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Natural and synthetic naphthoquinones active against Trypanosoma cruzi: An initial step towards new drugs for chagas disease
(2011)
Chagas disease is one of the most important endemic diseases in Latin America, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. The drugs used for the treatment of this disease, nifurtimox and benznidazole, are toxic and present severe side ...
Chronic Chagas cardiopathy in Chile. Importance of Trypanosoma cruzi burden and clinical evaluation
(Elsevier, 2016)
Currently there are no biological markers to indicate which individuals with chronic indeterminate period of Chagas disease develop heart disease and who will remain all his life in this phase. The aim of this survey was ...
Assessing the risk zones of chagas’ disease in chile, in a world marked by global climatic change
(Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, 2018)
© 2018, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. All rights reserved. BACKGROUND Vector transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi appears to be interrupted in Chile; however, data show increasing incidence of Chagas’ disease, raising concerns that ...
Enfermedad de Chagas: de las tendencias epidemiológicas rurales a su urbanización en países desarrollados. Revisión de la literatura
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Bogotá - Facultad de Odontología, 2015-07-01)
Introducción: es necesario ver la Enfermedad de Chagas en toda su complejidad, desde miradas inter y transdisciplinares que permitan integrar el conocimiento de distintas áreas con el saber popular en pro de crear condiciones ...
Preliminary Studies on Temperature Selection and Activity Cycles of Triatoma infestans and T. spinolai (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), Chilean Vectors of Chagas' Disease
(Entomological Society of America, 1997)
Preferred temperature and activity patterns of Triatoma infestans Klug and Triatoma spinolai Porter were studied, both are vectors of Chagas' disease in Chile. In the laboratory, 24 T. spinolai and 18 T. infestans were ...
Temporal Variation of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Native Mammals in Chile
(2010)
In the present study, we compared Trypanosoma cruzi infection in four native mammals from a hyperendemic
area of Chagas disease in Chile for two different periods to assess the occurrence of interannual variation (1999–
2000 ...
Primer hallazgo de vectores de la enfermedad de Chagas asociados a matorrales silvestres en la Región Metropolitana, Chile
(2006)
Background: Insects of the subfamily triatominae are the biological
vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of Chagas disease. Aim: To search for wild colonies of
triatomines in the Metropolitan Region of Chile. ...
Effects of mammal host diversity and density on the infection level of Trypanosoma cruzi in sylvatic kissing bugs
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2014)
© 2014 The Royal Entomological Society. Several reports have described host species diversity and identity as the most important factors influencing disease risk, producing either dilution or amplification of the pathogen ...
Comparison of seven diagnostic tests to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in patients in chronic phase of Chagas disease.
(2015-02-10)
Objective: To compare the diagnostic performance of seven methods to determine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in patients with chronic Chagas disease.
Methods: Analytical study, using the case-control design, which included ...
Commercial reagents in the diagnosis of Chagas' disease
(1990)
The great diversity of commercially available products for the serologic diagnosis of Chagas disease led us to conduct a study of these products in comparison with the indirect immunofluorescence test. Percent agreement ...