Browsing by Autor "Albert Picado"
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Item type: Item , Development and Evaluation of a Three-Dimensional Printer–Based DNA Extraction Method Coupled to Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Congenital Chagas Disease in Endemic Regions(Elsevier BV, 2020) Diana P. Wehrendt; Julio Alonso-Padilla; Bo Liu; Lizeth Rojas Panozo; Silvia Rivera Nina; Lilian Pinto; Daniel Lozano; Albert Picado; Marcelo Abril; María‐Jesús PinazoItem type: Item , Intradomiciliary and peridomiciliary captures of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the leishmaniasis endemic area of Chapare province, tropic of Cochabamba, Bolivia(Elsevier BV, 2015) Cristina Ballart; Gisela Vidal; Albert Picado; Mirko Rojas Cortez; Faustino Torrico; Mary Cruz Torrico; Rodrigo Espíndola Godoy; Daniel Lozano; Montserrat GállegoItem type: Item , The burden of congenital Chagas disease and implementation of molecular diagnostic tools in Latin America(BMJ, 2018) Albert Picado; Israel Cruz; Maël Redard-Jacot; Alejandro G. Schijman; Faustino Torrico; Sergio Sosa‐Estáni; Zachary Katz; Joseph Mathu Ndung’uIt is estimated that between 8000 and 15 000 <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> infected babies are born every year to infected mothers in Chagas disease endemic countries. Currently, poor access to and performance of the current diagnostic algorithm, based on microscopy at birth and serology at 8-12 months after delivery, is one of the barriers to congenital Chagas disease (CCD) control. Detection of parasite DNA using molecular diagnostic tools could be an alternative or complement to current diagnostic methods, but its implementation in endemic regions remains limited. Prompt diagnosis and treatment of CCD cases would have a positive clinical and epidemiological impact. In this paper, we analysed the burden of CCD in Latin America, and the potential use of molecular tests to improve access to early diagnosis and treatment of <i>T. cruzi</i> infected newborns.