[Chronic Chagas' disease: from xenodiagnosis and hemoculture to polymerase chain reaction].
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2004 Although there has been an improvement in the diagnosis of chronic Chagas' disease, the low sensitivity of indirect parasitological tests is a drawback to its application in diagnosis and post-therapeutic control.
Ana Angélica Bulcão Portela-Lindoso
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Doença de Chagas crônica: do xenodiagnóstico e hemocultura à reação em cadeia da polimerase
Revista de Saúde PúblicaEmbora tenham ocorrido aprimoramentos no diagnóstico parasitológico da doença de Chagas crônica, a baixa sensibilidade dos exames indiretos é uma limitação para sua aplicação ao diagnóstico e controle pós-terapêutico.
Ana Angélica Bulcão Portela-Lindoso +1 more
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Natural Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs of endemic areas of the Argentine Republic
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1989 The population dynamics and the prevalence of chagasic infection of 352 dogs living in 108 rural houses infested by triatomines were studied. The region was divided into three sections according to increasing distances to an urban area.
Marta A. Lauricella +4 more
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Use of the polymerase-chain reaction (PCR) for early evaluation of etiological treatment in young adults chronically infected with Trypanosoma cruzi [PDF]
, 2006 Fourteen patients (age limits: 18-30) chronically infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and presenting positive blood PCR reactions, were submitted to etiological treatment with benznidazole, in Salta, Argentina.
Basombrio, Miguel Angel Manuel +7 more
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Rapid Detection of Leishmania infantum Infection in Dogs: Comparative Study Using an Immunochromatographic Dipstick Test, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, and PCR [PDF]
, 2002 Current zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) control programs in Brazil include the culling of Leishmania infantum-infected reservoir dogs, a strategy that has failed to prevent a rise of canine and human ZVL cases over the past decade.
Bruce Alex +8 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.
Abad-Franch, Fernando +2 more
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Assessing reservoir host status in leishmaniasis with special reference to the infectiousness of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infections in wild rodents. [PDF]
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop, 2023 Shaw JJ +3 more
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Mode of Inoculation of the Lyme Disease Agent Borrelia burgdorferi Influences Infection and Immune Responses in Inbred Strains of Mice [PDF]
, 2017 Mice were infected with Borrelia burgdorferi by infection via Ixodes ricinus and experimental inoculation to determine whether transmission rates of spirochetes and antibody responses are influenced.
Gern, Lise +2 more
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The Infection Rates of Trypanosomes in Squirrel Monkeys at Two Sites in the Brazilian Amazon
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1997 A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of natural infections by trypanosome species in squirrel monkeys: Saimiri sciureus (Linnaeus) and Saimiri ustus (Geoffroy) caught respectively near 2 hydroelectric plants: Balbina, in the State of ...
Mariangela Ziccardi +1 more
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Estudo comparativo entre o xenodiagnóstico natural e o artificial, em chagásicos crônicos
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1995 Foram realizados, simultaneamente, os xenodiagnósticos natural e artificial em 57 pacientes chagásicos, na fase crônica, com idades entre 26 e 83 anos, sendo 26 do sexo masculino e 31 do feminino, todos com sorologia reativa.
Adelair Helena dos Santos +2 more
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