Assessing antibody decline after chemotherapy of early chronic Chagas disease patients

Autor: Niamh Murphy, M. Victoria Cardinal, Tapan Bhattacharyya, Gustavo F. Enriquez, Natalia P. Macchiaverna, Alejandra Alvedro, Héctor Freilij, Pablo Martinez de Salazar, Israel Molina, Pascal Mertens, Quentin Gilleman, Ricardo E. Gürtler, Michael A. Miles

Publikováno v: Parasites & Vectors, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)

Abstract Background Chagas disease remains a significant public health problem in Latin America. There are only two chemotherapy drugs, nifurtimox and benznidazole, and both may have severe side effects. After complete chemotherapy of acute cases, se

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Human Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Argentinean Chaco: risk factors and identification of households with infected children for treatment

Autor: Natalia P. Macchiaverna, Gustavo F. Enriquez, M Sol Gaspe, Lucía I. Rodríguez-Planes, Patricia R. Martinez, Ricardo E. Gürtler, M Victoria Cardinal

Publikováno v: Parasites & Vectors, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2024)

Abstract Background Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease (NTD). Cost-effective strategies for large-scale implementation of diagnosis and etiological treatment are urgently needed to comply with NTD control goals. We determined the seroprev

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/9491e6ce070e409986ebb1cb98ef4866

Assessing antibody decline after chemotherapy of early chronic Chagas disease patients

Autor: Pablo Martinez de Salazar, Pascal Mertens, Israel Molina, Michael A. Miles, Héctor Freilij, Quentin Gilleman, M. Victoria Cardinal, Niamh Murphy, Natalia Paula Macchiaverna, Gustavo Fabián Enriquez, Ricardo E. Gürtler, Tapan Bhattacharyya, Alejandra Alvedro

Publikováno v: Parasites & Vectors
Parasites & Vectors, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)

Background Chagas disease remains a significant public health problem in Latin America. There are only two chemotherapy drugs, nifurtimox and benznidazole, and both may have severe side effects. After complete chemotherapy of acute cases, seropositiv

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34670602

MOESM1 of Lineage-specific rapid diagnostic tests can resolve Trypanosoma cruzi TcII/V/VI ecological and epidemiological associations in the Argentine Chaco

Autor: Murphy, Niamh, Macchiaverna, Natalia, M. Victoria Cardinal, Bhattacharyya, Tapan, Mertens, Pascal, Zeippen, Nicolas, Gustin, Yves, Gilleman, Quentin, GĂźrtler, Ricardo, Miles, Michael

Additional file 1: Table S1. Trypanosoma cruzi lineage-specific peptides (TSSApep), with polymorphisms underlined. Table S2. Available corresponding T. cruzi genotyping information from humans and animals tested by TSSA lineage-specific serology.

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Improving access to Chagas disease diagnosis and etiologic treatment in remote rural communities of the Argentine Chaco through strengthened primary health care and broad social participation

Autor: Ricardo E. Gürtler, Jacqueline Búa, Paula Sartor, M. Victoria Cardinal, Ivana Colaianni, Héctor Freilij

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 2, p e0005336 (2017)
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Background Rural populations in the Gran Chaco region have large prevalence rates of Trypanosoma cruzi infection and very limited access to diagnosis and treatment. We implemented an innovative strategy to bridge these gaps in 13 rural villages of Pa

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https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0005336