Detection of Borrelia persica Infection in Ornithodoros Tholo¬Zani Using PCR Targeting RRS Gene and Xenodiagnosis [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2011 Background: Relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica, is an acute tick-borne disease which is transmitted by soft ticks of Ornithodoros tholozani to human.Methods: Value of PCR and xenodiagnosis for detection of B. persica in O.
F Mohtarami +6 more
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Specific humoral depression in chronic patients infected by Trypanosoma cruzi [PDF]
, 1984 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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High correlation between Chagas' disease serology and PCR-based detection of Trypanosoma cruzi kinetoplast DNA in bolivian children living in an endemic area [PDF]
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Bosseno, Marie-France +6 more
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Advances toward diagnostic tools for managing zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis [PDF]
, 2018 Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a life-threatening outcome of Leishmania infantum or Leishmania donovani infection. Dogs are the primary domestic reservoir of L.
Courtenay, Orin +2 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1975 An area believed to be an autochthonous focus for Chagas' disease was investigated in the municipality of Caxias, Rio de Janeiro State. The study included search for domestic triatomine bugs, serological test (IFT and CFT) in persons in whose house ...
J. Rodrigues Coura, Walter B. Petana
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Antigenic Conservation of an Immunodominant Invariable Region of the VlsE Lipoprotein among European Pathogenic Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi SL [PDF]
, 2017 Lyme disease is caused by genetically divergent spirochetes, including 3 pathogenic genospecies: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii, and B. afzelii. Serodiagnosisis complicated by this genetic diversity. A synthetic peptide (C6), based on the
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Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in rhesus macaques following antibiotic treatment of disseminated infection. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The persistence of symptoms in Lyme disease patients following antibiotic therapy, and their causes, continue to be a matter of intense controversy. The studies presented here explore antibiotic efficacy using nonhuman primates.
Monica E Embers +13 more
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The importance of lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitaniae in Portugal [PDF]
, 2014 Borrelia lusitaniae is a pathogen frequent in the Mediterranean area. Apart from lizards, evidence for birds and small mammals as competent reservoirs for this genospecies has been occasional.
Alves, J. +8 more
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Trypanosoma cruzi strain TcI is associated with chronic Chagas disease in the Brazilian Amazon
Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background Chagas disease in the Amazon region is considered an emerging anthropozoonosis with a predominance of the discrete typing units (DTUs) TcI and TcIV.
Rosa Amélia Gonçalves Santana +12 more
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Azlocillin can be the potential drug candidate against drug-tolerant Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto JLB31. [PDF]
, 2020 Lyme disease is one of most common vector-borne diseases, reporting more than 300,000 cases annually in the United States. Treating Lyme disease during its initial stages with traditional tetracycline antibiotics is effective. However, 10-20% of patients
Ahmed, Mohamed Sohail +7 more
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