Search Results - "VIAL, Cecilia"
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Person-to-person household and nosocomial transmission of andes hantavirus, Southern Chile, 2011
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-10-2014)“…Andes hantavirus (ANDV) causes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in Chile and is the only hantavirus for which person-to-person transmission has been proven…”
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Eco-epidemiology of rodent-associated trombiculid mites and infection with Orientia spp. in Southern Chile
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (12-01-2023)“…Scrub typhus is a potentially severe infection caused by bacteria of the genus Orientia, endemic in Asia-Pacific and recently discovered in southern Chile. The…”
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Novel regulatory mechanisms for the proteoglycans decorin and biglycan during muscle formation and muscular dystrophy
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Assessing Pulmonary Epithelial Damage in Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome: Challenging the Predominant Role of Vascular Endothelium through sRAGE as a Potential Biomarker
Published in Viruses (26-09-2023)“…Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) is a severe respiratory illness primarily associated with microvascular endothelial changes, particularly in the…”
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Seroprevalence, spatial distribution, and social determinants of SARS-CoV-2 in three urban centers of Chile
Published in BMC infectious diseases (28-01-2022)“…Seroprevalence studies provide an accurate measure of SARS-CoV-2 spread and the presence of asymptomatic cases. They also provide information on the uneven…”
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Mother-to-Child Transmission of Andes Virus through Breast Milk, Chile
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-08-2020)“…Andes virus (ANDV) is the only hantavirus transmitted between humans through close contact. We detected the genome and proteins of ANDV in breast milk cells…”
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Partial microduplication in the histone acetyltransferase complex member KANSL1 is associated with congenital heart defects in 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome patients
Published in Scientific reports (11-05-2017)“…22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is the most common microdeletion disorder in humans, with an incidence of 1/4000 live births. It is caused by a…”
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Autoantibodies Against Proteins Previously Associated With Autoimmunity in Adult and Pediatric Patients With COVID-19 and Children With MIS-C
Published in Frontiers in immunology (11-03-2022)“…The antibody profile against autoantigens previously associated with autoimmune diseases and other human proteins in patients with COVID-19 or multisystem…”
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Proteinuria in Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome: A Frequent Finding Linked To Mortality
Published in International journal of infectious diseases (01-09-2021)“…•The clinical relevance of proteinuria in Andes virus is poorly understood•Proteinuria is a frequent finding in Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome•Proteinuria…”
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Seroprevalence of Natural and Acquired Immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 Virus in a Population Cohort from Two Chilean Cities, 2020-2022
Published in Viruses (10-01-2023)“…Chile has achieved the highest coverage for vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. To assess the progression of immunity (natural and acquired by…”
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Evaluation of the Immune Response Induced by CoronaVac 28-Day Schedule Vaccination in a Healthy Population Group
Published in Frontiers in immunology (31-01-2022)“…CoronaVac vaccine from Sinovac Life Science is currently being used in several countries. In Chile, the effectiveness of preventing hospitalization is higher…”
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CTGF Inhibits BMP-7 Signaling in Diabetic Nephropathy
Published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (01-11-2008)“…In diabetic nephropathy, connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is upregulated and bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP-7) is downregulated. CTGF is known to…”
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A Third Dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Improves Immune Response in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
Published in Vaccines (Basel) (22-05-2023)“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have an increased risk of morbidity and mortality following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Vaccination in these patients is…”
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SARS-CoV-2 infectivity and antigenic evasion: spotlight on isolated Omicron sub-lineages
Published in Frontiers in medicine (29-08-2024)“…Since the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in 2019, a diversity of viral genomic variants has emerged and spread globally due to increased transmissibility, pathogenicity,…”
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Post-COVID-19 condition: a sex-based analysis of clinical and laboratory trends
Published in Frontiers in medicine (2024)“…Post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) encompasses long-lasting symptoms in individuals with COVID-19 and is estimated to affect between 31-67% of patients, with women…”
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Hemodynamic and Pulmonary Permeability Characterization of Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome by Transpulmonary Thermodilution
Published in Viruses (27-09-2019)“…Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) is characterized by capillary leak, pulmonary edema (PE), and shock, which leads to death in up to 40% of patients…”
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Deletions in Genes Participating in Innate Immune Response Modify the Clinical Course of Andes Orthohantavirus Infection
Published in Viruses (25-07-2019)“…Andes orthohantavirus (ANDV) is an important human pathogen causing hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) with a fatality rate of 30% in Chile. Around 60%…”
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Factors influencing neutralizing antibody response to the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Omicron variant in a high vaccination coverage country, a population-based study
Published in Vaccine: X (01-12-2023)“…[Display omitted] •Serum from 110 people from a randomized population-based sample was studied.•In the same individuals NAbs titer levels are higher for Wuhan…”
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First wave of SARS-CoV-2 in Santiago Chile: Seroprevalence, asymptomatic infection and infection fatality rate
Published in Epidemics (01-09-2022)“…The first wave of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Chile occurred during the cold season reaching a peak by the end of June 2020, with 80 % of the cases concentrated in…”
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A 19 Year Analysis of Small Mammals Associated with Human Hantavirus Cases in Chile
Published in Viruses (12-09-2019)“…Small mammals present in areas where hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) cases had occurred in central and southern Chile were captured and analyzed to…”
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