Bioactivity of synthetic peptides from Ecuadorian frog skin secretions against Leishmania mexicana, Plasmodium falciparum, and Trypanosoma cruzi

Autor: Carolina Proaño-Bolaños, Giovanna Morán-Marcillo, Nina Espinosa de los Monteros-Silva, Sebastián Bermúdez-Puga, Mateo A. Salazar, Ailín Blasco-Zúñiga, Sebastián Cuesta, Carolina Molina, Franklin Espinosa, Lorena Meneses, Patricio Rojas-Silva, Sonia Zapata Mena, Fabián E. Sáenz, Miryan Rivera I., Jaime A. Costales

Publikováno v: Microbiology Spectrum, Vol 12, Iss 8 (2024)

ABSTRACT Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, and malaria are major parasitic diseases disproportionately affecting the underprivileged population in developing nations. Finding new, alternative anti-parasitic compounds to treat these diseases is crucial b

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Identification of human leukocyte antigen in precancerous and cancerous cervical lesions from Ecuadorian women

Autor: María José Mora, Rosa de los Ángeles Bayas-Rea, Lorena Mejía, Cecilia Cruz, Sara Guerra, Pamela Calle, Diana Muñoz Sandoval, Juan Miguel Galarza, Sonia Zapata-Mena

Publikováno v: Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases. 105

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in women. Worldwide, it is a public health problem with around 604,127 women diagnosed per year and 341,831 deaths. Cervical cancer and persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36108945

Molecular phylogeny of 42 species of Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from three continents

Autor: Bruno Mathieu, Jérôme Depaquit, Sonia Zapata Mena, Gabriel Trueba, Darine Slama, Véronique Barriel, Sylvia Smolis, Leila Hadj-Henni, Matthieu L. Kaltenbach, Nil Rahola, Fano José Randrianambinintsoa, Denis Augot

Publikováno v: Parasite
Parasite, 2017, 24, pp.23. ⟨10.1051/parasite/2017020⟩
Parasite, EDP Sciences, 2017, 24, pp.23. ⟨10.1051/parasite/2017020⟩
Parasite, Vol 24, p 23 (2017)

International audience; The genus Culicoides includes vectors of important animal diseases such as bluetongue and Schmallenberg virus (BTV and SBV). This genus includes 1300 species classified in 32 subgenera and 38 unclassified species. However, the

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http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070265