Monocytes from Uninfected Neonates Born to Trypanosoma cruzi-Infected Mothers Display Upregulated Capacity to Produce TNF-α and to Control Infection in Association with Maternally Transferred Antibodies

Autor: Amilcar Flores, Cristina Alonso-Vega, Emmanuel Hermann, Mary-Cruz Torrico, Nair Alaide Montaño Villarroel, Faustino Torrico, Yves Carlier, Carine Truyens

Publikováno v: Pathogens, Vol 12, Iss 9, p 1103 (2023)

Activated monocytes/macrophages that produce inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide are crucial for controlling Trypanosoma cruzi infection. We previously showed that uninfected newborns from T. cruzi infected mothers (M+B- newborns) were sensitized

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Clinical and immunological characteristics of tegumentary leishmaniasis cases in Bolivia.

Autor: Cristina Ballart, Mary Cruz Torrico, Gisela Vidal, Faustino Torrico, Daniel Lozano, Montserrat Gállego, Lilian Pinto, Ernesto Rojas, Ruth Aguilar, Carlota Dobaño, Sonia Ares-Gomez, Albert Picado

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 3, p e0009223 (2021)

BackgroundTegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) is a parasitic disease that can present a cutaneous or mucocutaneous clinical form (CL and MCL, respectively). The disease is caused by different Leishmania species and transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies.

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A simple parasitological technique to increase detection of Strongyloides stercoralis in Bolivian primary health care system

Autor: Ivana, Camacho-Alvarez, Elia M, Chavez-Mamani, Goyens, Philippe, Jenny M, Luizaga-López, Mary Cruz, Torrico, Laurent, Gétaz, Frédérique, Jacobs

Background Strongyloides stercoralis is widespread; however, there is limited information on its prevalence owing to laboratory underestimation and low clinical manifestations. The Baermann method and agar culture stand out among the parasitological

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https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1752032/v1

Molecular detection and parasite load of Trypanosoma cruzi in digestive tract tissue of Chagas disease patients affected by megacolon

Autor: Lilian Pinto, Alejandro G. Schijman, Julio Alonso-Padilla, Daniel Lozano, Mary Cruz Torrico, Pietro Gamba, Margarita Torrez, Vania Lozada, Karina Cartagena, Jareth Sanchez, Faustino Torrico, Joaquim Gascon

Publikováno v: Acta tropica. 235

Chagas disease, caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite in the Americas affects ∼ 7 million people, 30% with cardiac tissue damage and 10-15% with digestive disorders. In this study, we have developed a protocol to detect the presence of the paras

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35932843

Tegumentary leishmaniasis by Leishmania braziliensis complex in Cochabamba, Bolivia including the presence of L. braziliensis outlier: Tegumentary leishmaniasis in Cochabamba, Bolivia

Autor: Anna Fernández-Arévalo, Mary Cruz Torrico, Faustino Torrico, Montserrat Gállego, Alba Abras, Daniel Lozano, Marco Solano, Eva Ariza, Ernesto Rojas, Silvia Tebar, Carmen Muñoz, Joaquim Gascon, Albert Picado, Cristina Ballart

Publikováno v: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2021, vol. Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue
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Leishmaniasis is caused by protozoans of the Leishmania genus, which includes more than 20 species capable of infecting humans worldwide. In the Americas, the most widespread specie is L. braziliensis, present in 18 countries including Bolivia. The t

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