Understanding the oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi as a veterinary and medical foodborne zoonosis

N Velásquez-Ortiz, JD Ramírez - Research in veterinary science, 2020 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease transmitted by the protozoan Trypanosoma
cruzi that lately has been highlighted because several outbreaks attributed to oral …

Kidney complications of parasitic diseases

EDF Daher, GB da Silva Junior, M Trivedi… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Parasitic agents have been known to cause human disease since ancient times and are
endemic in tropical and subtropical regions. Complications of parasitic diseases, including …

Persistent Biofluid Small-Molecule Alterations Induced by Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Are Not Restored by Parasite Elimination

DA Dean, J Roach, R Ulrich vonBargen… - ACS Infectious …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chagas disease (CD), caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) protozoa, is a complicated
parasitic illness with inadequate medical measures for diagnosing infection and monitoring …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammatory responses and intestinal injury development during acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection are associated with the parasite load

BP Vazquez, TP Vazquez, CB Miguel, WF Rodrigues… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Background Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and is
characterized by cardiac, gastrointestinal, and nervous system disorders. Although much …

Gastrointestinal motility, mucosal mast cell, and intestinal histology in rats: effect of prednisone

MB Lima, LA Gama, AT Hauschildt… - BioMed Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Our aim was to verify the effects of prednisone related to gastrointestinal motility, intestinal
histology, and mucosal mast cells in rats. Two‐month‐old male Wistar rats were randomly …

[HTML][HTML] Chagas disease-associated kidney injury–A review

GB da Silva Junior, VVH Antunes, M Motta… - Nefrología …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Chagas' disease is caused by the protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi, in which kidney
injury is rarely described. The aim of this study is to describe the features of kidney injury in …

[HTML][HTML] Lower urinary tract dysfunction in chronic Chagas disease: clinical and urodynamic presentation

E Bey, MB Paucara Condori, O Gaget, P Solano… - World Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose To describe and give an estimation of the prevalence of urinary disorders in chronic
Chagas disease, since most clinical research has been centered on the description of the …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting Blood Parasite Load and Influence of Expression of iNOS on the Effect Size of Clinical Laboratory Parameters in Acute Trypanosoma cruzi …

WF Rodrigues, CB Miguel, LC Marques… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In Chagas disease, the initial responses of phagocyte-mediated innate immunity are
strongly associated with the control of Trypanosoma cruzi and are mediated by various …

Blood culture positivity rate for Trypanosoma cruzi in patients with chronic Chagas disease differs among different clinical forms

MAP Nielebock… - Transactions of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The purpose of this research was to compare the clinical and epidemiological
characteristics of patients with chronic Chagas disease with and without positive blood …

Neglected tropical diseases with an impact on kidney function

GB da Silva Junior, AAR Jereissati… - Current Topics in …, 2018 - books.google.com
Neglected tropical diseases are a group of infectious diseases caused by infectious and
parasitic agents that occur in a large part of the world affecting millions of people and can …