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Epidemiological profile of acute Chagas disease in individuals infected by oral...
Sampaio,George Harisson Felinto; Silva,Andressa Noronha Barbosa da; Brito,Carlos Ramon do Nascimento; Honorato,Nathan Ravi MedeirosAbstract INTRODUCTION: Oral infection by Trypanosoma cruzi is currently the most important route of transmission of acute Chagas disease (ACD) in the North region of Brazil, and the reported outbreaks are usually related to ingestion of contaminated food, especially unprocessed açaí pulp. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was performed to analyze the epidemiological profile of individuals with suspected case...
Comparison of phenol-chloroform and a commercial deoxyribonucleic acid extracti...
Silva,Andressa Noronha Barbosa da; Souza,Rita de Cássia Moreira de; Honorato,Nathan Ravi Medeiros; Martins,Rand RandallAbstract INTRODUCTION: Knowledge of triatomine bloodmeal sources is essential for understanding vector-host interactions in Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycles. Expensive commercial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction kits are widely used for bloodmeal identification. This study assessed the performance of an inexpensive phenol-chloroform DNA extraction protocol for identification of triatomine bloodmeal s...