Browsing by Subject "Xenodiagnosis"
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(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2007)Background: After the interruption of the transmission of Chagas disease via vector insects in Chile, there is little available epidemiological information about this parasitosis in blood banks. Aim: To update the rates ...
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(2011)Objectives: This study compared three parasitological methods applied simultaneously in individuals with untreated chronic Chagas' disease in order to determine their individual and combined performances. Methods: From a ...
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(BioMed Central Ltd., 2016)© 2016 The Author(s).Background: Trypanosoma cruzi multiplies and differentiates in the digestive tract of triatomine insects. Xenodiagnosis (XD) is a parasitological tool in which the insect vectors acts as a biological ...
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(2012)Background: The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has proved to be a sensitive technique to detect Trypanosoma cruzi in the chronic phase of Chagas disease, which is characterized by low and fluctuating parasitemia. Another ...
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(BIOMED Central Ltd., 2017)Background: Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi is considered a major public health problem in America. After an acute phase the disease changes to a chronic phase with very low parasitemia. The parasite presents ...
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(Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, 1999)