2013 – 2015

  • Moreira OC, Ramírez JD, Velázquez E, Melo MF, Lima-Ferreira C, Guhl F, Sosa-Estani S, Marin-Neto JA, Morillo CA, Britto C. Towards the establishment of a consensus real-time qPCR to monitor Trypanosoma cruzi parasitemia in patients with chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy: A substudy from the BENEFIT trial. Acta Trop. 2013 Jan;125(1):23-31. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.08.020. Epub 2012 Sep 12
  • Duffy T, Cura CI, Ramirez JC, Abate T, Cayo NM, Parrado R, Bello ZD, Velazquez E, Muñoz-Calderon A, Juiz NA, Basile J, Garcia L, Riarte A, Nasser JR, Ocampo SB, Yadon ZE, Torrico F, de Noya BA, Ribeiro I, Schijman AG. Analytical Performance of a Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay Using TaqMan Probes for Quantification of Trypanosoma cruzi Satellite DNA in Blood Samples.PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 Jan;7(1):e2000. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002000. Epub 2013 Jan 17
  • Crocco MC, Fratnz N, Bos-Mikich A. Substrates and supplements for hESCs: a critical review. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2013 Jan 4. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Cutrullis RA, Petray PB, Schapachnik E, Sánchez R, Postan M, González MN, Martín V, Corral RS. Elevated serum levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor are associated with progressive chronic cardiomyopathy in patients with chagas disease. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e57181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057181. Epub 2013 Feb 22.
  • Argüello RJ, Vigliano C, Cabeza-Meckert P, Viotti R, Garelli F, Favaloro LE, Favaloro RR, Laguens R, Laucella SA. Presence of antigen-experienced T cells with low grade of differentiation and proliferative potential in chronic chagas disease myocarditis.PLoSNegl Trop Dis. 2014 Aug 21;8(8):e2989. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002989. eCollection 2014 Aug. PMID:25144227
  • Enriquez GF, Bua J, Orozco MM, Wirth S, Schijman AG, Gürtler RE, Cardinal MV. High levels of Trypanosomacruzi DNA determined by qPCR and infectiousness to Triatomainfestans support dogs and cats are major sources of parasites for domestic transmission. Infect Genet Evol. 2014 Jul;25:36-43. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.04.002. Epub 2014 Apr 13.PMID:24732410
  • Dell’Arciprete A, Braunstein J, Touris C, Dinardi G, Llovet I, Sosa-Estani S. Cultural barriers to effective communication between Indigenous communities and health care providers in Northern Argentina: an anthropological contribution to Chagas disease prevention and control. Int J Equity Health. 2014 Jan 29;13:6
  • Fabbro DL, Danesi E, Olivera V, Codebó MO, Denner S, Heredia C, Streiger M, Sosa-Estani S. Trypanocide treatment of women infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and its effect on preventing congenital Chagas. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Nov 20;8(11):e3312.
  • Fernández ER, Olivera GC, Quebrada Palacio LP, González MN, Hernandez-Vasquez Y, Sirena NM, Morán ML, Ledesma Patiño OS, Postan M. Altered Distribution of Peripheral Blood Memory B Cells in Humans Chronically Infected with Trypanosomacruzi.PLoS One. 2014 Aug 11;9(8):e104951. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104951. eCollection 2014. PMID: 25111833
  • Fernández Mdel P, Cecere MC, Lanati LA, Lauricella MA, Schijman AG, Gürtler RE, Cardinal MV. Geographic variation of Trypanosomacruzi Discrete Typing Units from Triatomainfestans at different spatial scales.Acta Trop. 2014 Dec;140:10-8. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.07.014. Epub 2014 Aug 1.PMID:25090650
  • Ferrero MR, Soprano LL, Acosta DM, García GA, Esteva MI, Couto AS, Duschak VG. Effects of chlorate on the sulfation process of Trypanosoma cruzi glycoconjugates. Implication of parasite sulfates in cellular invasion. Acta Trop. 2014 Sep;137:161-73. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.05.014. Epub 2014 May 28. PMID: 24879929
  • Lai DH, Poropat E, Pravia C, Landoni M, Couto AS, Pérez Rojo FG, Fuchs AG, Dubin M, Elingold I, Rodríguez JB, Ferella M, Esteva MI, Bontempi EJ, Lukes J. Solanesyl diphosphate synthase, an enzyme of the ubiquinone synthetic pathway, is required throughout the life cycle of Trypanosoma brucei. Eukaryot Cell. 2013 Dec 27. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:24376001
  • Pinazo MJ, Thomas MC, Bua J, Perrone A, Schijman AG, Viotti RJ, Ramsey JM, Ribeiro I, Sosa-Estani S, López MC, Gascon J. Biological markers for evaluating therapeutic efficacy in Chagas disease, a systematic review. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2014 Apr;12(4):479-96. doi: 10.1586/14787210.2014.899150. PMID: 24621252
  • Velázquez EB, Rivero R, Rissio AM, Malagrino N, Esteva MI, Riarte AR, Ruiz AM. Predictive role of polymerase chain reaction in the early diagnosis of congenital Trypanosomacruzi infection. Acta Trop. 2014 Jun 2;137C:195-200. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.05.016. Epub 2014 Jun 2. PMID: 24892867
  • Villar JC, Perez JG, Cortes OL, Riarte A, Pepper M, Marin-Neto JA, Guyatt GH. Trypanocidal drugs forchronic asymptomatic Trypanosomacruzi infection. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002 , Issue 1 . Art. No.: CD003463. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003463 .
  • Sánchez-Camargo CL, Albajar-Viñas P, Wilkins PP, Nieto J, Leiby DA, Paris L, Scollo K, Flórez C, Guzmán-Bracho C, Luquetti AO, Calvo N, Tadokoro K, Saez-Alquezar A, Palma PP, Martin M, Flevaud L. Comparative evaluation of 11 commercialized rapid diagnostic tests for detecting Trypanosomacruzi antibodies in serum banks in areas of endemicity and nonendemicity. J ClinMicrobiol. 2014 Jul;52(7):2506-12. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00144-14. Epub 2014 May 7.
  • Viotti R, Alarcón de Noya B, Araujo-Jorge T, Grijalva MJ, Guhl F, López MC, Ramsey JM, Ribeiro I, Schijman AG, Sosa-Estani S, Torrico F, Gascon J; Latin American Network for Chagas Disease, NHEPACHA. Towards a paradigm shift in the treatment of chronic Chagas disease. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(2):635-9.
  • Albareda MC, Laucella SA. Modulation of trypanosoma cruzi-specific T-cell responses after chemotherapy of chronic Chagas disease. Memorias del Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Vol. 110 Mayo 2015
  • Albareda MC, Perez-Mazliah D, Natale MA, Castro-Eiro M, Alvarez MG, Viotti R, Bertocchi G, Lococo B, Tarleton RL, Laucella SA. Perturbed T Cell IL-7 Receptor Signaling in Chronic Chagas Disease.J Immunol. 2015 Apr 15;194(8):3883-9. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1402202. Epub 2015 Mar 13.PMID:25769928
  • Benassi L, Bosio A, Dalipi R, Borgese L, Rodella N, Pasquali M, Depero LE, Bergese P, Bontempi E. Comparison between rice husk ash grown in different regions for stabilizing fly ash from a solid waste incinerator. J Environ Manage. 2015 Aug 15;159:128-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.05.015. Epub 2015 Jun 7. PMID:26063517
  • Benatar AF, García GA, Bua J, Cerliani JP, Postan M, Tasso LM, Scaglione J, Stupirski JC, Toscano MA, Rabinovich GA, Gómez KA. Galectin-1 Prevents Infection and Damage Induced by Trypanosoma cruzi on Cardiac Cells. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Oct 9;9(10):e0004148. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004148. eCollection 2015 Oct.
  • Bustos Patricia, Perrone Alina, Milduberger Natalia y Bua Jacqueline. Improved Immuno-Detection of a Low-Abundance Cyclophilin Allows the Confirmation of Its Expression in a Protozoan Parasite. Revista: Immunochemistry & Immunopathology. Open Access Access 2015, 1:1 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/icoa.1000103PMID: 26451839
  • Bustos PL, Perrone AE, Milduberger N, Postan M, Bua J. Oxidative stress damage in the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is inhibited by Cyclosporin A.Parasitology. 2015 Jul;142(8):1024-32. doi: 10.1017/S0031182015000232. Epub 2015 Mar 31 PMID: 25823521
  • Ferrero MR, Heins AM, Soprano LL, Acosta DM, Esteva MI, Jacobs T, Duschak VG. Involvement of sulfates from cruzipain, a major antigen of Trypanosoma cruzi, in the interaction with immunomodulatory molecule Siglec-E.Med Microbiol Immunol. 2015 Jun 6. PMID: 26047932
  • Juiz NA, Cayo NM, Burgos M, Salvo ME, Nasser JR, Búa J, Longhi SA, Schijman AG. Human Polymorphisms in Placental Expression Genes and Their Association to Susceptibility to Congenital Infection by Trypanosoma cruzi. J Infect Dis. 2015 Nov 23. pii: jiv561. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26597259
  • Morillo CA, Marin-Neto JA, Avezum A, Sosa-Estani S, Rassi A Jr, Rosas F, Villena E, Quiroz R, Bonilla R, Britto C, Guhl F, Velazquez E, Bonilla L, Meeks B, Rao-Melacini P, Pogue J, Mattos A, Lazdins J, Rassi A, Connolly SJ, Yusuf S; BENEFIT Investigators. Randomized Trial of Benznidazole for Chronic Chagas’ Cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med. 2015 Oct;373(14):1295-306. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1507574. Epub 2015 Sep 1. PMID: 26323937
  • Olivera GC, Postan M, González MN.Effects of artesunate against Trypanosma cruzi. Exp Parasitol. 2015 May 27;156:26-31. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2015.05.014. PMID: 26024969
  • Volta BJ, Russomando G, Bustos PL, Scollo K, De Rissio AM, Sánchez Z, Cardoni RL, Bua J. Diagnosis of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection: A serologic test using Shed Acute Phase Antigen (SAPA) in mother-child binomial samples. Acta Trop. 2015 Apr 3;147:31-37. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.03.026. PMID: 25847262
  • Rêgo JV, Duarte AP, Liarte DB, de Carvalho Sousa F, Barreto HM, Bua J, Romanha AJ, Rádis-Baptista G, Murta SM. Molecular characterization of Cyclophilin (TcCyP19) in Trypanosoma cruzi populations susceptible and resistant to benznidazole.Exp Parasitol. 2015 Jan;148:73-80. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2014.11.007. Epub 2014 Nov 20.
  • Analytical Validation of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Methods for Quantification of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients. Juan Carlos Ramírez, Carolina Inés Cura, Otacilio da Cruz Moreira,y Eliane Lages-Silva, Natalia Juiz, Elsa Velázquez, Juan David Ramírez, Anahí Alberti, Paula Pavia, María Delmans Flores-Chávez,yy Arturo Muñoz-Calderón, Deyanira Pérez-Morales, José Santalla, Paulo Marcos da Matta Guedes, Julie Peneau, Paula Marcet, Carlos Padilla, David Cruz-Robles, Edward Valencia, Gladys Elena Crisante, Gonzalo Greif, Inés Zulantay, Jaime Alfredo Costales, Miriam Alvarez-Martínez, Norma Edith Martínez, Rodrigo Villarroel, Sandro Villarroel, Zunilda Sánchez, Margarita Bisio, Rudy Parrado, Lúcia Maria da Cunha Galvão, Antonia Cláudia Jácome da Câmara, Bertha Espinoza, Belkisyole Alarcón de Noya, Concepción Puerta, Adelina Riarte, Patricio Diosque, Sergio Sosa-Estani, Felipe Guhl, Isabela Ribeiro, Christine Aznar, Constança Britto, Zaida Estela Yadón, and Alejandro G. Schijman. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2015.04.010
  • New Scheme of Intermittent Benznidazole Administration in Patients Chronically Infected with Trypanosoma cruzi: a Pilot Short-Term Follow-Up Study with Adult Patients. Álvarez MG, Hernández Y, Bertocchi G, Fernández M, Lococo B, Ramírez JC, Cura C, Albizu CL, Schijman A, Abril M, Sosa-Estani S, Viotti R. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Nov 23;60(2):833-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00745-15.
  • Course of Chronic Trypanosoma cruzi Infection after Treatment Based on Parasitological and Serological Tests: A Systematic Review of Follow-Up Studies. Sguassero Y, Cuesta CB, Roberts KN, Hicks E, Comandé D, Ciapponi A, Sosa-Estani S. PLoS One. 2015 Oct 5;10(10):e0139363. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139363. eCollection 2015.
  • Text message interventions for follow up of infants born to mothers positive for Chagas disease in Tucumán, Argentina: a feasibility study. Cormick G, Ciganda A, Cafferata ML, Ripple MJ, Sosa-Estani S, Buekens P, Belizán JM, Althabe F. BMC Res Notes. 2015 Sep 29;8:508. doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1498-9.
  • [Guiding the etiological treatment of Chagas disease]. Sosa Estani S, Altcheh J, Riarte A, Freilij H, Fernandez M, Lloveras S, Pereiro A, Castellano LG, Salvatella R, Nicholls RS; Grupo de Trabajo. Medicina (B Aires). 2015;75(4):270-1.
  • Target Product Profile (TPP) for Chagas Disease Point-of-Care Diagnosis and Assessment of Response to Treatment. Porrás AI, Yadon ZE, Altcheh J, Britto C, Chaves GC, Flevaud L, Martins-Filho OA, Ribeiro I, Schijman AG, Shikanai-Yasuda MA, Sosa-Estani S, Stobbaerts E, Zicker F. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Jun 4;9(6):e0003697. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003697. eCollection 2015 Jun.
  • Integrated control of Chagas disease for its elimination as public health problem–a review. Sosa-Estani S, Segura EL. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2015 May;110(3):289-98. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760140408.
  • Congenital Chagas disease: an update. Carlier Y, Sosa-Estani S, Luquetti AO, Buekens P. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2015 May;110(3):363-8. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760140405. Epub 2015 Mar 6.
  • Ramírez JC, Cura CI, da Cruz Moreira O, Lages-Silva E, Juiz N, Velázquez E, Ramírez JD, Alberti A, Pavia P, Flores-Chávez MD, Muñoz-Calderón A, Pérez-Morales D, Santalla J, Marcos da Matta Guedes P, Peneau J, Marcet P, Padilla C, Cruz-Robles D, Valencia E, Crisante GE, Greif G, Zulantay I, Costales JA, Alvarez-Martínez M, Martínez NE, Villarroel R, Villarroel S, Sánchez Z, Bisio M, Parrado R, Maria da Cunha Galvão L, Jácome da Câmara AC, Espinoza B, Alarcón de Noya B, Puerta C, Riarte A, Diosque P, Sosa-Estani S, Guhl F, Ribeiro I, Aznar C, Britto C, Yadón ZE, Schijman AG. Analytical Validation of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Methods for Quantification of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients. J Mol Diagn. 2015 Sep;17(5):605-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2015.04.010. PMID: 6320872
  • Volta BJ, Russomando G, Bustos PL, Scollo K, De Rissio AM, Sánchez Z, Cardoni RL, Bua J. Diagnosis of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection: A serologic test using Shed Acute Phase Antigen (SAPA) in mother-child binomial samples. Acta Trop. 2015 Apr 3;147:31-37. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.03.026. PMID: 2584726