Publications by authors named "E V C Alves-Ferreira"
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- Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka is unusual, as it is typically caused by Leishmania donovani, which is mainly associated with visceral disease.
- Genome analysis of clinical isolates from Sri Lanka revealed that both L. donovani and L. tropica are present, with some L. tropica strains linked to older Indian isolates rather than recent hybrids.
- The findings suggest that L. donovani is not the sole cause of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka, pointing to potential interspecies hybrids contributing to the disease.
Diarrheal diseases are the second leading cause of death in children worldwide. Epidemiological studies show that co-infection with decreases the severity of diarrhea. Here, we show that is highly prevalent in the stools of asymptomatic school-aged children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFspp. are protozoan parasites that cause severe illness in vulnerable human populations. Obtaining pure DNA from clinical and environmental samples is challenging because the oocysts shed in contaminated feces are limited in quantity, difficult to purify efficiently, may derive from multiple species, and yield limited DNA (<40 fg/oocyst).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a leading cause of severe diarrhea and mortality in young children and infants in Africa and southern Asia. More than twenty species infect humans, of which and are the major agents causing moderate to severe diarrhea. Relatively few genetic markers are typically applied to genotype and/or diagnose .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFspp. are protozoan parasites that cause severe illness in vulnerable human populations. Obtaining pure DNA from clinical and environmental samples is challenging because the oocysts shed in contaminated feces are limited in quantity, difficult to purify efficiently, may derive from multiple species, and yield limited DNA (<40 fg/oocyst).
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