Chagas disease: a silent threat for dogs and humans

J Durães-Oliveira, J Palma-Marques, C Moreno… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease (CD) is a vector-borne Neglected Zoonotic Disease (NZD) caused by a
flagellate protozoan, Trypanosoma cruzi, that affects various mammalian species across …

Technological advances in the serological diagnosis of Chagas disease in dogs and cats: a systematic review

NEM Freitas, FL Habib, EF Santos, ÂAO Silva… - Parasites & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Chagas disease (CD) is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted
mainly through the feces/urine of infected triatomine bugs. The acute phase lasts 2–3 …

Impedimetric immunosensor for rapid and simultaneous detection of Chagas and visceral leishmaniasis for point of care diagnosis

TAR Cordeiro, HR Martins, DL Franco… - Biosensors and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a dual detection system based on an impedimetric immunosensor was
developed for the first time for the simultaneous detection of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi and anti …

Western blot using Trypanosoma cruzi chimeric recombinant proteins for the serodiagnosis of chronic Chagas disease: A proof-of-concept study

RT Daltro, EF Santos, ÂAO Silva… - PLoS neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Chagas disease (CD) is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. The chronic phase of
CD is characterized by the presence of IgG anti-T. cruzi antibodies; and diagnosis is …

Double-antigen sandwich ELISA based on chimeric antigens for detection of antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi in human sera

NEM Freitas, EF Santos, LM Leony… - PLoS neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) are generally the chosen test
for Chagas disease (CD) diagnosis; however, its performance depends on the antigen …

A multicenter comparative study of the performance of four rapid immunochromatographic tests for the detection of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies in Brazil

JAD Iturra, LM Leony, FAC Medeiros… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) infection in the chronic phase of Chagas disease
(CD) is performed by serologic testing. Conventional tests are currently used with very good …

Isolation and molecular characterization of circulating extracellular vesicles from blood of chronic Chagas disease patients

RP Madeira, P Meneghetti, LA de Barros… - Cell biology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid bilayer envelopes that encase several types of
molecules. Their contents mostly reflect their cell origin and possible targets at other …

Development of a new lateral flow assay based on IBMP‐8.1 and IBMP‐8.4 chimeric antigens to diagnose Chagas disease

ED Silva, ÂAO Silva, EF Santos… - BioMed Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite several available methodologies for Chagas disease (CD) serological screening,
the main limitation of chronic CD diagnosis is the lack of effective tools for large‐scale …

Performance of Chimeric Trypanosoma cruzi Antigens in Serological Screening for Chagas Disease in Blood Banks

EF Santos, ÂAO Silva, NEM Freitas, LM Leony… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chagas disease (CD) is among the top 10 causes of inability to blood donation. Blood
donation centers screen for anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies using highly sensitive …

Assessment of Liaison XL Murex Chagas diagnostic performance in blood screening for Chagas disease using a reference array of chimeric antigens

EF Santos, LM Leony, ÂAO Silva, RT Daltro… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Chagas disease (CD) serological screening at blood banks is usually
performed by a single highly sensitive serological assay, with chemiluminescent …