Browsing by Author "Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo"
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Avendaño, Luise; Larrañaga, Carmen; Palomino Montenegro, María Angélica; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Montaldo, Gustavo; Suárez, MÓnica; Diaz, Armando (1991)Nasopharyngeal aspirates were obtained on admission from 614 patients younger than 2 years of age who were hospitalized in a ward for acute respiratory infections from June 1988 through October, 1989, in Santiago, Chile. ...
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Martínez Martínez, Regina; Pinto Pinto, Andrea Alejandra; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Arroyave, (1991)We evaluated the usefulness of the direct immunofluorescence test with monoclonal antibodies and the enzyme immunoassay in comparison with isolation in cell cultures for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis in 55 ...
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Camus Tobar, Carolina (Universidad de Chile, 2011)Fundamentos: Parvovirus B19 (PV-B19) pertenece a la familia Parvoviridae, género Eritrovirus. Es un virus ADN de hebra simple que presenta secuencias palindrómicas en sus extremos. Es muy prevalente en la población general, ...
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Martínez Galofre, María Jose; Moreno Moreno, Claudia; Levicán, Jorge; Peña, Mónica; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Chnaiderman Figueroa, Jonás (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2016)Introduction: Polyomavirus BK (BKPyV) and JC (JCPyV) are persistent pathogens able to reactivate in immunocompromised patients, involving mostly urinary and central nervous system. There are no Chilean studies in HIV ...
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Fumian, Tulio M.; Leite, José Paulo G.; Castello, Alejandro A.; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Caillou, Maria Susana L.de; Miagostovich, Marize P. (2010)Group A rotaviruses (RV-A) are the most common agents of viral gastroenteritis in children worldwide. The goal of this study was to compare two different methods to concentrate RV-A from sewage samples and to improve the ...
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Levican, Jorge; Navas, Esteban; Orizola, Joaquín; Avendaño, Luis; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo (2013)We detected human bocavirus in 89 (19.3%) of 462 fecal samples collected during 3 periods from 1985 through 2010 from children <5 years of age in Chile who were hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis. Our findings ...
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O'Ryan Gallardo, Miguel; Mamani, Nora; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Avendaño, Luis Fidel C.; Prieto, Susana; Peña, Alfredo; Jiang, Xi; Matson, David O. (2000)Human caliciviruses (HuCVs) are increasingly recognized as common pathogens that cause acute sporadic diarrhea in children; however, regional antigenic and genetic diversity complicate detection techniques. Stool samples ...
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Puente, Javier; Miranda, Daniela; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Maturana, Daniel; Godoy,; Salazar, G.; Sepulveda, Maritza (1991)It is well known that an immunosuppressive response occurs after acute trauma. Some cellular mediators participate in the pathogenesis of septic shock. However, the exact role of the lymphocyte subsets and natural killer ...
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Cáceres Riquelme, Arturo Eduardo (Universidad de Chile, 2017)La infección por parvovirus canino tipo 2 (CPV-2) es una de las principales causas de enteritis hemorrágica en perros de todo el mundo y contar con una técnica de diagnóstico que sea altamente sensible es fundamental para ...
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Diaz, Patricia V.; Pinto, Ricardo A.; Mamani, Rossana; Uasapud, Paola A.; Bono Merino, María Rosa; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Guerrero, Julia; Goecke Sariego, Irmgadt (2012)OBJECTIVES: The majority of studies on glucocorticoid treatment in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis concluded that there are no beneficial effects. We hypothesized that RSV-infected patients may have an ...
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Levican, Jorge; Levican, Arturo; Ampuero, Manuel; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo (Elsevier B.V., 2019)Human polyomavirus JC (JCPyV) is a widely distributed viral agent and because it high resistance against environmental conditions it is frequently recovered from diverse sources of water and is considered a good marker for ...
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Gheit, Tarik; Muñoz, Juan Pablo; Levican, Jorge; González, Carolina; Ampuero Llanos, Sandra; Parra, Bárbara; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Corvalán, Alejandro H.; Uribe Meneses, Manuel Ángel; Tommasino, Massimo; Aguayo, Francisco (2012)Lung cancer is a leading pathology strongly associated with the smoking habit. However, a viral etiology for a subset of patients developing lung cancer has been suggested. Polyomaviruses (PyVs) are small double stranded ...
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Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Avendano, Octavio; Fernández, Virginia; Spencer, Nicolás (1992)We studied the transmission of rotavirus (RV) in 950 patients under 2 years of age hospitalized for diarrhea in Santiago, Chile. Stool samples were collected every other day from all patients during their entire hospital ...
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Lévican, Jorge; Torres, Mauricio; Gaggero, Nicolás; Corvalán, Rosa; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo (2011)Background: Parvovirus B19 (B19) is associated with a wide range of diseases in humans, whose severity depends on the immunological and hematological status of the host. It is transmitted mainly through the airway but also ...
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Larrañaga, Carmen; León, Oscar; Díaz, Patricia; Miranda, Marta; Norambuena, Ximena; Pérez, Marcela; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo (2007)Parvovirus B19 infection is associated with a wide variety of symptoms and signs, and given that some clinical features, such as anemia, arthropathy and rash may be attributable to other causes, laboratory diagnosis of B19 ...
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Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; O'Ryan Gallardo, Miguel; Noel, Jacqueline S.; Glass, Roger I.; Monroe, Stephan S.; Mamani, Nora; Prado Jiménez, Valeria; Avendaño, Luis F. (1998)The frequency of astrovirus infection in 456 Chilean children with diarrhea was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, reverse transcriptase PCR, and cell culture. Astrovirus was detected in 16.5% of rotavirus-negative ...
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Díaz, Patricia V.; Valdivia, Gonzalo; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Bono Merino, María Rosa; Zepeda Flores, Guillermo; Rivas, Mabel; Uasapud, Paola A.; Pinto, Ricardo A.; Boza, María Lina; Guerrero, Julia (Lippicott Williams & Wilkins, 2015)Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human rhinovirus (HRV) respiratory infection in children induce production of inflammatory interleukins (ILs) in the respiratory epithelium. As IL(s) determine the severity of illness, ...
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Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Escanilla,; Larrañaga Larrañaga, Carmen; Uribe,; Espejo, (1995)We studied the evolution of HIV-1 infection and immune response during six years in two twins born from an infected mother. The children had a continuous progression of the infection, proved by CD4+ cell count, serum ...
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Respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants is associated with predominant Th-2-1ike response Román, Mariana; Calhoun, William J.; Hinton, Kim L.; Avendaño, Luis F.; Simon, Valeska; Escobar, Ana M.; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Díaz, Patricia V. (American Thoracic Society, 1997)Viral infections have been associated with cellular immune responses and production of Th-1 cytokines. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), however, induces virus-specific IgE, which might be a consequence of a Th-2-like ...
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Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Rivera, Joselin; Calquín, Elizabeth; Larrañaga Larrañaga, Carmen; León, Oscar; Díaz, Patricia; Gaggero, Nicolás (2007)Background: Parvovirus B19 (B19) is associated with a wide range of disease manifestations, whose severity depends on the immunological and hematological status of the host. Infection with B19 has been reported worldwide ...