Machine-learning-based adverse drug event prediction from observational health data: A review

J Denck, E Ozkirimli, K Wang - Drug Discovery Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Adverse drug events (ADEs) are responsible for a significant number of hospital admissions
and fatalities. Machine learning models have been developed to assess individual patient …

Trypanocidal treatment of Chagas disease

JA Pérez-Molina, C Crespillo-Andújar… - … y microbiologia clinica, 2021 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is a neglected parasitosis caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma
cruzi. This infection is present in most Latin American countries, although, due to migratory …

Current advances in drug discovery for Chagas disease

CB Scarim, DH Jornada, RC Chelucci… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is one of the 17 neglected
tropical diseases (NTDs) according to World Health Organization. It is estimated that 8–10 …

Benznidazole decreases the risk of chronic Chagas disease progression and cardiovascular events: A long-term follow up study

AM Hasslocher-Moreno, RM Saraiva… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Chagas disease (CD) remains an important endemic disease in Latin America.
However, CD became globalized in recent decades. The majority of the chronically infected …

Expanding the toolbox for Trypanosoma cruzi: A parasite line incorporating a bioluminescence-fluorescence dual reporter and streamlined CRISPR/Cas9 functionality for rapid …

FC Costa, AF Francisco, S Jayawardhana… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas disease, a major public
health problem throughout Latin America. There is no vaccine and the only drugs have …

Why hasn't there been more progress in new Chagas disease drug discovery?

AB Vermelho, GC Rodrigues… - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Chagas disease (CD) is a neglected disease caused by the protozoan parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi. In terms of novel drug discovery, there has been no progress since the …

What to expect and when: benznidazole toxicity in chronic Chagas' disease treatment

E Aldasoro, E Posada… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Benznidazole is one of the two most effective antiparasitic drugs for Chagas'
disease treatment. However, knowledge about its toxicity profile is mostly based on post …

Thiazole, thio and semicarbazone derivatives against tropical infective diseases: Chagas disease, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), leishmaniasis, and malaria

CB Scarim, DH Jornada, MGM Machado… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thiazole, thiosemicarbazone and semicarbazone moieties are privileged scaffolds (acting
as primary pharmacophores) in many compounds that are useful to treat several diseases …

Risk factors for treatment interruption and severe adverse effects to benznidazole in adult patients with Chagas disease

MJ Olivera, ZM Cucunubá, CA Valencia-Hernández… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Etiological treatment of Chagas disease in chronic asymptomatic patients is still
in debate and the adverse effects of traditional drugs are one of the main concerns in clinical …

Benznidazole for the treatment of Chagas disease

I Losada Galvan, J Alonso-Padilla… - Expert review of anti …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Chagas disease affects 6–7 million people, mainly in the Americas, and
benznidazole is one of the two therapeutic options available. Trypanocide treatment aims to …