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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 +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 +2 more
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Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1992 Chagas' disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is an important cause of morbidity in many countries in Latin America. The important modes of transmission are by the bite of the reduviid bug and blood transfusion. The organism exists in three morphological forms: trypomastigotes, amastigotes, and epimastigotes.
H B, Tanowitz +5 more
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Longitudinal study of patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy in Brazil (SaMi-Trop project): a cohort profile. [PDF]
, 2016 PurposeWe have established a prospective cohort of 1959 patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy to evaluate if a clinical prediction rule based on ECG, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels, and other biomarkers can be useful in clinical practice ...
Bierrenbach, Ana Luiza +10 more
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Congenital Chagas Disease in the United States: Cost Savings Through Maternal Screening [PDF]
, 2018 Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is transmitted by insect vectors through transfusions, transplants, insect feces in food, and from mother to child during gestation.
Bialek, Stephanie R. +3 more
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Integrated control of chagas disease for its elimination as public health problem: A review [PDF]
, 2015 Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is, together with geohelminths, the neglected disease that causes more loss of years of healthy life due to disability in Latin America.
Segura, Elsa Leonor +1 more
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2006 Abstract Chagas disease is the clinical condition triggered by infection with the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. The infection is transmitted by triatomine insects while blood feeding on a human host. Field studies predict that one third of an estimated 18 million T cruzi-infected humans in Latin America will die of Chagas disease.
A R L, Teixeira +4 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 +8 more
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Novel cruzain inhibitors for the treatment of Chagas' disease. [PDF]
, 2012 The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas' disease, affects millions of individuals and continues to be an important global health concern.
Arkin, Michelle R +6 more
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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 +12 more
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