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A new patient registry for Chagas disease

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

A strategy for scaling up access to comprehensive care in adults with Chagas disease in endemic countries: The Bolivian Chagas Platform

scientific article published on 18 August 2017

A tribute to Cecilio Romaña: Romaña's sign in Chagas disease

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Achievements and Challenges upon the Implementation of a Program for National Control of Congenital Chagas in Bolivia: Results 2004–2009 ⬇️

scientific article published on July 11, 2013

Amniotic fluid is not useful for diagnosis of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

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Analytical performance of a multiplex Real-Time PCR assay using TaqMan probes for quantification of Trypanosoma cruzi satellite DNA in blood samples

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Are maternal re-infections with Trypanosoma cruzi associated with higher morbidity and mortality of congenital Chagas disease?

scientific article published on May 2006

Burden of Norovirus and Rotavirus in Children After Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction, Cochabamba, Bolivia

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Can wild Triatoma infestans foci in Bolivia jeopardize Chagas disease control efforts?

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Co-Infection of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and HIV: report of a case of mucosal leishmaniasis in Cochabamba, Bolivia

scientific article published on 01 October 2009

Comparison of PCR methods for the diagnosis of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection

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Comparison of Trypanosoma cruzi lineages and levels of parasitic DNA in infected mothers and their newborns

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Comparison of polymerase chain reaction methods for reliable and easy detection of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

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Congenital Chagas Disease: Recommendations for Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Newborns, Siblings and Pregnant Women ⬇️

scientific article published on October 25, 2011

Congenital Chagas disease in Bolivia is not associated with DNA polymorphism of Trypanosoma cruzi

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Congenital transmission of Chagas disease: a clinical approach

scientific article published on August 2010

Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi is associated with maternal enhanced parasitemia and decreased production of interferon- gamma in response to parasite antigens

scientific article published on 12 March 2004

Cost effectiveness study of a control program of congenital Chagas disease in Bolivia

scientific article published in January 2005

Deep sequencing of the Trypanosoma cruzi GP63 surface proteases reveals diversity and diversifying selection among chronic and congenital Chagas disease patients

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Diagnosis, management and treatment of chronic Chagas' gastrointestinal disease in areas where Trypanosoma cruzi infection is not endemic

scientific article published on 17 October 2009

Ecological host fitting of Trypanosoma cruzi TcI in Bolivia: mosaic population structure, hybridization and a role for humans in Andean parasite dispersal

scientific article published on 22 April 2015

Endemic level of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the areas of maternal residence and the development of congenital Chagas disease in Bolivia

scientific article published in January 2005

Evaluation of Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility (MODS) and the string test for rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV/AIDS patients in Bolivia

scientific article published on 6 June 2015

Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic assay for detection of Trypanosoma cruzi infection by use of whole blood

scientific article published on 9 April 2008

First Colombian consensus on congenital Chagas and clinical approach for women of child-bearing age diagnosed with Chagas

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First external quality assurance program for bloodstream Real-Time PCR monitoring of treatment response in clinical trials of Chagas disease.

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Genome-scale multilocus microsatellite typing of Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing unit I reveals phylogeographic structure and specific genotypes linked to human infection

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Gut hormones, appetite suppression and cachexia in patients with pulmonary TB.

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Human congenital infection with Trypanosoma cruzi induces phenotypic and functional modifications of cord blood NK cells

scientific article (publication date: July 2006)

Human fetuses are able to mount an adultlike CD8 T-cell response

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Improved completion rates and characterization of drug reactions with an intensive Chagas disease treatment program in rural Bolivia

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International study to evaluate PCR methods for detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in blood samples from Chagas disease patients

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Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor expression induction on neonatal CD8(+) T cells in vitro and following congenital infection with Trypanosoma cruzi.

scientific article published on 16 November 2009

Maternal Trypanosoma cruzi infection, pregnancy outcome, morbidity, and mortality of congenitally infected and non-infected newborns in Bolivia.

scientific article published on February 2004

Maternal infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and congenital Chagas disease induce a trend to a type 1 polarization of infant immune responses to vaccines

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Multiprimer PCR system diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Cochabamba, Bolivia

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Phylogenetic Analysis of Bolivian Bat Trypanosomes of the Subgenus Schizotrypanum Based on Cytochrome b Sequence and Minicircle Analyses ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Prevalence of Chagas heart disease in a region endemic for Trypanosoma cruzi: evidence from a central Bolivian community

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Primer consenso colombiano sobre Chagas congénito y orientación clínica a mujeres en edad fértil con diagnóstico de Chagas

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Rapid diagnostic tests duo as alternative to conventional serological assays for conclusive Chagas disease diagnosis.

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Real Time PCR for the Evaluation of Treatment Response in Clinical Trials of Adult Chronic Chagas Disease: Usefulness of Serial Blood Sampling and qPCR Replicates

Recommendations for management of Chagas disease in organ and hematopoietic tissue transplantation programs in nonendemic areas.

scientific article published on 29 April 2011

Research priorities for neglected infectious diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean region

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Seroprevalence of Triatoma virus (Dicistroviridae: Cripaviridae) antibodies in Chagas disease patients

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Street youths are the only high-risk group for HIV in a low-prevalence South American country

scientific article published on April 2005

Strengthening Bolivian Pharmacovigilance system: new therapeutic strategies to improve health of Chagas Disease and Tuberculosis patients

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Sylvatic Triatoma infestans (Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the Andean valleys of Bolivia.

scientific article published in March 2007

Target product profile for a test for the early assessment of treatment efficacy in Chagas disease patients: An expert consensus

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

The BENEFIT Trial: Where Do We Go from Here?

scientific article published on 25 February 2016

The burden of congenital Chagas disease and implementation of molecular diagnostic tools in Latin America

Treatment of adult chronic indeterminate Chagas disease with benznidazole and three E1224 dosing regimens: a proof-of-concept, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida Trypanosomatidae): ecology of the transmission cycle in the wild environment of the Andean valley of Cochabamba, Bolivia

scientific article published on 22 June 2006

Trypanosoma cruzi IIc: phylogenetic and phylogeographic insights from sequence and microsatellite analysis and potential impact on emergent Chagas disease

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Trypanosoma cruzi-infected Panstrongylus geniculatus and Rhodnius robustus adults invade households in the Tropics of Cochabamba region of Bolivia

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

Use of a Chagas Urine Nanoparticle Test (Chunap) to Correlate with Parasitemia Levels in T. cruzi/HIV Co-infected Patients

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Use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for conclusive diagnosis of chronic Chagas disease - field implementation in the Bolivian Chaco region

scientific article published on 19 December 2019

Usefulness of Serial Blood Sampling and PCR Replicates for Treatment Monitoring of Patients with Chronic Chagas Disease

scientific article published in 2019

[Detection of molecular heterogeneity of Trypanosoma cruzi]

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

[Effects of maternal infection with Trypanosoma cruzi in pregnancy development and in the newborn infant]

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

[Estimation of the parasitemia in Trypanosoma cruzi human infection: high parasitemias are associated with severe and fatal congenital Chagas disease]

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

[Immune responses of non-infected neonates of mothers infected with Trypanosoma cruzi]

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

[Immunological status of mothers infected with Trypanosoma cruzi]

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

[Integral treatment of congenital Chagas disease: the Bolivian experience ]

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

[Placental lesions in human Trypanosoma cruzi infection]

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

[Serum levels for IgM and IgA antibodies to anti-trypanosoma cruzi in samples of blood from newborns from mothers with positive serology for Chagas disease]

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

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