Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 1999 Los estudios seroepidemiológicos para la detección de anticuerpos contra Trypanosoma cruzi requieren de un gran número de muestras y la obtención de sangre por punción venosa y su transporte se hacen difíciles y costosos.
Luis C. Orozco +8 more
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Introducing automation to the molecular diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection: A comparative study of sample treatments, DNA extraction methods and real-time PCR assays [PDF]
, 2018 Background Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has become a useful tool for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection. The development of automated DNA extraction methodologies and PCR systems is an important step toward the standardization of protocols ...
Abras, Alba +12 more
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Cultural barriers to effective communication between Indigenous communities and health care providers in Northern Argentina: an anthropological contribution to Chagas disease prevention and control [PDF]
, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Ninety percent of the aboriginal communities of Argentina are located in areas of endemic vectorial transmission of Chagas disease. Control activities in these communities have not been effective.
Braunstein, Jose Alberto +5 more
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Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 2022 Se utilizó el método de prueba OMS para determinar la tolerancia de las ninfas en el 5º estado de Triatoma infestans. Las ninfas sobrevivientes mudaron normalmente y pusieron huevos viables.
Walter Hellmut Hack
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Identifying Current and Missing Knowledge in the Control of Pyrethroid-Resistant Triatoma Infestans, Vector of Chagas Disease [PDF]
, 2017 Triatomines are blood-sucking bugs that occur mainly in Latin America. They are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease.
Picollo, Maria Ines +1 more
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 1999 Chagas’ disease is a protozoan infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and is mainly acquired by vectorial transmission in endemic areas, when infected excreta of Triatominae bugs are inoculated into the sting site or neighbouring mucous membranes of the victim.
Marin-Neto, José Antonio +2 more
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Formas clínicas y diagnóstico de la enfermedad de Chagas e inmunosupresores
Revista Argentina de Reumatología, 2019 La enfermedad de Chagas constituye una infección severa de alta prevalencia en Argentina y otros países latinoamericanos. La administración de drogas reumáticas inmunosupresoras en estos pacientes, muchas veces es necesaria, pero no se conoce aún la ...
Darío Scublinsky +4 more
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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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Risk of Zika virus-associated birth defects in congenital confirmed cases in the Brazilian Amazon
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2020 Objective. To establish the risk of microcephaly in neonates born to women infected with ZIKV during pregnancy. Methods. A cohort of laboratory-confirmed ZIKV cases of congenital infections (109 mothers infected during pregnancy and 101 newborns) among ...
Consuelo S de Oliveira +15 more
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Histopathological lesions of congenital Zika syndrome in newborn squirrel monkeys
Scientific Reports, 2021 The absence of an adequate animal model for studies has limited the understanding of congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) in humans during the outbreak in America.
Bianca Nascimento de Alcantara +17 more
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