Parasitemia constante durante 24 horas consecutivas na infecção experimental pelo Trypanosoma cruzi
Observou-se aparasitemia horária do Trypanosoma cruzi através de hemoscopias e de xenodiagnósticos horários, em camundongos na fase aguda da infecção e em cobaias e camundongos na fase crônica. O número de T.
Ítalo A. Sherlock
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[Chronic Chagas' disease: from xenodiagnosis and hemoculture to polymerase chain reaction].
Embora 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. A reação em cadeia da polimerase (PCR) tem seu emprego restrito na rotina diagnóstica pela necessidade de infra-estrutura adequada ...
Portela-Lindoso, Ana Angélica Bulcão +1 more
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The genomes of Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania major have been sequenced, but the phylogenetic relationships of these three protozoa remain uncertain.
Gaunt, Michael W +4 more
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[Xenodiagnosis in Chagas disease: influence of the triatominae sex].
We evaluated, comparatively, the performance of female and male Triatoma infestans in the 5th instar of development, in xenodiagnosis for Chagas' disease. Xenodiagnosis were done in 40 patients with chronic infectans. For each diagnosis 20 nymphs female and 20 nymphs males were used, which were weighed immediately before and after the meal.
E V, Nunes +7 more
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Tratamento da forma indeterminada da doença de Chagas com nifurtimox e benzonidazol
Cem portadores da forma indeterminada da doença de Chagas, com xenodiagnóstico e sorologia positivos, foram tratados no período de 1965 a 1985. Destes, metade, com nifurtimox (Bayer) e os outros cinqüenta, com benzonidazol(Roche).
Humberto de Oliveira Ferreira
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Review of Chagas Disease and Treatment Obstacles to Eradication [PDF]
The World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control reports Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, as a major neglected tropical disease prevalent in 21 endemic Latin American countries.
Sherman, Emily
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Xenodiagnosis: use of mosquitoes for the diagnosis of arboviral infections.
The arboviruses have a worldwide distribution and, mosquitoes and ticks contribute principally in their transmission. In the last two decades, arboviral diseases have been recognised due to their resurgence and spread in newer geographic areas. Surveys to determine the prevalence of arboviruses in any region largely depend on the isolation attempts ...
D T, Mourya, M D, Gokhale, R, Kumar
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Chagas' disease in Bolivia : clinical and epidemiological features and zymodeme variability of Trypanosoma cruzi strains isolated from patients [PDF]
Aparicio, G. +5 more
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[Comparison between classical and artificial xenodiagnosis in chronic Chagas disease].
Classical and artificial xenodiagnostic techniques made with Dipetalogaster maximus of first stage were performed simultaneously in 57 patients with chronic T. cruzi infection (22 male and 35 female patients, aged 7-80 years). With the exception of two patients with megaoesophagus, all had two previous positive serological reaction and a further test ...
J P, Pineda, A, Luquetti, C, Castro
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Bases para a avaliação do tratamento específico da doença de Chagas humana segundo a parasitemia
Os Autores propõem a padronização de métodos para se avaliarem os resultados de ensaios de terapêutica específica da doença de Chagas, a fim de se firmarem critérios seguros de interpretação.
J. Romeu Cançado +6 more
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