Publications by authors named "Maite Arias"

Article Synopsis
  • The study focused on assessing the prevalence of Chlamydia psittaci among workers in Buenos Aires who interact with carrier birds and aimed to identify associated risk factors and symptoms of psittacosis.
  • Out of 63 evaluated workers, 28.6% tested positive for the infection, with respiratory chronic conditions identified as a key risk factor.
  • Despite the positive tests, none of the workers developed severe symptoms like atypical pneumonia, highlighting the need for ongoing testing and treatment to manage potential zoonotic diseases effectively.
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In Argentina, the epidemiological and molecular characteristics of Chlamydia psittaci infections are still not sufficiently known. A total of 846 respiratory and 10 ocular samples from patients with suspected human psittacosis were tested for C. psittaci from January 2010 to March 2015.

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Objective: The efficacy of antibody-based biological therapies currently used in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) depends not only on their blocking effect on the targeted molecule but also on their binding affinity to genetically defined variants of cell-surface Fc-γ receptors. Our objective was to assess the potential influence of functionally relevant FCGR2A/CD32A (H131R) and FCGR3A/CD16A (V158F) genetic polymorphisms on the EULAR response to tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) blocker therapy in PsA.

Methods: In total 103 patients with PsA starting anti-TNF-α therapy were included.

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