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Paredes Esparza, Rodolfo; Jiménez Ortiz, Verónica; Cabrera Vallejos, Gonzalo; Iragüen Contreras, Daniela; Galanti Garrone, Norbel (2007)Echinococcus granulosus is a parasitic cestode causing hydatidosis in intermediate hosts (human and herbivorous). Most symptoms of the disease occur by the pressure exerted on viscera by cysts that are formed upon ingestion ...
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Cabrera, G.; Barría, C.; Fernández, C. O.; Sepúlveda, S.; Valenzuela, L.; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Galanti Garrone, Norbel (2011)Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasitic protozoan, is the etiological agent of Chagas disease, an endemic and neglected pathology in Latin America. It presents a life cycle that involves a hematophagous insect and man as well as ...
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Sepúlveda, S.; Valenzuela, L.; Ponce, I.; Sierra, S.; Bahamondes, P.; Ramirez, S.; Rojas, V.; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Cabrera, G. (2014)Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease. The parasite has to overcome oxidative damage by ROS/RNS all along its life cycle to survive and to establish a chronic infection. We propose that T. cruzi is ...
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Cabrera, G.; Espinoza, I.; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Galanti Garrone, Norbel (2010)Mesocestodes corti has the capacity to develop from the tetrathyridium (larva) stage to adult worm in vitro by trypsin and serum stimulation. Consequently, it has been used as an experimental model system for studying ...
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Castillo, C.; López-Muñoz, R.; Duaso, J.; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Jaña, F.; Ferreira, J.; Cabrera, G.; Maya Arango, Juan; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (2012)Background: Chagas' disease is caused by the haemophlagelated protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). During congenital transmission the parasite breaks down the placental barrier. In the present study we analyzed the ...
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Duaso, J.; Rojo, G.; Jaña, F.; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Cabrera, G.; Bosco, C.; López Muñoz, Rodrigo; Maya Arango, Juan; Ferreira, J.; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (2011)Chagas' disease, produced by the haemoflagellated protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), is one of the most frequent endemic diseases in Latin America. In spite that in the past few years T. cruzi congenital transmission ...
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Duaso, J.; Rojo, G.; Cabrera, G.; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Bosco, C.; Maya Arango, Juan; Morello Casté, Antonio; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Elsevier, 2010)Congenital Chagas’ disease, endemic in Latin America and also present with lower frequency in other countries, is associated with premature labor, miscarriage, and placentitis. The mechanism of tissue invasion and infection ...