Potencial de risco da transmissão transfusional da doença de Chagas em Belo Horizonte (MG)
Com o objetivo de se isolar amostras do Trypanosoma cruzi de chagásicos crônicos, foram submetidos a xenodiagnóstico e hemocultura, 59 pacientes provenientes do ambulatório de um dos Hospitais de Belo Horizonte.
Elisabeth Bronfen, Egler Chiari
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High levels of human infection with Trypanosoma cruzi associated with the domestic density of infected vectors and hosts in a rural area of northeastern Argentina [PDF]
Background: Insecticide spraying campaigns designed to suppress the principal vectors of the Chagas disease usually lack an active surveillance system that copes with house reinvasion.
Cardinal, Marta Victoria +5 more
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Leishmaniasis visceral en población infantil y canina en área urbana del municipio de Ovejas, Colombia [PDF]
Introduction: In recent years there have been cases of leishmaniasis in urban areas of Colombia. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in two neighborhoods of Ovejas, Sucre, during August and September 2017.
Bejarano-Martínez, Eduar Elías +2 more
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In order to upgrade the reliability of xenodiagnosis, attention has been directed towards population dynamics of the parasite, with particular interest for the following factors: 1.
Alina Perlowagora Szumlewicz +1 more
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Uso de la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa para el control terapéutico de la infección crónica por trypanosoma cruzi [PDF]
En las normas actuales de tratamiento etiológico de la fase crónica tardía de la enfermedad de Chagas en Argentina, Brasil y la Organización Mundial de la Salud, se recomienda controlar la eficacia terapéutica con pruebas serológicas y parasitológicas ...
Basombrío, Miguel Ángel Manuel +4 more
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Risk factors for cutaneous leishmaniasis transmission in children aged 0 to 5 years in an endemic area of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis [PDF]
With the purpose of identifying risk factors for cutaneous leishmaniasis transmission in children from 0 to 5 years, a matched case-control study was carried out in Corte de Pedra, Bahia, Brazil, an endemic area of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis ...
Ampuero Vela, Julia Sonia +2 more
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Chemotherapy of Chagas' disease: state of the art and perspectives for the development of new drugs [PDF]
Neglected diseases are a major global cause of illness, long-term disability and death. Chagas' disease is a parasitic infection widely distributed throughout Latin America, with devastating consequences in terms of human morbidity and mortality.
ANDRICOPULO, Adriano Defini +5 more
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Human infectiousness and parasite load in chronic patients seropositive for Trypanosoma cruzi in a rural area of the Argentine Chaco [PDF]
A key parameter in the transmission of vector-borne infections, including Chagas disease, is the ability of the different host species to transmit the parasite to the vector (infectiousness).
Bua, Jacqueline Elena +6 more
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Specific humoral depression in chronic patients infected by Trypanosoma cruzi [PDF]
Realizamos um estudo comparativo entre o xenodiagnóstico e os testes sorológicos para a doença de Chagas. Cento e cincoenta pacientes de algumas áreas endêmicas foram estudados.
Antezana, G. +6 more
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A infecção experimental pelo Trypanosoma cruzi foi estudada em nove caprinos jovens. Os animais foram inoculados via intraperitoneal com 10³ tripomastigotas sangüíneos/Kg de peso com as cepas 147 (Grupo 1) e 229 (Grupo 2), isoladas de pacientes ...
Alexandre J. Fernandes +2 more
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