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Expression of fluorescent genes in trypanosoma cruzi and trypanosoma rangeli (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae): Its application to parasite-vector biology
(Journal of Medical Entomology 42(1), 2005-01)
Update on Chagas disease in Venezuela - A review
(Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 99(8): 781-787, December 2004, 2004-12)
The present article reviews the status of Chagas disease in Venezuela based on the detection of Trypanosoma cruzi infections both in referred patients with clinical presumptive diagnosis (1988-2002) and in individuals ...
Estudio epidemiológico de Leishmaniasis visceral en El Limón, al norte del estado Lara, Venezuela
(Boletín de malariología y salud ambiental. Vol. XLIV, Nº 2, agosto-diciembre, 2004, 2004-12)
El Limón es una comunidad rural ubicada en el Municipio Urdaneta, al Norte del Estado Lara, que limita al Norte con el Municipio Unión,Estado Falcón, Venezuela, una conocida área endémica de leishmaniasis visceral. Debido ...
Predominance of lineage I among Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from Venezuelan patients with different clinical profiles of acute Chagas’ disease
(Tropical Medicine and International Health. volume 9 no 12, december 2004, 2004-12)
Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from 23 acute chagasic patients from localities of Western Venezuela (state
of Barinas) where Chagas’ disease is endemic were typed using ribosomal and mini-exon gene markers.
Results showed that ...
La cara oculta de la enfermedad de Chagas en Venezuela
(Boletín de malariología y salud ambiental. Vol. XLII, Nº 2, agosto-diciembre, 2003, 2003-12)
Se presenta un estudio multidisciplinario y multicéntrico llevado a cabo durante el período 1988 - 2003 por investigadores de 10 instituciones venezolanas con la finalidad de aportar nuevos datos sobre la situación ...
Detection of trypanosoma cruzi and trypanosoma rangeli infection by duplex PCR assay based on telomeric sequences
(CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY, Sept. 2003, 2003-09)
Detection of amastigote-like forms in the valve of phlebotomus papatasi Infected with Leishmania major
(Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 98(4), 2003-06)
A massive and homogeneous amount of amastigote-like forms was detected in the stomodeal valve (SV) and the
thoracic mid-gut (TMG) of Leishmania major-infected Phlebotomus papatasi, which received a second blood meal
13 to ...
Detection of Leishmania causing visceral Leishmaniasis in the old and new worlds by a polymerase chain reaction assay based on telomeric sequences
(Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 65(5), 2001, 2001)
We present a new polymerase chain reaction assay based on telomeric sequences of Leishmania donovani.
When this assay was used in dilutions of purified L. donovani DNA, a strong amplification signal was observed
with 1 fg ...
Detection and significance of inapparent infection in chagas disease in western Venezuela
(Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 65(3), 2001, 2001)
Inapparent infections of Trypanosoma cruzi were detected in symptomless seropositive people living
in close proximity, and under the same conditions of risk, to patients with acute Chagas disease. Similar
infections were ...
Acute chagas’ disease in western Venezuela: A clinical, seroparasitologic, and epidemiologic study
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1999-02)
A clinical, parasitologic, and serologic study carried out between 1988 and 1996 on 59 acute-phase
patients in areas of western Venezuela where Chagas’ disease is endemic showed 19 symptomatic patterns or groups
of symptoms ...