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High correlation between Chagas' disease serology and PCR-based detection of Trypanosoma cruzi kinetoplast DNA in Bolivian children living in an endemic area
(FEMS Microbiology Letters, 1994)
Abstract. The detection of Trypanosoma cruzi kinetoplast DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification is a potentially powerful tool for the parasitological diagnosis of Chagas’ disease. We have applied this technique ...
The use of morphometrics in entomological surveillance of sylvatic foci of Triatoma infestans in Bolivia
(Acta Tropica, 1997)
Abstract
Jamach'uma (Cochabamba, Bolivia) is a small village surrounded by sylvatic foci of Triatoma infestans. Houses in the village were also infested with T. infestans, and were sprayed in December 1992 as part of a ...
Isoenzymes as a tool for the identification of Rhodnius species (Hemiptera: reduviidae: Triatominae)
(Research and Reviews in Parasitology, 1996)
ABSTRACT.
Some species of Rhodnius prove difficult to separate on overt morphological characters. leading to difficulties in determining the current distribution of several of the most epidemiologically significant species. ...
Chagas disease vector control in Central America
(Parasitology Today, 1997)
As the Southern Cone Initiative proceeds steadily towards eradication of Triatoma infestans, there is increasing interest in applying similar approaches to control Chagas disease vectors in Mexico, Central America and ...
Leishmanicidal and trypanocidal activities of Bolivian medicinal plants
(Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1994)
Abstract.
Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis are endemic diseases in South America, especially in the subandean areas of the humid lowlands of Bolivia. Fourteen plants used topically in folk medicine to treat ...
Is the thymus a target organ in Chagas'disease?
(Acta Andina, 1993)
La cardiopatía chagásica crónica
(E.G., 1999)
En las áreas endémicas de Latinoamérica, la enfermedad de Chagas es un problema importante de salud pública, principalmente por debilitación grave debida a lesiones del corazón. De los 15 a 20 millones de personas que están ...
Estudio a largo plazo de la enfermedad de Chagas
(Acta Andina, 1993)
Epidemiología comparativa de la enfermedad de Chagas y del mal del sueño
(Acta Andina, 1993)