Search Results - "Gonzalez, Armando"
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Microalgal-Biotechnology As a Platform for an Integral Biogas Upgrading and Nutrient Removal from Anaerobic Effluents
Published in Environmental science & technology (07-01-2014)“…The potential of a pilot high rate algal pond (HRAP) interconnected via liquid recirculation with an external absorption column for the simultaneous removal of…”
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Taenia solium Cysticercosis and Its Impact in Neurological Disease
Published in Clinical microbiology reviews (17-06-2020)“…neurocysticercosis (NCC) is endemic in most of the world and contributes significantly to the burden of epilepsy and other neurological morbidity. Also present…”
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Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosis
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases (01-06-2007)“…Summary Human cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease) continues to be a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world. Elimination is…”
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Non-local validated parametrization of an agent-based model of local-scale Taenia solium transmission in North-West Peru
Published in PloS one (27-09-2022)“…The pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, is the cause of a preventable zoonotic disease, cysticercosis, affecting both pigs and humans. Continued endemic transmission…”
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Neurocysticercosis as an Eradicable Cause of Epilepsy: A Plan and Actions Are Needed
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Neurocysticercosis as a cause of epilepsy and seizures in two community-based studies in a cysticercosis-endemic region in Peru
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-02-2014)“…The prevalence of epilepsy added to inadequate treatment results in chronic morbidity and considerable mortality in poor populations. Neurocysticercosis (NCC),…”
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Frequency and Determinant Factors for Calcification in Neurocysticercosis
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (02-11-2021)“…Abstract Background Neurocysticercosis is a major cause of acquired epilepsy. Larval cysts in the human brain eventually resolve and either disappear or leave…”
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High Prevalence of Asymptomatic Neurocysticercosis in an Endemic Rural Community in Peru
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (19-12-2016)“…Neurocysticercosis is a common helminthic infection of the central nervous system and an important cause of adult-onset epilepsy in endemic countries. However,…”
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Elimination of Taenia solium Transmission in Northern Peru
Published in The New England journal of medicine (16-06-2016)“…Zoonotic infections can be controlled by interceding in the animal host. This report describes elimination of T. solium infection from a region in Peru through…”
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Surveillance of coronavirus in wild mammals seized and rescued by the National Forest and Wildlife Service of Peru
Published in Acta tropica (01-12-2024)“…•Coronaviruses infect domestic and wild animals around the world.•Coronavirus was detected in 11.11% of wild mammals seized and rescued in Peru.•Wild animals…”
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Geographically Targeted Interventions versus Mass Drug Administration to Control Taenia solium Cysticercosis, Peru
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-09-2021)“…Optimal control strategies for Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis have not been determined. We conducted a 2-year cluster randomized trial in Peru by…”
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Cysticidal Efficacy of Combined Treatment With Praziquantel and Albendazole for Parenchymal Brain Cysticercosis
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (01-06-2016)“…Background. The efficacy of current antiparasitic treatment for cerebral Taenia solium cysticercosis with either albendazole (ABZ) or praziquantel (PZQ) is…”
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The Genetic Diversity of Influenza A Viruses in Wild Birds in Peru
Published in PloS one (19-01-2016)“…Our understanding of the global ecology of avian influenza A viruses (AIVs) is impeded by historically low levels of viral surveillance in Latin America…”
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Oxfendazole: a promising agent for the treatment and control of helminth infections in humans
Published in Expert review of anti-infective therapy (02-01-2019)“…Oxfendazole (methyl [5-(phenylsulphinyl)-1H benzimidazole-2-yl] carbamate) has a particularly long metabolic half-life in ruminants, and its metabolite…”
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Development and Laboratory Evaluation of a Simple, Field-Applicable Coproantigen Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of Taeniasis in Northern Peru
Published in Journal of clinical microbiology (20-07-2023)“…Coproantigen detection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (coAg ELISA) is a vital tool for detecting and treating cases of Taenia solium taeniasis. However,…”
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Feasibility of a point-of-care test based on quantum dots with a mobile phone reader for detection of antibody responses
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-10-2019)“…We developed a novel and portable fluorescent sensor that integrates a lateral flow assay with a quantum dot (Qdots) label and a mobile phone reader for…”
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Perilesional brain oedema and seizure activity in patients with calcified neurocysticercosis: a prospective cohort and nested case–control study
Published in Lancet neurology (01-12-2008)“…Summary Background Cysticercosis due to Taenia solium is a cause of adult-acquired seizures and epilepsy even in patients with only calcified larval cysts…”
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Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerability of Oxfendazole in Healthy Adults in an Open-Label Phase 1 Multiple Ascending Dose and Food Effect Study
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (20-10-2020)“…Neurocysticercosis and trichuriasis are difficult-to-treat parasitic infections that affect more than 1.5 billion people worldwide. Oxfendazole, a potent…”
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Experimental porcine cysticercosis using infected beetles with Taenia solium eggs
Published in Acta tropica (01-07-2018)“…[Display omitted] •An experimental porcine cysticercosis infection was developed using infected beetles with Taenia solium eggs.•Infected beetles had 52 T…”
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Toxocara Brain Infection in Pigs is Not Associated with Visible Lesions on Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-07-2020)“…Human exposure to spp. is very frequent, and its larvae can cross the blood-brain barrier and invade the central nervous system (CNS), causing…”
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