Detection of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies by chimeric antigens in chronic Chagas disease-individuals from endemic South American countries.

Autor: Rodrigo Pimenta Del-Rei, Leonardo Maia Leony, Paola Alejandra Fiorani Celedon, Nilson Ivo Tonin Zanchin, Mitermayer Galvão Dos Reis, Yara de Miranda Gomes, Alejandro Gabriel Schijman, Silvia Andrea Longhi, Fred Luciano Neves Santos

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 4, p e0215623 (2019)

BackgroundLaboratory diagnosis of chronic Chagas disease is a troubling factor due to lack of reference tests. The WHO suggests the use of two distinct commercial serological tests in parallel. The performance of commercial immunoassays might fluctua

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A Cross-Sectional Study ofEntamoeba histolytica/dispar/moshkovskiiComplex in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Autor: Rodrigo Pimenta Del-Rei, Joelma Nascimento de Souza, Helen Cruz de Azevedo, Neci Matos Soares, Flávia Thamiris Figueiredo Pacheco, Fred Luciano Neves Santos, Márcia Cristina Aquino Teixeira

Publikováno v: BioMed Research International, Vol 2019 (2019)
BioMed Research International

Epidemiological studies on species-specificEntamoebainfections are scarce due to the morphological similarity of pathogenicEntamoeba histolyticaand nonpathogenicE. disparandE. moshkovskii. The diagnosis ofE. histolyticais frequently based on coproant

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https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/7523670

Acute Chagas disease in Brazil from 2001 to 2018: A nationwide spatiotemporal analysis

Autor: Alejandro Luquetti Ostermayer, Alberto Novaes Ramos, Carlos Gustavo Regis-Silva, Ângelo Antônio Oliveira Silva, Yara M. Gomes, Wayner Vieira de Souza, Rafaella Albuquerque e Silva, Fred Luciano Neves Santos, Emily Ferreira dos Santos, Leonardo Maia Leony, Natália Erdens Maron de Freitas, Andréa Silvestre de Sousa, Ramona Tavares Daltro, Rodrigo Pimenta Del-Rei, Veruska Maia da Costa

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 8, p e0008445 (2020)

Background In Brazil, acute Chagas disease (ACD) surveillance involves mandatory notification, which allows for population-based epidemiological studies. We conducted a nationwide population-based ecological analysis of the spatiotemporal patterns of

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32745113

Performance of recombinant chimeric proteins in the serological diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs

Autor: Alexandre Barbosa Reis, Natália Erdens Maron de Freitas, Yara M. Gomes, Leonardo Maia Leony, Samanta C. C. Xavier, Cláudia Martins Carneiro, Nilson Ivo Tonin Zanchin, Rodrigo Pimenta Del-Rei, Fred Luciano Neves Santos, Deborah Bittencourt Mothé Fraga, Edmilson Domingos da Silva, Mitermayer G. Reis, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Paola Alejandra Fiorani Celedon, Ana Maria Jansen

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 6, p e0007545 (2019)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Repositório Institucional da UFOP
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)
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Background Dogs are considered sentinels in areas of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission risk to humans. ELISA is generally the method of choice for diagnosing T. cruzi exposure in dogs, but its performance substantially depends on the antigenic matrix em

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https://doaj.org/article/033d94aa00dd4804bb87d7b345e9deb2

Alterations in the lipid profiles and circulating liver enzymes in individuals infected by Schistosoma mansoni

Autor: Leonardo Maia Leony, Fabiana Letícia da Silva, Fred Luciano Neves Santos, Alina Maria Gonzaga Carlos de Souza, Rodrigo Pimenta Del-Rei, Deborah Bittencourt Mothé Fraga

Publikováno v: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Volume: 51, Issue: 6, Pages: 795-801, Published: DEC 2018
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 51, Iss 6, Pp 795-801
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.51 n.6 2018
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
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INTRODUCTION Portal hypertension and periportal fibrosis commonly occur in severe Schistosoma mansoni infection. Changes in lipid profile and elevated levels of circulating liver enzymes have also been described in infected individuals. The present s

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30517533