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Shah, Vishal ; Ferrufino, Lisbeth ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Ramirez, Margot ; Saenza, Eliana ; Malaga, Edith ; Sanchez, Gerardo ; Okamoto, Emi E. ; Sherbuck, Jacqueline E. ; Clark, Eva H. ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Bozo, Ricardo ; Flores-Franco, Jorge Luis ; Colanzi, Rony ; Verastegui, Manuela ; Bern, Caryn | American Society for Microbiology | 2020-06-10T18:11:30ZTrypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas disease, which affects an estimated 7 million to 8 million people. Chagas disease is endemic throughout Latin America, with the highest prevalence in Bolivia. Conventional diagnosis requires a well-equipped labor[...]texto impreso
Halperin, Anthony ; Pajuelo, Monica ; Tornheim, Jeffrey A. ; Vu, Nancy ; Carnero, Andres M. ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Ferrufino, Lisbeth ; Camacho, Marilyn ; Justiniano, Juan ; Colanzi, Rony ; Bowman, Natalie M. ; Morris, Tiffany ; MacDougall, Hamish ; Bern, Caryn ; Moore, Steven T. ; Gilman, Robert H. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-02-06T14:45:34ZAutonomic dysfunction is common in Chagas disease and diabetes. Patients with either condition complicated by cardiac autonomic dysfunction face increased mortality, but no clinical predictors of autonomic dysfunction exist. Pupillary light refl[...]texto impreso
Martin, Diana L. ; Marks, Morgan ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Goodhew, Brook ; Ferrufino, Lisbeth ; Halperin, Anthony ; Sanchez, Gerardo ; Verastegui, Manuela ; Escalante, Patricia ; Náquira, César ; Levy, Michael Z. ; Bern, Caryn | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2020-06-10T18:11:31ZChagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Central and South America. Geographic variations in the sensitivity of serologic diagnostic assays to T. cruzi may reflect differe[...]texto impreso
Kaplinski, Michelle ; Jois, Malasa ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Rendell, Victoria R. ; Shah, Vishal ; Do, Rose Q. ; Marcus, Rachel ; Pena, Melissa S. Burroughs ; Abastoflor, Maria Del Carmen ; LaFuente, Carlos ; Bozo, Ricardo ; Valencia, Edward ; Verastegui, Manuela ; Colanzi, Rony ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Bern, Caryn | Oxford University Press | 2019-02-06T14:52:17ZBACKGROUND: We studied women and their infants to evaluate risk factors for congenital transmission and cardiomyopathy in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected women. METHODS: Women provided data and blood for serology and quantitative polymerase chain rea[...]texto impreso
Messenger, Louisa A. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Verastegui, Manuela ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Sanchez, Gerardo ; Valencia, Edward ; Sanchez, Leny ; Malaga, Edith ; Rendell, Victoria R. ; Jois, Malasa ; Shah, Vishal ; Santos, Nicole ; Abastoflor, Maria Del Carmen ; LaFuente, Carlos ; Colanzi, Rony ; Bozo, Ricardo ; Bern, Caryn | Oxford University Press | 2019-01-25T16:03:22ZBackground: Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi transmission is now estimated to account for 22% of new infections, representing a significant public health problem across Latin America and internationally. Treatment during infancy is highly efficaciou[...]texto impreso
Rendell, Victoria R. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Valencia, Edward ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Verastegui, Manuela ; Sanchez, Leny ; Acosta, Janet ; Sanchez, Gerardo ; Ferrufino, Lisbeth ; LaFuente, Carlos ; Abastoflor, Maria Del Carmen ; Colanzi, Rony ; Bern, Caryn | Public Library of Science | 2019-02-06T14:53:12ZBACKGROUND: Congenital transmission is a major source of new Trypanosoma cruzi infections, and as vector and blood bank control continue to improve, the proportion due to congenital infection will grow. A major unanswered question is why report[...]texto impreso
Castro-Sesquen, Yagahira E. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson ; Ferrufino, Lisbeth ; Sanchez, Gerardo ; Valencia Ayala, Edward ; Liotta, Lance ; Bern, Caryn ; Luchini, Alessandra | Public Library of Science | 2020-06-10T18:12:17ZBACKGROUND: Detection of congenital T. cruzi transmission is considered one of the pillars of control programs of Chagas disease. Congenital transmission accounts for 25% of new infections with an estimated 15,000 infected infants per year. Cur[...]
