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Immunopathologie de la trypanosomiase américaine
(Institut Pasteur, 1993)
SUMMARY.
lmmunopathology of American trypanosomiasis
Chagas'disease, caused by infection with Trypanosoma cruzi, affects 14-16 million
people in Latin America. Clinical manifestations are represented by cardiomyopathy ...
Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in blood banks of seven department of Bolivia
(Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 1990)
Trypanosoma cruzi infection was studied in 1,298 sera samples of blood banks from 7 capital
departments of Bolivia, using the immunofluorescence test (IFI) and Enzyme Linked Immuno
sorbent Assay (ELISA). The percentages ...
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 ...
Metric differences between silvatic and domestic Triatoma infestans (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in Bolivia
(Med Entomol, 1997)
Abstract.
One hundred and fifty-seven specimens of Bolivian Triatoma infestans (Klug 1834), including 44 from the silvatic focus at Cochabamba (Bolivia), were compared using morphometric characters of the head capsule. ...
Genética de poblaciones de triatomineos en relación a las estrategias de control de insectos vectores
(Bol. Soc. Zool. Uruguay, 1995)
The causative agent of Chagas disease infects more than 16 millions persons in Latin America; the resulting human chronic pathology is responsible of an important economic loss. The authors first analyze the main features ...
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 ...
El factor complemento en la enfermedad de Chagas
(Papiro, 1990)
Resumen
El propósito del estudio es determinar si existe o no alteración de uno de los factores inespecíficos. (EL COMPLEMENTO) de la inmunidad humoral en los chagásicos. Se estudió la tasa sérica de complemento en 108 ...
Morphometric differentiation between two geographic populations of Triatoma infestans in Uruguay
(Research and Reviews in Parasitology, 1995)
ABSTRACT.
Metric characters have never been applied in quantitative studies on Triatoma infestans, the main vector of Chagas disease in the seven southernmost countries of Latin America. A first study was carried out in ...
Low probability of transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi to humans by domiciliary Triatoma sordida in Bolivia
(Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997)
Abstract
The role of Triatoma sordida in the domestic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi was assessed in 7 rural localities in Velasco Province, Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Tri. sordida, the only triatomine species ...