Intro: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a fatal form of leishmaniasis caused by protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bites of blood sucking vector sand fly Phlebotomous argentipes.
O.P. Singh+5 more
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O xenodiagnostico e os critérios para avaliar o nivel de parasitemia do paciente chagásico crônico
A sensibilidade do xenodiagnóstico e sua relação com a parasitemia da fase crônica da doença de Chagas foi verificada em 104 pacientes crônicos. As ninfas das espécies de triatomineos, simultaneamente utilizadas nos xenodiagnósticos destes pacientes ...
Elisabeth Bronfen+1 more
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Definition of a diagnostic routine in individuals with inconclusive serology for chagas disease
Despite the existence of highly sensitive tests, inconclusive serological results are frequent in chronic chagasic infection. This study aimed to define a diagnostic conduct for 30 individuals with inconclusive serology (G3) for chagasic infection ...
Mariele Cristina Modolo Picka+4 more
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High levels of infectiousness of asymptomatic Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infections in wild rodents highlights their importance in the epidemiology of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Brazil. [PDF]
Marinho-Júnior JF+7 more
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Livestock and rodents within an endemic focus of Visceral Leishmaniasis are not reservoir hosts for Leishmania donovani. [PDF]
Kushwaha AK+18 more
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O xenodiagnóstico na doença de Chagas: influência do sexo dos triatomíneos
Foi avaliado, comparativamente, o desempenho de fêmeas e machos de Triatoma infestans, em 5º estádio de desenvolvimento, em xenodiagnósticospara a tripanossomiase americana.
Elisabeth Visone Nunes+7 more
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Incidence of Human and Free-Ranging Wild Rodent Infections with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, Aetiological Agent of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. [PDF]
Courtenay O+5 more
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In vitro and in vivo evaluation of cephalosporins for the treatment of Lyme disease. [PDF]
BackgroundLyme disease accounts for >90% of all vector-borne disease cases in the United States and affect ~300,000 persons annually in North America.
Ambati, Aditya+9 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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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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