What makes an effective Chagas disease vector? Factors underlying Trypanosoma cruzi-triatomine interactions

JA de Fuentes-Vicente, AE Gutiérrez-Cabrera… - Acta Tropica, 2018 - Elsevier
The Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which infect blood-
feeding triatomine bugs to finally reach mammal hosts. Chagas disease is endemic in Latin …

Chagas heart disease: report on recent developments

FS Machado, LA Jelicks, LV Kirchhoff… - Cardiology in …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is an important cause of
cardiac disease in endemic areas of Latin America. It is now being diagnosed in …

The repositioned drugs disulfiram/diethyldithiocarbamate combined to benznidazole: Searching for Chagas disease selective therapy, preventing toxicity and drug …

J Almeida-Silva, DS Menezes… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chagas disease (CD) affects at least 6 million people in 21 South American countries
besides several thousand in other nations all over the world. It is estimated that at least …

Neglected tropical protozoan diseases: drug repositioning as a rational option

M Laura Sbaraglini, M Cristina Vanrell… - Current topics in …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Neglected tropical diseases represent a major sanitary problem and a huge economic
burden to endemic countries, and are currently expanding to non-endemic countries owing …

Electrochemical biosensing for the diagnosis of viral infections and tropical diseases

S Campuzano, P Yáñez‐Sedeño… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid and reliable diagnosis of viral infections and tropical diseases and timely initiation of
appropriate treatment are essential for their successful clinical management. This Review …

In vitro antiparasitic activity and chemical composition of the essential oil obtained from the fruits of Piper cubeba

VR Esperandim, D da Silva Ferreira… - Planta …, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
Protozoans of the trypanosomatid family cause the neglected tropical diseases
leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis, for which few drugs are available. In this context our …

[HTML][HTML] Teledermatology in the control of skin neglected tropical diseases: A systematic review

TP Joshi, V Ren - Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We performed a systematic literature search using the Texas Medical Center
Library One Search, which scans 167 databases, including Embase, PubMed, and Scopus …

Relationships between altitude, triatomine (Triatoma dimidiata) immune response and virulence of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of Chagas' disease

JA DE FUENTES‐VICENTE… - Medical and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Little is known about how the virulence of a human pathogen varies in the environment it
shares with its vector. This study focused on whether the virulence of Trypanosoma cruzi …

Sensitivity and Specificity of two rapid tests for the diagnosis of infection by Trypanosoma cruzi in a Colombian population

SH Suescún-Carrero… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Objective To evaluate diagnostic precision of two rapid diagnostic tests (RDT's) on patients
with chronic Chagas disease. Methodology Prospective study with the following inclusion …

[HTML][HTML] MIF synergizes with Trypanosoma cruzi antigens to promote efficient dendritic cell maturation and IL-12 production via p38 MAPK

CA Terrazas, EK Huitron, A Vazquez… - … Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) has been found to be involved in host
resistance to several parasitic infections. To determine the mechanisms of the MIF …