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| Carmen CañavateSummaryAffiliation: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Country: Spain Publications
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Evaluation of two rK39 dipstick tests, direct agglutination test, and indirect fluorescent antibody test for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in a new epidemic site in highland EthiopiaCarmen Cañavate
World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Leishmaniasis, National Center of Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Am J Trop Med Hyg 84:102-6. 2011..4%). Both rK39 immunochromatographic tests perform as well as DAT, and are suitable for VL diagnosis in first-level health centers in this area of Ethiopia...
Isolation and characterization of Leishmania infantum cDNA encoding a protein homologous to eukaryotic elongation factor 1 gammaCarmen Cañavate
WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ctra Majadahonda Pozuelo km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 96:S41-7. 2002..Southern hybridization and pulsed field gel electrophoresis showed that EF-1 gamma genes are highly conserved among members of the Leishmania genus and must be clustered in a single chromosomal locus...- Fatal congenital Chagas' disease in a non-endemic area: a case reportMaria Flores-Chavez
Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ctra, Pozuelo Majadahonda Km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
Cases J 1:302. 2008..This paper describes the complications arising in the diagnosis of a newborn with fatal congenital Chagas' disease in Spain, a non-endemic area where visceral leishmaniasis is present... - Comparison of new diagnostic tools for management of pediatric Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasisIsrael Cruz
WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ctra Pozuelo Majadahonda Km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
J Clin Microbiol 44:2343-7. 2006..All of the new noninvasive techniques tested showed high diagnostic sensitivity. However, LnPCR analysis of the bone marrow was the most sensitive; this test was able to detect the persistence of parasites and predict potential relapses... - Factors associated with Leishmania asymptomatic infection: results from a cross-sectional survey in highland northern EthiopiaEstefanía Custodio
Centro Nacional de Medicina Tropical, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6:e1813. 2012..In order to develop effective control strategies on the transmission of the disease it is important to generate knowledge on the epidemiological determinants of the infection... 
[Comparison of conventional and non-conventional serological tests for the diagnosis of imported Chagas disease in Spain]Maria Flores-Chavez
Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Espana
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 28:284-93. 2010..cruzi antibodies, to assess their cross-reactivity with related diseases, and to evaluate the rk39-ELISA and IFAT-Leishmania tests as tools for the differential diagnosis of leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum...- Immunogenicity of HSP-70, KMP-11 and PFR-2 leishmanial antigens in the experimental model of canine visceral leishmaniasisEugenia Carrillo
WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Inst de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain
Vaccine 26:1902-11. 2008..The identification as vaccine candidates of Leishmania antigens that elicit appropriate immune responses in the canine model is a key step in the rational approach to generate a vaccine for canine visceral leishmaniasis... - Transfusional chagas disease: parasitological and serological monitoring of an infected recipient and blood donorMaria Flores-Chavez
Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Clin Infect Dis 46:e44-7. 2008..Before undergoing immunosuppression, multitransfused patients should be screened for anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies... - Sensitivity and specificity of an operon immunochromatographic test in serum and whole-blood samples for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Spain, an area of nonendemicityMaria Flores-Chavez
Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
Clin Vaccine Immunol 19:1353-9. 2012..ICT-Operon showed variable sensitivity, depending on the kind of sample, performing better when serum or plasma samples were used. It could therefore be used for serological screening combined with any other conventional test... - A canine leishmaniasis pilot survey in an emerging focus of visceral leishmaniasis: Posadas (Misiones, Argentina)Israel Cruz
WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
BMC Infect Dis 10:342. 2010..This event encouraged us to conduct a clinical and parasitological pilot survey on domestic dogs from Posadas to identify their potential role as reservoirs for the disease... - Canine leishmaniasisJorge Alvar
WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
Adv Parasitol 57:1-88. 2004.... - Low prevalence of Leishmania infection in post-epidemic areas of Libo Kemkem, EthiopiaLuis Sordo
Centro Nacional de Epidemiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
Am J Trop Med Hyg 86:955-8. 2012..Only one case of active disease was encountered. The results suggest that the conditions responsible for the outbreak no longer reign. However, active surveillance remains necessary... - Relapses versus reinfections in patients coinfected with Leishmania infantum and human immunodeficiency virus type 1Miguel A Morales
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Madrid, Spain
J Infect Dis 185:1533-7. 2002..These results suggest the utility of this PCR-RFLP analysis in detecting leishmaniasis reinfection in HIV-positive patients... - Multicentric, controlled clinical study to evaluate effectiveness and safety of miltefosine and allopurinol for canine leishmaniosisGuadalupe Miró
Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Vet Dermatol 20:397-404. 2009..Miltefosine, in combination with allopurinol, offers a safe, convenient and effective alternative treatment option for canine leishmaniosis compared to the reference therapy... - Ddi1-like protein from Leishmania major is an active aspartyl proteinaseMaría J Perteguer
Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, 28220 Madrid, Spain
Cell Stress Chaperones 18:171-81. 2013..Our results indicate that the isolated Ddi1-like protein is a functional aspartyl proteinase in L. major, opening possibility to be considered as a potential target for novel antiparasitic drugs... - Sequence analysis of the 3'-untranslated region of HSP70 (type I) genes in the genus Leishmania: its usefulness as a molecular marker for species identificationJose M Requena
Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa CSIC UAM, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Parasit Vectors 5:87. 2012..Recently, sequencing of the HSP70 coding region has been applied in phylogenetic studies and for identifying of Leishmania species with excellent results... - Leishmania/HIV co-infections in the second decadeIsrael Cruz
WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Centre of Microbiology, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Indian J Med Res 123:357-88. 2006..An extensive review of the literature on Leishmania/HIV co-infection has allowed the inclusion of a comprehensive and updated list of bibliographical references...