Search Results - "Rubén Santiago Nicholls"

Interventions for American cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: a systematic review update by Reveiz, Ludovic, Maia-Elkhoury, Ana Nilce Silveira, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago, Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra, Yadon, Zaida E

“…Leishmaniasis is an important public health problem in the Americas. A Cochrane review published in 2009 analyzed 38 randomized controlled trials (RCT). We…”
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Safety Profile of Nifurtimox and Treatment Interruption for Chronic Chagas Disease in Colombian Adults by Olivera, Mario Javier, Cucunubá, Zulma M, Álvarez, Carlos Arturo, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago

“…Nifurtimox (NFX) is one of the approved drugs used to treat Chagas disease. Safety profile studies and models on risk factors for treatment interruption in…”
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Current status of the knowledge on the epidemiology of tungiasis in the Americas by Saboyá-Díaz, Martha Idalí, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago, Castellanos, Luis Gerardo, Feldmeier, Hermann

“…To present the state-of-the-knowledge on the epidemiology of tungiasis in the Region of the Americas. A search of publications on the epidemiology of tungiasis…”
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Update on the mapping of prevalence and intensity of infection for soil-transmitted helminth infections in Latin America and the Caribbean: a call for action by Saboyá, Martha Idalí, Catalá, Laura, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago, Ault, Steven Kenyon

“…It is estimated that in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at least 13.9 million preschool age and 35.4 million school age children are at risk of…”
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Epidemiological situation of yaws in the Americas: A systematic review in the context of a regional elimination goal by Zoni, Ana Clara, Saboyá-Díaz, Martha Idalí, Castellanos, Luis Gerardo, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago, Blaya-Novakova, Vendula

“…Yaws is targeted for eradication by 2020 in the WHA66.12 resolution of the World Health Assembly. The objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of…”
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Asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. infection in Tierralta, Colombia by Cucunubá, Zulma Milena, Guerra, Angela Patricia, Rahirant, Sonia Judith, Rivera, Jorge Alonso, Cortés, Liliana Jazmín, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago

“…With the aim of determining the prevalence of asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. infection by thick smear and PCR and its association with demographic and…”
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La Parasitología en Colombia: una visión panorámica by Duque, Sofía, Arévalo, Adriana, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago

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Progress towards elimination of lymphatic filariasis in the Americas region by Fontes, Gilberto, da Rocha, Eliana Maria Mauricio, Scholte, Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago

“…Abstract In South and Central America, lymphatic filariasis (LF) is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, which is transmitted by Culex quinquefasciatus, the only…”
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Follow-up of an asymptomatic Chagas disease population of children after treatment with nifurtimox (Lampit) in a sylvatic endemic transmission area of Colombia by Bianchi, Fiorella, Cucunubá, Zulma, Guhl, Felipe, González, Nadia Lorena, Freilij, Hector, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago, Ramírez, Juan David, Montilla, Marleny, Flórez, Astrid Carolina, Rosas, Fernando, Saavedra, Victor, Silva, Nubia

“…Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Two drugs are currently used for the etiological treatment of the disease: Nifurtimox…”
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Elimination of onchocerciasis from Colombia: first proof of concept of river blindness elimination in the world by Nicholls, Rubén Santiago, Duque, Sofía, Olaya, Luz Adriana, López, Myriam Consuelo, Sánchez, Sol Beatriz, Morales, Alba Lucía, Palma, Gloria Inés

“…Onchocerciasis is a chronic parasitic infection originally endemic in 13 discrete regional foci distributed among six countries of Latin America (Brazil,…”
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Neglected infectious diseases in the Americas: current situation and perspectives for the control and elimination by 2030 by Saboyá-Díaz, Martha Idalí, Maia-Elkhoury, Ana Nilce S., Luciañez, Ana, Valadas, Samantha Y. O. B., Carvaho-Scholte, Ronaldo Guilherme, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago, Vigilato, Marco A. N., Castellanos, Luis Gerardo, Espinal, Marcos A.

“…Neglected infectious diseases (NID) are a diverse group of conditions including more than 20 parasitic, bacterial, and fungal diseases, and envenoming by…”
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Comparison of asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. infection in two malaria-endemic Colombian locations by Cucunubá, Zulma Milena, Guerra, Ángela Patricia, Rivera, Jorge Alonso, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago

“…Background Asymptomatic infection by Plasmodium spp. could help explain the dynamics of malaria transmission in low-transmission regions. We therefore compared…”
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Trypanosoma cruzi strains resistant to benznidazole occurring in Colombia by Mejía-Jaramillo, Ana María, Fernández, Geysson Javier, Montilla, Marleny, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago, Triana-Chávez, Omar

“…Introduction. Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi is one of the most serious public health problems in the Americas. Benznidazole is one of two drugs…”
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Leishmaniasis: un reto para la salud pública que exige concertación de voluntades y esfuerzos by Gore Saravia, Nancy, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago

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Perfil clínico y parasitológico de la malaria por Plasmodium falciparum y Plasmodium vivax no complicada en Córdoba, Colombia by Knudson Ospina, Rubiela Angélica, Sánchez Pedraza, Ricardo, Pérez Mazorra, Manuel Alberto, Cortés Cortés, Liliana Jazmín, Guerra Vega, Ángela Patricia, Nicholls Orejuela, Rubén Santiago

“…Antecedentes. En Colombia existen pocos estudios que buscan encontrar diferencias clínicas y parasitológicas en la malaria causada por Plasmodium falciparum y…”
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Polymorphism in the Plasmodium vivax msp 3α gene in field samples from Tierralta, Colombia by Cristiano, Fabio Aníbal, Pérez, Manuel Alberto, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago, Guerra, Angela Patricia

“…We evaluated the Plasmodium vivax polymorphism by studying the Pvmsp-3 gene's polymorphic region by PCR-RFLP in 55 samples from patients living in Tierralta,…”
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Detection of trypanosoma cruzi and trypanosoma rangeli infection in triatomine vectors by amplification of the histone H2A/SIRE and the SNO-RNA-CL1 genes by PAVIA, Paula Ximena, VALLFJO, Gustavo Adolfo, MONTILLA, Marleny, NICHOLLS, Rubén Santiago, PUERTA, Concepcion Judith

“…Trypanosoma rangeli is non pathogenic for humans but of important medical and epidemiological interest because it shares vertebrate hosts, insect vectors,…”
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The first case of congenital Chagas' disease analyzed by AP-PCR in Colombia by Pavia, Paula Ximena, Montilla, Marleny, Flórez, Carolina, Herrera, Giomar, Ospina, Juan Manuel, Manrique, Fred, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago, Puerta, Concepción

“…The main route of Chagas disease transmission is through vectors of the insect family Reduviidae. However, the parasite can also be transmitted from infected…”
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Systematic review of the effectiveness of selected drugs for preventive chemotherapy for Taenia solium taeniasis by Haby, Michelle M, Sosa Leon, Leopoldo A, Luciañez, Ana, Nicholls, Ruben Santiago, Reveiz, Ludovic, Donadeu, Meritxell

“…Preventive chemotherapy is a useful tool for the control of Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the…”
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Point mutations in dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase genes of Plasmodium falciparum from three endemic malaria regions in Colombia by Galindo, John Alexander, Cristiano, Fabio Aníbal, Knudson, Angélica, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago, Guerra, Angela Patricia

“…Plasmodium falciparum has the ability to counter the antiparasitic activity of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine by progressively accumulating mutations in the…”
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