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Etiological treatment in patients infected by Trypanosoma cruzi: experiences in ArgentinaSergio Sosa-Estani
Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación de Endemo epidemias CeNDIE, Ministerio de Salud y Ambiente, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Curr Opin Infect Dis 19:583-7. 2006..The aim of this review is to describe knowledge, mainly of the last 15 years, that changed criteria for specific treatment against Trypanosoma cruzi infection...- [Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina]Sergio Sosa-Estani
Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Invesgación de Endemo epidemias CeNDIE ANLIS Ministerio de Salúd de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 38:29-32. 2005..cruzi by congenital transmission are born in Argentina, per year. The implementation of an early strategy of detection for an effective and opportune treatment acquires great relevance as a Public Health measure... - Therapy, diagnosis and prognosis of chronic Chagas disease: insight gained in ArgentinaSergio Sosa-Estani
Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación de Endemo epidemias, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 104:167-80. 2009.... - Use of a rapid test on umbilical cord blood to screen for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in pregnant women in Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, and MexicoSergio Sosa-Estani
Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria, Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación de Endemoepidemias CeNDIE ANLIS Dr Carlos G Malbrán, Ministerio de Salud, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Am J Trop Med Hyg 79:755-9. 2008..6% and 99.0%, respectively. These results show the ability for a rapid determination of the presence of T. cruzi-specific antibodies in umbilical cord blood as a pragmatic strategy to screen for infection in pregnant women... - [Vectorial and congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in Las Lomitas, Formosa]Sergio Sosa-Estani
Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación de Endemo epidemias CeNDIE, Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud ANLIS Dr Carlos G Malbrán
Medicina (B Aires) 69:424-30. 2009..3%. The local health system has introduced high impact procedures of primary and secondary prevention in order to prevent new cases and to treat infected people... - Etiological treatment of young women infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, and prevention of congenital transmissionSergio Sosa-Estani
Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación de Endemo epidemias, Administración Nacional de Laboratorios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 42:484-7. 2009..5% to IHA and 43.8% to IFA. 62.5% of the women were non-reactive according to two or three serological tests. No infected children were detected among the newborns of mothers treated before their pregnancy... - High seroprevalence of bloodborne viruses among street-recruited injection drug users from Buenos Aires, ArgentinaMercedes Weissenbacher
Centro Nacional de Referencia para el SIDA, Facultad de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Clin Infect Dis 37:S348-52. 2003..3% (68) were coinfected with HCV and 68.8% (53) were coinfected with HBV. We demonstrated the existence of multiple viral infections with a high rate of prevalence in IDUs in Buenos Aires, Argentina... - Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and other viral co-infections among young heterosexual men and women in ArgentinaMaría de los Angeles Pando
Centro Nacional de Referencia para el SIDA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Am J Trop Med Hyg 71:153-9. 2004..The IDU-related and sexual transmission of hepatitis viruses constitute a significant problem among young, HIV-infected, heterosexuals in Argentina... - Epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in injection drug users in Argentina: high seroprevalence of HIV infectionSergio Sosa-Estani
Centro Nacional de Referencia para el SIDA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Clin Infect Dis 37:S338-42. 2003..0%; and among 26 female sex workers (2 studies), the prevalence was 47.0%. Prevalence of HIV infection was high among IDUs in Argentina, ranging from 27% to 80%... - [Treatment of Chagas disease with benznidazole and thioctic acid]Sergio Sosa-Estani
Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación de Endemo epidemias CeNDIE, Buenos Aires
Medicina (B Aires) 64:1-6. 2004..However, a single month cycle of this parasiticide permitted a high compliance rate to therapy among infected outpatients... 
Early diagnosis of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection, using shed acute phase antigen, in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, ArgentinaMaría Cristina Mallimaci
Laboratorio Central, Hospital Regional Ushuaia, Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación de Endemoepidemias CeNDIE ANLIS Dr Carlos G Malbrán, Ministerio de Salud, Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:55-9. 2010..For infants older than 3 months, congenital infection could be ruled out using the same procedure...- Tegumentary leishmaniasis outbreak in Bella Vista City, Corrientes, Argentina during 2003Oscar Daniel Salomón
Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación en Endemo epidemias, Av Paseo Colon 568, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 101:767-74. 2006..Tegumentary leishmaniasis risk should be assessed for any project that involves changes in land use throughout an endemic area... - Therapy of chagas disease: implications for levels of preventionSergio Sosa-Estani
Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr Mario Fatala Chaben y Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación de Endemo epidemias CeNDIE, ANLIS Dr Carlos G Malbran, Ministerio de Salud, Avendia Paseo Colón 568, 1063 Buenos Aires, Argentina
J Trop Med 2012:292138. 2012..Based on current evidence, etiological treatment has to be considered as an essential public health strategy useful to reduce disease burden and to eliminate Chagas disease altogether... - Risk factors for sporadic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections in children, ArgentinaMarta Rivas
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Emerg Infect Dis 14:763-71. 2008.... - Multiple infections and associated risk factors among non-injecting cocaine users in ArgentinaDiana Rossi
Intercambios Asociación Civil para el Estudio y Atención de Problemas Relacionados con las Drogas, Avenida Corrientes 2548, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cad Saude Publica 24:965-74. 2008..Because of the rising number of NICU and the multiple infections detected, it is essential to implement prevention strategies focused on this population... - Buenos Aires cohort of men who have sex with men: prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and molecular genotyping of HIV type 1Marcela Segura
Centro Nacional de Referencia para el SIDA, Departamento de Microbiologia, Parasitologia e Inmunologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 23:1322-9. 2007..Retention rates and HIV incidence rate were high. These data should be considered as a promising potential population for HIV vaccine trials... - Detection and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in captive non-domestic mammalsGerardo A Leotta
Servicio Fisiopatogenia, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas ANLIS Dr Carlos G Malbran, 1281 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vet Microbiol 118:151-7. 2006..This is the first work developed with zoological mammals and STEC in Argentina... - HIV seroincidence estimates among at-risk populations in Buenos Aires and Montevideo: use of the serologic testing algorithm for recent HIV seroconversionMoira Vignoles
Centro Nacional de Referencia para el SIDA (CNRS, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 42:494-500. 2006..There is an urgent need for development and implementation of specific prevention strategies to address this burgeoning epidemic... - The need of a neonatal preparation for Chagas diseaseSergio Sosa-Estani
PLoS Med 2:e387. 2005 - [Hantavirus in human and rodent population in an endemic area for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Argentina]Sergio Sosa-Estani
Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación, Endemo epidemias CeNDIE Administración Nacional, Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud ANLIS Dr Carlos G Malbrán
Medicina (B Aires) 62:1-8. 2002..The transmission would be from rodent contact exclusively and mainly in ongoing deforestation areas and domestic habitat surrounding rural dwellings...