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A direct method for the chromosomal assignment of DNA markers in Leishmania

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

A further proteomic study on the effect of iron in the human pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis.

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A simple protocol for the physical cleavage of Trypanosoma cruzi kinetoplast DNA present in blood samples and its use in polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based diagnosis of chronic Chagas disease.

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An overview of the sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) followed by the detection of Leishmania DNA and blood meal identification in the state of Acre, Amazonian Brazil

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Analytical Validation of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Methods for Quantification of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients

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Antiparasitic activity of risedronate in a murine model of acute Chagas' disease.

scientific article published in March 2004

Antitrypanosomal Activity of Sterol 14α-Demethylase (CYP51) Inhibitors VNI and VFV in the Swiss Mouse Models of Chagas Disease Induced by the Trypanosoma cruzi Y Strain

scientific article published on 6 February 2017

Application of two-dimensional electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry for proteomic analysis of the sexually transmitted parasite Trichomonas vaginalis.

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Cell disruption using a different methodology for proteomics analysis of Trypanosoma cruzi strains.

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Cellular localization and expression of gp63 homologous metalloproteases in Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis strains

scientific article published on 20 March 2008

Combination Chemotherapy with Suboptimal Doses of Benznidazole and Pentoxifylline Sustains Partial Reversion of Experimental Chagas' Heart Disease.

scientific article published on 09 May 2016

Combined treatment of heterocyclic analogues and benznidazole upon Trypanosoma cruzi in vivo

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Comparison and clinical validation of qPCR assays targeting Leishmania 18S rDNA and HSP70 genes in patients with American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis

scientific article published on 12 October 2020

Comparison of four serological tests for the diagnosis of Chagas disease in a Colombian endemic area.

scientific article published in October 2004

CrATP interferes in the promastigote-macrophage interaction in Leishmania amazonensis infection

scientific article published on 17 June 2011

Cruzipain promotes Trypanosoma cruzi adhesion to Rhodnius prolixus midgut

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Cysteine peptidase expression in Trichomonas vaginalis isolates displaying high- and low-virulence phenotypes.

scientific article published in March 2009

DNA barcoding of sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) from the western Brazilian Amazon

scientific article published in 2023

Detection and genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi from açai products commercialized in Rio de Janeiro and Pará, Brazil.

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

Development of conventional and real-time multiplex PCR-based assays for estimation of natural infection rates and Trypanosoma cruzi load in triatomine vectors

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Different Therapeutic Outcomes of Benznidazole and VNI Treatments in Different Genders in Mouse Experimental Models of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection

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Effects of cholinergic stimulation with pyridostigmine bromide on chronic chagasic cardiomyopathic mice.

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Epidemiology of Chagas disease in four rural localities in Jaguaruana, State of Ceará: seroprevalence of infection, parasitemia and clinical characteristics

scientific article published in July 2008

Evaluation of a real-time PCR assay based on the repetitive B1 gene for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii in human peripheral blood

scientific article published on 25 March 2007

Experimental Trypanosoma cruzi biclonal infection in Triatoma infestans: detection of distinct clonal genotypes using kinetoplast DNA probes

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Exploring the parasite load and molecular diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi in patients with chronic Chagas disease from different regions of Brazil

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Expression of active trypsin-like serine peptidases in the midgut of sugar-feeding female Anopheles aquasalis.

scientific article published on 29 May 2015

Expression of infection-related genes in parasites and host during murine experimental infection with Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

scientific article published on 07 December 2011

First molecular detection of Leishmania infantum in Sergentomyia minuta (Diptera, Psychodidae) in Alentejo, southern Portugal

scientific article published on 21 June 2017

High conservation of the fine-scale organisation of chromosome 5 between two pathogenic Leishmania species.

scientific article published on June 1999

High correlation between Chagas' disease serology and PCR-based detection of Trypanosoma cruzi kinetoplast DNA in Bolivian children living in an endemic area

scientific article published on 01 December 1994

Impact of reduced levels of APE1 transcripts on the survival of patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder.

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In Vitro and In Vivo Trypanosomicidal Action of Novel Arylimidamides against Trypanosoma cruzi.

scientific article published on 8 February 2016

In vitro and in vivo investigation of the efficacy of arylimidamide DB1831 and its mesylated salt form--DB1965--against Trypanosoma cruzi infection

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In vitro and in vivo studies of the antiparasitic activity of sterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51) inhibitor VNI against drug-resistant strains of Trypanosoma cruzi.

scientific article published on 17 June 2013

In vitro metacyclogenesis of Trypanosoma cruzi induced by starvation correlates with a transient adenylyl cyclase stimulation as well as with a constitutive upregulation of adenylyl cyclase expression.

scientific article published on March 2015

In-Depth Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Trophozoites and Pseudocysts of Trichomonas vaginalis

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In-depth characterization of trypsin-like serine peptidases in the midgut of the sugar fed Culex quinquefasciatus

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Investigation of Chagas disease in four periurban areas in northeastern Brazil: epidemiologic survey in man, vectors, non-human hosts and reservoirs.

scientific article published in December 2011

Iron modulates ecto-phosphohydrolase activities in pathogenic trichomonads.

scientific article published on 28 September 2006

Iron-modulated pseudocyst formation in Tritrichomonas foetus

scientific article published on July 2016

Lack of technical specificity in the molecular diagnosis of toxoplasmosis.

scientific article published on February 2004

Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis: influence of successive in vitro cultivation on the expression of promastigote proteinases

scientific article published on 8 June 2010

Lutzomyia (Pintomyia) fischeri (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), a probable vector of American cutaneous leishmaniasis: detection of natural infection by Leishmania (Viannia) DNA in specimens from the municipality of Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil,

scientific article published on 16 September 2011

Memory impairment in chronic experimental Chagas disease: Benznidazole therapy reversed cognitive deficit in association with reduction of parasite load and oxidative stress in the nervous tissue

scientific article published on 05 January 2021

Molecular diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Acre State in the Amazonian Region of Brazil

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Monitoring the parasite load in chronic Chagas disease patients: comparison between blood culture and quantitative real time PCR

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Morphologic study of the effect of iron on pseudocyst formation in Trichomonas vaginalis and its interaction with human epithelial cells

scientific article published on October 2017

New approaches for the standardization and validation of a real-time qPCR assay using TaqMan probes for quantification of yellow fever virus on clinical samples with high quality parameters

scientific article published in July 2015

Overexpression of Escherichia coli nucleotide excision repair genes after cisplatin-induced damage

scientific article published on 12 December 2012

Parasite persistence in treated chagasic patients revealed by xenodiagnosis and polymerase chain reaction

scientific article published on 01 August 2001

Pentoxifylline reverses chronic experimental Chagasic cardiomyopathy in association with repositioning of abnormal CD8+ T-cell response

scientific article (publication date: March 2015)

Polymerase chain reaction detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in human blood samples as a tool for diagnosis and treatment evaluation

scientific article published on 01 April 1995

Polymerase chain reaction detection: new insights into the diagnosis of chronic Chagas disease

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Proteolytic profiling and comparative analyses of active trypsin-like serine peptidases in preimaginal stages of Culex quinquefasciatus.

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Proteomics reveals major components of oogenesis in the reproductive tract of sugar-fed Anopheles aquasalis

scientific article published on 6 February 2016

Putative role of an ABC transporter in Fonsecaea pedrosoi multidrug resistance ⬇️

scientific article published on September 21, 2012

Quantification of dengue virus type 3 RNA in fatal and non-fatal cases in Brazil, 2002.

scientific article published on 3 March 2009

Real-time PCR versus conventional PCR for malaria parasite detection in low-grade parasitemia.

scientific article published on 2 March 2007

SYBR Green-based Real-Time PCR targeting kinetoplast DNA can be used to discriminate between the main etiologic agents of Brazilian cutaneous and visceral leishmaniases ⬇️

scientific article published on January 12, 2012

Sand fly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in an area of leishmaniasis transmission in the municipality of Rio Branco, state of Acre, Brazil. ⬇️

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Schwann cells producing matrix metalloproteinases under Mycobacterium leprae stimulation may play a role in the outcome of leprous neuropathy

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Serine protease activities in Oxysarcodexia thornax (Walker) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) first instar larva.

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The biological clock of an hematophagous insect: locomotor activity rhythms, circadian expression and downregulation after a blood meal.

scientific article published in December 2005

The midgut of Aedes albopictus females expresses active trypsin-like serine peptidases

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The phlebotomine fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Guaraí, state of Tocantins, with an emphasis on the putative vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural settlement and periurban areas

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Trichomonas vaginalis virulence against epithelial cells and morphological variability: the comparison between a well-established strain and a fresh isolate.

scientific article published on 15 June 2004

Trypsin-like serine peptidase profiles in the egg, larval, and pupal stages of Aedes albopictus

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Tumor necrosis factor is a therapeutic target for immunological unbalance and cardiac abnormalities in chronic experimental Chagas' heart disease.

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Unraveling Chagas disease transmission through the oral route: Gateways to Trypanosoma cruzi infection and target tissues

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Usefulness of real time PCR to quantify parasite load in serum samples from chronic Chagas disease patients.

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Vector competence and feeding-excretion behavior of Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) infected with Trypanosoma cruzi TcVI

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

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