Browsing by Subject "Chagas' disease"
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(1992)Ninety-one Chilean, 15 Bolivian, and 9 Argentinian Trypanosoma cruzi stocks, isolated from various hosts and vectors, were characterized by schizodeme analysis with EcoRI and MspI endonucleases. The three major similar ...
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(2009)The aim of this work was to determine the impact of specific hosts on a population of Mepraia spinolai (Porter) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), a sylvatic vector of Chagas' disease in Chile. We assessed whether a recently introduced ...
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(Bentham Science Publishers B.V., 2014)In trypanosomatids, redox homeostasis is centered on trypanothione (N 1,N8-bis(glutathionyl)spermidine, T(SH)2), a low molecular weight thiol that is distinctive for this taxonomic family and not present in the mammalian ...
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(2011)The traditional transmission pathways of Chagas' disease are vectorial, transfusional, transplacental and organ transplantation. However, oral transmission is gaining importance. The first evidence of oral transmission was ...
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(Elsevier, 2014)Pentamidine is an antiprotozoal and fungicide drug used in the treatment of leishmaniasis and African trypanosomiasis. Despite its extensive use as antiparasitic drug, little evidence exists about the effect of pentamidine ...
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(Entomological Society of America, 1997)Preferred temperature and activity patterns of Triatoma infestans Klug and Triatoma spinolai Porter were studied, both are vectors of Chagas' disease in Chile. In the laboratory, 24 T. spinolai and 18 T. infestans were ...
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(2011)The traditional transmission pathways of Chagas' disease are vectorial, transfusional, transplacental and organ transplantation. However, oral transmission is gaining importance. The fi rst evidence of oral transmission ...
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(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2011-02)
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(2009)Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) is the causative agent of Chagas' disease, an endemic and chronic illness that affects 18 million people in Latin America. The mechanisms underlying its pathogenesis are controversial. There ...
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(1990)The following phenolic antioxidant food additives were evaluated against Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes: BHT, BHA, gallic acid and its methyl, propyl, octyl, and lauryl esters, 2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-(4-methoxybenzyl)-phenol, ...