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A serological, parasitological and clinical evaluation of untreated Chagas dise...
Assis, Girley Francisco Machado de; Diniz, Glaucia Alessio; Montoya, Roberto Araújo; Dias, João Carlos Pinto; Coura, José RodriguesThe etiological treatment of Chagas disease is recommended for all patients with acute or recent chronic infection, but controversies remain regarding the benefit of chemotherapy and interpretations of the parasitological cure after etiological treatment. This study compares the laboratory and clinical evaluations of Chagas disease patients who were diagnosed 13 years earlier. Fifty-eight Chagas disease patient...
Clinical and laboratory status of patients with chronic Chagas disease living i...
Lana, Marta de; Lopes, Leonardo de Araújo; Martins, Helen Rodrigues; Bahia, Maria Terezinha; Assis, Girley Francisco Machado deTwenty-eight Chagas disease patients (CD), 22 with the indeterminate clinical form (IND) and six with the cardiac or digestive form (CARD/DIG), were treated with benznidazole and underwent clinical and laboratorial analysis before (IND and CARD/DIG) and nine years after [patients after treatment (CDt), patients with the indeterminate clinical form at treatment onset (INDt) and with the cardiac or digestive form...
In-house ELISA method to analyze anti-Trypanosoma cruzi IgG reactivity for diff...
Santos, Lilian da Silva; Torres, Rosália Morais; Assis, Girley Francisco Machado de; Bahia, Maria Terezinha; Martins, Helen RodriguesO objetivo foi desenvolver um método sorológico in-house de alta especificidade e sensibilidade para diagnosticar e monitorar a morbidade da doença de Chagas. Métodos: Para tal, a reatividade sorológica de IgG e subclasses foi testada em soros de pacientes chagásicos de Berilo, Vale do Jequitinhonha/MG/Brasil. A reatividade sorológica foi também avaliada em amostras de pacientes com outras doenças infecto-conta...
Seroprevalence of chagas disease in schoolchildren from two municipalities of j...
Borges, Jaila Dias; Assis, Girley Francisco Machado de; Gomes, Lizziani de Vasconcelos; Dias, João Carlos Pinto; Pinto, Ildikô Delkim MirandaSix years after the beginning of the epidemiological surveillance of Chagas disease in Berilo and José Gonçalves de Minas, Jequitinhonha Valley, MG, Brazil, a serological inquiry was performed to observe whether the transmission of this endemy was occurring in this area. A randomized sample of 1,412 children seven to 14 years old, was screened. Six asymptomatic children were found to be positive, leading to 0.4...
Seroprevalence of Chagas disease in schoolchildren from two municipalities of J...
Borges, Jaila Dias; Assis, Girley Francisco Machado de; Gomes, Lizziani Vasconcelos; Dias, João Carlos Pinto; Pinto, Ildikô Delkim MirandaSix years after the beginning of the epidemiological surveillance of Chagas disease in Berilo and José Gonçalves de Minas, Jequitinhonha Valley, MG, Brazil, a serological inquiry was performed to observe whether the transmission of this endemy was occurring in this area. A randomized sample of 1,412 children seven to 14 years old, was screened. Six asymptomatic children were found to be positive, leading to 0.4...