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Mortalidade por doença de Chagas no Estado de São Paulo (Brasil): subsídios para o planejamento da assistência ao chagásico Mortality due to Chagas disease in the State of S. Paulo, Brazil: parameter for the establishment of adequate health care for the chagasic patient

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1992
Foram analisadas as informações existentes em 1.646 declarações de óbito de residentes no Estado de São Paulo, falecidos em 1987, identificando-se a causa básica segundo as regras de seleção utilizadas internacionalmente.
Julio Litvoc, Dalva Marli Valério Wanderley, Luiz Marcelo Aranha Camargo   +2 more
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British contributions to medical research and education in Africa after the Second World War, vol. 10 [PDF]

, 2001
The Witness Seminar on British Contributions to Medical Research and Education in Africa after the Second World War was a broad subject addressed by Witnesses with an extraordinary wealth of diverse talent and experience, directed by the chairman ...

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Impact of migration on the occurrence of new cases of Chagas disease in Buenos Aires city, Argentina [PDF]

, 2013
Chagas disease, also known as American Trypanosomiasis, is endemic in the Americas, especially Central and South America. Chagas disease is a zoonotic disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.
Altcheh, Jaime Marcelo, Ballering, Griselda, Berenstein, Ada, Biancardi, Miguel Angel, Espejo Cozzi, Andres, Freillij, Hector, Garcia Bournissen, Facundo, Hernandez, Susana, Moroni, Samanta, Moscatelli, Guillermo, Schwarcz, Marta, Siniawski, Susana, Tarlovsky, Ana   +12 more
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Piplartine as an Innovative Natural Product With Dual Antiparasitic and Immunomodulatory Actions

Journal of Immunology Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) remain a major global health burden, disproportionately affecting low‐ and middle‐income regions and demanding innovative therapeutic strategies. This review summarizes current evidence on piplartine (piperlongumine), a naturally occurring amide from Piper species with broad antiparasitic and immunomodulatory ...
Lucas Fukui-Silva, Felipe C. R. de Souza, Camila S. Amorim, Josué de Moraes, Poorani Gurumallesh Prabu   +4 more
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Zebra stripes: the questions raised by the answers

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 2660-2680, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Multiple hypotheses have been suggested to explain why the three zebra species (Equus quagga, E. grevyi and E. zebra) are striped. We review how well these theories explain the nature (rather than simply the existence) of the stripes. Specifically, we explore how well different theories explain (i) the form of zebra stripes (especially on ...
Hamish M. Ireland, Graeme D. Ruxton
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Insights from a comprehensive study of Trypanosoma cruzi: A new mitochondrial clade restricted to North and Central America and genetic structure of TcI in the region.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
More than 100 years since the first description of Chagas Disease and with over 29,000 new cases annually due to vector transmission (in 2010), American Trypanosomiasis remains a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD).
Raquel Asunción Lima-Cordón, Sara Helms Cahan, Cai McCann, Patricia L Dorn, Silvia Andrade Justi, Antonieta Rodas, María Carlota Monroy, Lori Stevens   +7 more
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The impacts of woody encroachment on nature's contributions to people in North America and Africa: A systematic review

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 11, Page 2585-2601, November 2025.
Abstract Woody encroachment is affecting nature's contributions to people (NCP) in grassy ecosystems around the world, but these impacts have not yet been well summarised. Moreover, the impacts of encroachment are likely to vary depending on the historical ecosystem dynamics, climatic conditions, encroacher species, and the temporal, spatial, cultural ...
Felix Vusumuzi Skhosana, Nicola Stevens, Malebajoa Anicia Maoela, Sally Archibald, Guy Franklin Midgley   +4 more
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Aspectos ecológicos da tripanossomíase americana: XI - domiciliação de Panstrongylus megistus e potencial enzoótico Ecological aspects of South American Trypanosomiasis: XI - domiciliation of Panstrongylus megistus and its enzootic potential

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1977
Foram observadas algumas características de populações locais de Panstrongylus megistus e de mamíferos domiciliados e silvestres. Confirmou-se o papel das matas residuais na permanência local da população triatomínica, bem como o caráter agrupado da ...
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini, Eduardo Olavo da Rocha e Silva, Octávio Alves Ferreira, Ernesto Xavier Rabello, Jair Lício Ferreira Santos, Anísio Ribeiro de Lima   +5 more
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Renal and Hepatic Dysfunction in Malaria Patients in Minna, North Central Nigeria [PDF]

, 2009
Information on kidney and liver involvement in malaria in Africa is still very scanty. Kidney and liver functions were assessed in 70 malaria patients using serum levels of creatinine and urea and urinary protein levels as test indicators of kidney ...
Ogbadoyi, EO, Tsado, RD
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Natural Products from Mexican Medicinal Plants as Promising Trypanocidal Drugs

ChemistrySelect, Volume 10, Issue 37, October 6, 2025.
Chagas disease (American Trypanosomiasis) is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Worldwide it is one of the seventeen neglected tropical diseases. There is a need of new drugs. This review assesses the literature (2012‐2024) of secondary metabolites isolated from Mexican plants active against this parasite.
Karla Daniela Rodríguez‐Hernández, Elia Guadalupe Jaimes‐Castelán, Ricardo Reyes‐Chilpa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source