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Home / Archives for Guerra JA

Polymerase chain reaction-based method for the identification of leishmania (viannia) Braziliensis and leishmania (viannia) guyanensis in mucosal tissues conserved in paraffin

  • Authors: Barbosa Md, Custodio A, Guerra JA, Maciel MG, Magalhaes LK, Prestes SR, Romero GA, Santana RA, Silveira H
  • Publication Year: 2015
  • Journal: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
  • Link: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015000500555&lng=en&tlng=en

In the Americas, mucosal leishmaniasis is primarily associated with infection by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. However, Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis is another important cause of this disease in the Brazilian Amazon. In this study, we aimed at detecting Leishmaniadeoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) within paraffin-embedded fragments of mucosal tissues, and characterizing the infecting parasite species. We evaluated samples collected […]
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Trypanosoma cruzi IV causing outbreaks of acute Chagas disease and infections by different haplotypes in the Western Brazilian Amazonia

  • Authors: Barbosa Md, Borges L, de Sá AR, Gomes ML, Guerra JA, Magalhaes LK, Monteiro WM, Pires I, Silveira H, Toledo MJ
  • Journal: PLoS One
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Trypanosoma+cruzi+IV+Causing+Outbreaks+of+Acute+Chagas+Disease+and+Infections+by+Different+Haplotypes+in+the+Western+Brazilian+Amazonia.

Chagas disease is an emergent tropical disease in the Brazilian Amazon Region, with an increasing number of cases in recent decades. In this region, the sylvatic cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission, which constitutes a reservoir of parasites that might be associated with specific molecular, epidemiological and clinical traits, has been little explored.
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Mucosal Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis in the Brazilian Amazon.

  • Authors: Amato V, Barbosa Md, Coelho LI, Ferreira LC, Gama P, Guerra JA, Moura A, Prestes SR, Silveira H
  • Journal: Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mucosal+Leishmaniasis+caused+by+Leishmania+(Viannia)+braziliensis+and+Leishmania+(Viannia)+guyanensis+in+the+Brazilian+Amazon

BACKGROUND:
Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is a parasite recognized as the most important etiologic agent of mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) in the New World. In Amazonia, seven different species of Leishmania, etiologic agents of human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, have been described. Isolated cases of ML have been described for several different species of Leishmania: L. (V.) panamensis, L. (V.) guyanensis and L. (L.) amazonensis.
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Biological behavior of Trypanosoma cruzi stocks obtained from the State of Amazonas, Western Brazilian Amazon, in mice.

  • Authors: Barbosa Md, Ferreira LC, Guerra JA, Magalhaes LK, Monteiro WM, Oliveira JC, Silveira H, Toledo MJ
  • Journal: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Biological+behavior+of+Trypanosoma+cruzi+stocks+obtained+from+the+State+of+Amazonas%2C+Western+Brazilian+Amazon%2C+in+mice

INTRODUCTION:
The biological diversity of circulating Trypanosoma cruzi stocks in the Amazon region most likely plays an important role in the peculiar clinic-epidemiological features of Chagas disease in this area.
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Chagas disease in the State of Amazonas: history, epidemiological evolution, risks of endemicity and future perspectives

  • Authors: Arcanjo AR, Barbosa Md, Fe NF, Ferreira JM, Guerra JA, Magalhaes LK, Monteiro WM, Mota DT, Santana RA, Silveira H
  • Publication Year: 2015
  • Journal: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
  • Link: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015000800027&lng=en&tlng=en%20

Chagas disease (CD) is a parasitic infection that originated in the Americas and is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. In the last few years, the disease has spread to countries in North America, Asia and Europe due to the migration of Latin Americans. In the Brazilian Amazon, CD has an endemic transmission, especially in the Rio […]
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