Juan Gómez Rendón, Provincia del Guayas, Ecuador

Revista Científica de Ciencias Naturales y Ambientales, 2021
Se realizaron encuestas serológicas y entomológicas para determinar la prevalencia de la enfermedad de Chagas, la presencia del vector y el índice tripano triatomino, en la población escolar de la parroquia Juan Gómez Rendón, en la provincia del Guayas,
Verónica Calderón, Jaime Buestán
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In Silico Antiprotozoal Evaluation of 1,4-Naphthoquinone Derivatives against Chagas and Leishmaniasis Diseases Using QSAR, Molecular Docking, and ADME Approaches

Pharmaceuticals, 2022
Chagas and leishmaniasis are two neglected diseases considered as public health problems worldwide, for which there is no effective, low-cost, and low-toxicity treatment for the host.
Lina S. Prieto Cárdenas, Karen A. Arias Soler, Diana L. Nossa González, Wilson E. Rozo Núñez, Agobardo Cárdenas-Chaparro, Pablo R. Duchowicz, Jovanny A. Gómez Castaño   +6 more
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Epidemiologia de Triatominos en la Provincia de Río Negro

Ciencia Veterinaria, 2021
Chagas es una enfermedad endemoepidémica de transmisión vec-torial en la Provincia de Rio Negro causada por Trypanosoma cruzi, transmitido por insectos vectores denominados triatominos (vinchu-cas).
Crowley P, Labanchi JL, Dade M, Daniele M, Calabro A, Grizmado C, Ochoa A, Hernandez P, Arezo M, Larrieu E   +9 more
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One-Pot Multicomponent Synthesis of Methoxybenzo[h]quinoline-3-carbonitrile Derivatives; Anti-Chagas, X-ray, and In Silico ADME/Tox Profiling Studies

Molecules, 2021
Several methoxybenzo[h]quinoline-3-carbonitrile analogs were designed and synthesized in a repositioning approach to developing compounds with anti-prostate cancer and anti-Chagas disease properties.
Hegira Ramírez, Katiuska Charris, Esteban Fernandez-Moreira, Benjamín Nogueda-Torres, Mario V. Capparelli, Jorge Ángel, Jaime Charris   +6 more
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Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups and Variants Predispose to Chagas Disease Cardiomyopathy

Hearts, 2023
Cardiomyopathies are major causes of heart failure. Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and it is endemic in Central and South America.
Frédéric Gallardo, Pauline Brochet, David Goudenège, João Paulo Silva Nunes, Pauline Andrieux, Barbara Maria Ianni, Amanda Farage Frade, Charles Mady, Ronaldo Honorato Barros Santos, Andreia Kuramoto, Samuel Steffen, Antonio Noedir Stolf, Pablo Pomerantzeff, Alfredo Inacio Fiorelli, Edimar Alcides Bocchi, Cristina Wide Pissetti, Bruno Saba, Fabrício C. Dias, Marcelo Ferraz Sampaio, Fabio Antônio Gaiotto, José Antonio Marin-Neto, Abílio Fragata, Ricardo Costa Fernandes Zaniratto, Sergio Siqueira, Giselle De Lima Peixoto, Fernando Bacal, Paula Buck, Rafael Ribeiro Almeida, Hui Tzu Lin-Wang, André Schmidt, Mario Hiroyuki Hirata, Eduardo Antonio Donadi, Alexandre Costa Pereira, Virmondes Rodrigues Junior, Martino Martinelli, Michel Naslavsky, Jorge Kalil, Vincent Procaccio, Edecio Cunha-Neto, Christophe Chevillard   +39 more
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A structure-based approach towards the identification of novel antichagasic compounds: Trypanosoma cruzi carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 2020
Trypanosoma cruzi carbonic anhydrase (TcCA) has recently emerged as an interesting target for the design of new compounds to treat Chagas disease. In this study we report the results of a structure-based virtual screening campaign to identify novel and ...
Manuel A. Llanos, María L. Sbaraglini, María L. Villalba, María D. Ruiz, Carolina Carrillo, Catalina Alba Soto, Alan Talevi, Andrea Angeli, Seppo Parkkila, Claudiu T. Supuran, Luciana Gavernet   +10 more
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An Overview on the Therapeutics of Neglected Infectious Diseases—Leishmaniasis and Chagas Diseases

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) as termed by WHO include twenty different infectious diseases that are caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Among these NTDs, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis are reported to cause high mortality in humans and ...
Brindha J, Balamurali M. M, Kaushik Chanda   +2 more
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Inmunodiagnóstico de la infección chagásica por ELlSA

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 1999
La demostración del agente infeccioso es la regla de oro en las parasitosis, pero, esto no siempre es factible. Por ello, en la infección chagásica ce recurre a la detección de anticuerpos contra Trypanosoma cruzi siendo las pruebas serodiagnósticas de ...
Myriam C. López, Sofía Duque, Luis C. Orozco, Diana Camargo, Luis E. Gualdrón, Elvia Cáceres, Margarita Ronderos, Maritza Rey, Augusto Corredor   +8 more
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PREDOMINÂNCIA DA LINHAGEM VICTORIA DO VÍRUS INFLUENZA B DURANTE A TEMPORADA DE INFLUENZA 2023 NAS REGIÕES NORTE E NORDESTE DO BRASIL

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Introdução/objetivos: Dentre as doenças infecciosas de grande importância para a saúde pública, a gripe ou influenza desempenha um papel significativo nos índices de morbidade e mortalidade em todo o mundo.
Wanderley Dias das Chagas Junior, Amanda Mendes Silva, Luana Soares Barbagelata, Edivaldo Costa Sousa Junior, Agatha Monike Silva Nunes, Delana Andreza Melo Bezerra, Edvaldo Tavares da Penha Junior, Alessandra Alves Polaro Lima, Edna Maria Acunã de Souza, Maria Silvia Sousa da Lucena, Luana da Silva Soares Farias, Fernando Neto Tavares, Mirleide Cordeiro dos Santos   +12 more
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