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Moreno, Marta ; Tong, Carlos ; Guzman, Mitchel ; Chuquiyauri, Raúl ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Rodriguez, Hugo ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Meister, Stephan ; Winzeler, Elizabeth A. ; Maguina, Paula ; Conn, Jan E. ; Vinetz, Joseph M. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2020-06-10T18:11:37ZAnopheles darlingi Root is the most important malaria vector in the Amazonia region of South America. However, continuous propagation of An. darlingi in the laboratory has been elusive, limiting entomological, genetic/genomic, and vector-pathoge[...]texto impreso
Ferrufino-Schmidt, Maria C. ; Bravo, Francisco ; Valencia, Braulio M. ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Boggild, Andrea K. ; LeBoit, Philip E. | Wiley | 2019-06-13T16:37:12ZWe read with great interest the article by Sundharkrishnan and North in which they compare the expression of CD1a between Old World and New World Leishmania species, and we would like to share our experience and thoughts...texto impreso
Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Castro, Marcia C. ; Bangdiwala, Shrikant I. ; Rodriguez, Hugo ; Contreras-Mancilla, Juan ; Alava, Freddy ; Speybroeck, Niko ; Lescano, Andres G. ; Vinetz, Joseph M. ; Rosas-Aguirre, Angel ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro | Nature Research | 2019-01-25T15:28:05ZMalaria has steadily increased in the Peruvian Amazon over the last five years. This study aimed to determine the parasite prevalence and micro-geographical heterogeneity of Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia in communities of the Peruvian Amazon. Fo[...]texto impreso
Rosas-Aguirre, Angel ; Guzmán-Guzmán, Mitchel ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Chuquiyauri, Raúl ; Ramirez, Roberson ; Manrique, Paulo ; Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel ; Puemape, Carmen ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Vinetz, Joseph M. | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:28:05ZBACKGROUND: Understanding the dynamics of malaria transmission in diverse endemic settings is key for designing and implementing locally adapted and sustainable control and elimination strategies. A parasitological and epidemiological survey was[...]texto impreso
Rosas-Aguirre, Angel ; Erhart, Annette ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Branch, Oralee ; Berkvens, Dirk ; Abatih, Emmanuel ; Lambert, Philippe ; Frasso, Gianluca ; Rodriguez, Hugo ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Sihuincha, Moises ; Rosanas-Urgell, Anna ; D'Alessandro, Umberto ; Speybroeck, Niko | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:53:08ZBACKGROUND: Focal screening and treatment (FSAT) of malaria infections has recently been introduced in Peru to overcome the inherent limitations of passive case detection (PCD) and further decrease the malaria burden. Here, we used a relatively[...]texto impreso
Carvalho, Edgar Marcelino ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Sierra Romero, Gustavo Adolfo | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | 2018-12-03T17:02:44Ztexto impreso
Zavaleta, Carol ; Berrang-Ford, Lea ; Ford, James ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Carcamo, Cesar ; Ross, Nancy A. ; Lancha, Guillermo ; Sherman, Mya ; Harper, Sherilee L. ; Edge, Victoria ; Lwasa, Shuaib ; Namanya, Didacus B. | Public Library of Science | 2018-11-08T19:39:21ZBackground Climate change is affecting food systems globally, with implications for food security, nutrition, and the health of human populations. There are limited data characterizing the current and future consequences of climate change on loc[...]texto impreso
Osorio, Lyda ; Carter, Nick ; Arthur, Preetam ; Bancone, Germana ; Gopalan, Sowmya ; Gupta, Sandeep K. ; Noedl, Harald ; Kochar, Sanjay K. ; Kochar, Dhanpat K. ; Krudsood, Srivicha ; Lacerda, Marcus V. ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Rueangweerayut, Ronnatrai ; Srinivasan, Ramadurai ; Treiber, Moritz ; Möhrle, Jörg J. ; Green, Justin | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2020-06-10T18:11:37ZAccurate diagnosis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is required to avoid the risk of acute hemolysis associated with 8-aminoquinoline treatment. The performance of the BinaxNOW G6PD test compared with the quantitative spect[...]texto impreso
Osorio, Lyda ; Carter, Nick ; Arthur, Preetam ; Bancone, Germana ; Gopalan, Sowmya ; Gupta, Sandeep K. ; Noedl, Harald ; Kochar, Sanjay K. ; Kochar, Dhanpat K. ; Krudsood, Srivicha ; Lacerda, Marcus V. ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Rueangweerayut, Ronnatrai ; Srinivasan, Ramadurai ; Treiber, Moritz ; Möhrle, Jörg J. ; Green, Justin | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-02-06T14:57:39ZAccurate diagnosis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is required to avoid the risk of acute hemolysis associated with 8-aminoquinoline treatment. The performance of the BinaxNOW G6PD test compared with the quantitative spect[...]texto impreso
Rosas-Aguirre, Angel ; Ponce, Oscar J. ; Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel ; Speybroeck, Niko ; Contreras-Mancilla, Juan ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Pozo, Edwar ; Herrera, Socrates ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:53:06ZBACKGROUND: Peru has presented a decreasing malaria trend during the last decade, particularly in areas on northwestern coast; however, a limited number of cases continues to be reported yearly mainly in malaria hotspots. METHODS: A two-phase s[...]texto impreso
Delgado-Ratto, Christopher ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Soto-Calle, Veronica-E. ; Van-den-Eede, Peter ; Torres, Eliana ; Sanchez-Martinez, Luis ; Contreras-Mancilla, Juan ; Rosanas-Urgell, Anna ; Rodriguez-Ferrucci, Hugo ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Erhart, Annette ; Van-Geertruyden, Jean-Pierre ; D'Alessandro, Umberto | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:45:12ZBACKGROUND: Characterizing the parasite dynamics and population structure provides useful information to understand the dynamic of transmission and to better target control interventions. Despite considerable efforts for its control, vivax malar[...]texto impreso
Rovira-Vallbona, Eduard ; Contreras-Mancilla, Juan José ; Ramirez, Roberson ; Guzmán-Guzmán, Mitchel ; Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Vinetz, Joseph M. ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Rosanas-Urgell, Anna | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T15:28:08ZMalaria transmission requires that Anopheles mosquitoes ingest Plasmodium gametocyte stages circulating in the human bloodstream. In the context of malaria elimination, understanding the epidemiology of gametocytes relative to all Plasmodium inf[...]texto impreso
Suarez, Milagros ; Valencia, B. M. ; Jara, Marlene ; Alba, Milena ; Boggild, Andrea K. ; Dujardin, Jean-Claude ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Arevalo, Jorge ; Adaui, Vanessa | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:09ZBACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a skin disease caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania. Few studies have assessed the influence of the sample collection site within the ulcer and the sampling method on the sensitivity of parasito[...]texto impreso
Jara, Marlene ; Valencia, B. M. ; Adaui, Vanessa ; Alba, Milena ; Lau, Rachel ; Arevalo, Jorge ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Boggild, Andrea K. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-02-06T14:57:38ZMucosal leishmaniasis (ML) is a disfiguring manifestation of Leishmania (Viannia) infection. We evaluated parasite load (PL) over time as a potential biomarker of treatment outcome in ML. PL was assessed with kinetoplast DNA quantitative real-t[...]texto impreso
Barros, Nicolas ; Vasquez, Nestor ; Woll, Fernando ; Sanchez, Cesar ; Valencia, B. M. ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; White, A. Clinton ; Montes, Martin | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2018-12-01T00:04:15ZTo evaluate the dynamics of regulatory T cells (Tregs) during tegumentary leishmaniasis, we assessed peripheral blood and biopsies from 54 patients. Patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) had a decreased proportion of Tregs in the peripheral[...]