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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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Electrocardiogram in Chagas disease [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2018
Since the initial descriptions of Chagas cardiomyopathy (ChCM), the electrocardiography has played a key role in patient evaluations. The diagnostic criterion of chronic ChCM is the presence of characteristic electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities in seropositive individuals, regardless of the presence of symptoms.
Brito, Bruno Oliveira de Figueiredo, Ribeiro, Antônio Luiz Pinho   +1 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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Insights from quantitative and mathematical modelling on the proposed WHO 2030 goals for Chagas disease [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Gates Open Research, 2019
Chagas disease (CD) persists as one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) with a particularly large impact in the Americas. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently proposed goals for CD elimination as a public health problem to be reached by ...
Collaborating Group on Chagas Disease Modelling
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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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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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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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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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Research needs for Chagas disease prevention.

, 2010
We present an overview of the two main strategies for the primary (vector control) and secondary (patient care) prevention of Chagas disease (CD). We identify major advances, knowledge gaps, and key research needs in both areas.
Santos, Walter S, Schofield, Christopher J., Abad-Franch, Fernando, Schofield, Christopher J   +3 more
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Was Chagas disease responsible for Darwin’s illness? The overlooked eco-epidemiological context in Chile

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2021
The source of Darwin’s illness has been a contentious issue in the literature for almost 70 years. Different causal factors have been invoked to account for his symptoms, including Chagas disease.
Carezza Botto-Mahan, Rodrigo Medel
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