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Chagas Disease

 
 
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Disease relevance of Chagas Disease

 

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  • Antibodies (Abs) were purified from pooled sera of patients with either indeterminate (IND or I) or cardiac (CARD or C) Chagas' disease, on either epimastigote (EPI or E) or amastigote-enriched (AMAST or A) antigen (Ag) columns and their idiotypic (Id) expression examined [6].
 

High impact information on Chagas Disease

  • Of the 25 patients, 18 had been treated for coronary artery disease or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy for up to 108 months before the diagnosis of Chagas' disease was considered [7].
  • Transmission of Chagas' disease by transfusion of blood containing Trypanosoma cruzi has often been reported, and gentian violet, a triarylmethane dye, is widely used by blood banks in attempts to eliminate such transmission [8].
  • Epimastigotes, the invertebrate host stage of Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan parasite causing Chagas' disease in man, were fused with vertebrate cells by using polyethylene glycol [9].
  • Analysis of trypomastigote transfectants expressing various cysteine proteinase isoforms showed that invasion competence is linked to the kinin releasing activity of cruzipain, herein proposed as a factor of virulence in Chagas' disease [10].
  • The virulence-promoting activity of soluble trans-sialidase in the mouse model may be physiologically relevant because it was achieved with tiny doses, approximately 1-2 microgram/kg, raising the possibility that neutralization of the enzyme with specific probes could impair the development of Chagas' disease [11].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Chagas Disease

 

Biological context of Chagas Disease

 

Anatomical context of Chagas Disease

 

Gene context of Chagas Disease

 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Chagas Disease

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