Publications by authors named "Jairo A Mesa-Arango"
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- Human toxocariasis is a neglected disease caused by a zoonotic roundworm and is mainly diagnosed through serology tests due to the lack of specific symptoms.
- The commonly used TES-ELISA test has reliability issues in areas with high parasitic prevalence, leading researchers to explore recombinant antigens as better diagnostic alternatives.
- The study developed and tested chimeric proteins that showed improved specificity and sensitivity compared to the traditional TES-ELISA test, making them promising candidates for future diagnostic methods.
Neurocysticercosis (NC) is a serious public health problem mainly in developing countries. NC caused by the cysticercus stage from cestode Taenia solium is considered by the WHO and ITFDE as a potentially eradicable disease. Definitive diagnosis of NC is challenging because of the unspecific clinical manifestations such as the non-definitive evidence presented by neuroimaging (in most cases) and the lack of definitive serological test.
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