Objetivo: Analizar las principales alteraciones electrocardiográficas en pacientes con Enfermedad de Chagas que asistieron al Hospital José Rangel de Villa de Cura Edo. Aragua, entre los años 1998 -2008. Se realizó una revisión de historias clínicas y electrocardiogramas de la Unidad de Archivos de...
Chagas disease (CD) is an important cause of cardiomyopathy and stroke in Brazil. Brain infarcts and atrophy seem to occur independently of cardiomyopathy severity and cognitive impairment is under studied. Objective: Compare the prevalence of brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities between patien...
INTRODUCTION: This study analyzed the occurrence and the contamination of triatomines by trypanosomatids in Orbignya speciosa (babassu) specimens in the State of Rondônia, Brazil, in two different environments (pasture and woods). METHODS: Capture of triatomines on babassus and microscopic search for tr...
Martins, André Vianna;
Gomes, Andréia Patrícia;
Gomes de Mendonça, Eduardo;
Lopes Rangel Fietto, Juliana;
Santana, Luiz Alberto;
de Almeida Oliveira, Maria Goreti;
Geller, Mauro;
de Freitas Santos, Ramon;
Roger Vitorino, Rodrigo;
Siqueira-Batista, Rodrigo.
Chagas disease, an illness caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is clinically and epidemiologically important in Latin America, and particularly in Brazil. This article presents the main biological characteristics of Trypanosoma cruzi, emphasizing ultrastructural, morphological, evolutionary, trans...
La enfermedad de Chagas, por su magnitud, gravedad, trascendencia y vulnerabilidad es considerada como un problema en Salud Pública. El área endémica en Bolivia abarca 6 de los 9 departamentos con una aproximación del 60% del territorio, zonas geográficas comprendidas entre los 300 a 3.500 m.s.n.m, ...
Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) is an intracellular protozoan pathogen that causes American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease). The aim of this study was to evaluate the histopathological effects of acute infection by T. cruzi on bone repair. Wistar rats were used throughout. The animals were assigned to two ...
There is a clear association between chagasic megaesophagus and the esophageal cancer. On the other hand, the association between chagasic megacolon and intestinal neoplasm is uncommon. There are only a few cases described in literature. We selected two cases of colorectal adenocarcinoma associated with ...
Objective: To determine human and canine seroprevalence, entomologic indexes and risk factors for Chagas’ disease transmission in a rural community. Method: 48 houses, 162 people, and 55 canines were sampled. Serum anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies were determined by means of ELISA and MABA techniq...
Introducción. La enfermedad de Chagas, cuyo agente causal es Trypanosoma cruzi, constituye una antropozoonosis ampliamente distribuida en América Latina. Los estudios moleculares y los perfiles genéticos han demostrado que el parásito presenta una gran variabilidad y han permitido la clasificación d...
Colombia,
Alelos,
Trypanosoma cruzi,
Rosaceae,
Riesgo,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa,
Rayos Láser,
Programas Informáticos,
Marcadores Genéticos,
51840,
Desequilibrio de Ligamiento,
Enfermedad de Chagas,
Genética
El Mal de Chagas es una enfermedad parasitaria endémica en América del Sur y Central. Existen dos fármacos disponibles para el tratamiento médico de la enfermedad, el Nifurtimox (Nfx) y el Benznidazol (Bz). No existen protocolos estandarizados, validados y accesibles en laboratorios regionales para d...
