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Nifurtimox Is Effective Against Neural Tumor Cells and Is Synergistic with Buthionine Sulfoximine. [PDF]

, 2016
Children with aggressive neural tumors have poor survival rates and novel therapies are needed. Previous studies have identified nifurtimox and buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) as effective agents in children with neuroblastoma and medulloblastoma.
Du, Michael, Scorsone, Kathleen A, Woodfield, Sarah E, Zage, Peter E, Zhang, Linna   +4 more
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Nitroheterocyclic drug resistance mechanisms in Trypanosoma brucei [PDF]

, 2015
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to identify the mechanisms of resistance to nifurtimox and fexinidazole in African trypanosomes. METHODS: Bloodstream-form Trypanosoma brucei were selected for resistance to nifurtimox and fexinidazole by ...
Berriman, Matthew, Fairlamb, Alan, Foth, Bernado J., Kelner, Anna, Sokolova, Antoaneta Y., Wyllie, Susan   +5 more
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Trypanocide treatment among adults with chronic Chagas disease living in Santa Fe city (Argentina), over a mean follow-up of 21 years: parasitological, serological and clinical evolution Tratamento tripanocida em adultos chagásicos crônicos, residentes na cidade de Santa Fé (Argentina), com seguimento de 21 anos em média: evolução parasitológica, sorológica e clínica

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2007
The efficacy of treatment with nifurtimox and/or benznidazole among adults with chronic Chagas disease with no previous electrocardiographic disturbances was evaluated over a mean follow-up of 21 years, by means of conventional serology, xenodiagnosis ...
Diana L. Fabbro, Mirtha L. Streiger, Enrique D. Arias, María L. Bizai, Mónica del Barco, Norberto A. Amicone   +5 more
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Estudo comparativo controlado com emprego de benznidazole, nifurtimox e placebo, na forma crônica da doença de Chagas, em uma área de campo com transmissão interrompida. I. Avaliação preliminar

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1997
Foi realizado um estudo controlado para avaliar a eficácia terapêutica e a tolerância do nifurtimox e do benznidazole em pacientes com a doença de Chagas crônica.
José Rodrigues Coura, Laércio Luiz de Abreu, Henry Percy Faraco Willcox, Walter Petana   +3 more
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Nifurtimox response of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from an outbreak of Chagas disease in Caracas, Venezuela

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2019
Background & objectives: In Venezuela, Chagas disease (ChD) is considered a serious health problem, with about 6 million people at risk; and acute outbreaks due to oral transmission of Chagas Disease (OChD) are becoming increasingly important.
Arturo Munoz-Calderon, Zoraida Díaz-Bello, José Luis Ramírez, Oscar Noya, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya   +4 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, Doak, Allison, Durrant, Jacob D, Keränen, Henrik, McCammon, J Andrew, Ratnam, Joseline, Rogers, Kathleen E   +6 more
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Treatment and seroconversion in a cohort of children suffering from recent chronic Chagas infection in Yoro, Honduras [PDF]

, 2009
Between 1999-2002, Médécins Sans Frontières-Spain implemented a project seeking to determine the efficacy and safety of benznidazole in the treatment of recent chronic Chagas disease in a cohort of seropositive children in the Yoro Department, Honduras ...
Bassets, Glòria, Escribà, Josep M, Lima, M Angeles, Marchiol, Andrea, Palma, Pedro Pablo, Ponce, Carlos, Ponce, Elisa, Romero, Alberto de Dios, Viñas, Pedro Albajar, Zúniga, Concepción   +9 more
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Management of trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis [PDF]

, 2012
<p>Background: The current treatments for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), Chagas disease and leishmaniasis (collectively referred to as the kinetoplastid diseases) are far from ideal but, for some, there has been significant recent progress ...
Alsford, Alvar, Alvar, Barrett, Barrett, Ben Salah, Berman, Bern, Brun, Brun, Burri, Chappuis, Coura, Croft, Croft, El-Sayed, Frearson, Hailu, Jacobs, Jacobs, Le Loup, Lessa, M. P. Barrett, Miranda-Verastegui, Paine, Pinazo, Priotto, Rassi, Reithinger, Rodgers, S. L. Croft, Stuart, Sundar, Sundar, Sundar, Sundar, Torreele, Vanhollebeke, Vincent, Voogd   +39 more
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Comportamento da parasitemia avaliada pelo método de Strout modificado em chagásicos agudos em tratamento

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1988
Em 18 pacientes com doença de Chagas aguda foi semiquantificada a parasitemia, pelo método de Strout modificado, antes e durante o tratamento. Antes da terapêutica a parasitemia variou entre 1 e 104 tripanossomos, e após o início do tratamento a ...
Cleudson Castro, Antonio Emanuel
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Human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

, 2009
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by tsetse flies.
Abel, Agranoff, Ancelle, Ayed, Balasegaram, Balasegaram, Barrett, Barrett, Barrett, Bayer, Bedat-Millet, Bisoffi, Bisser, Bisser, Blum, Blum, Blum, Blum, Blum, Blum, Bronner, Brun, Buguet, Burri, Burri, Chappuis, Chappuis, Chappuis, Chappuis, Chappuis, Chappuis, Checchi, Checchi, Christian Burri, Courtioux, De Raadt, Deborggraeve, Deborggraeve, Dorlo, Doua, Duggan, Dukes, Ekwanzala, Enyaru, Ezzedine, Fevre, Fevre, Francois Chappuis, Greenwood, Gustafsson, Hutchinson, Iborra, Inojosa, Iten, Jamonneau, Jamonneau, Jamonneau, Jamonneau, Jamonneau, Jansson, Jelinek, Johannes Blum, Jordan, Joshi, Kabasa, Kennedy, Kennedy, Koten, Lejon, Lejon, Lejon, Lejon, Lejon, Lejon, Lejon, Lejon, Louis, Lumsden, Lundkvist, Lutumba, Lutumba, Lutumba, Lutumba, MacLean, Macleod, Magnus, Marcello, Marcello, Masocha, Maudlin, Mendonca, Moore, Moore, Moore, Na-Bangchang, Njiokou, Njiru, Noireau, Noireau, Odiit, Odiit, Oscherwitz, Papadopoulos, Paquet, Penchenier, Pepin, Picozzi, Priotto, Priotto, Priotto, Reincke, Reto Brun, Ripamonti, Robays, Robays, Ruiz, Schmid, Shiflett, Simarro, Simarro, Simarro, Simo, Smith, Spencer, Stanghellini, Stevens, Steverding, Steverding, Stijlemans, Stuart, Taylor, Torr, Truc, Truc, Truc, Truc, Van Meirvenne, Van Nieuwenhove, Vanhamme, Vanhollebeke, Vreysen, Welburn, Welburn, Woo   +143 more
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