Publications by authors named "Raul Cruz-Cadena"
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- Chagas disease is caused by a parasite and is transmitted by triatomine bugs; it poses a significant risk to humans, especially in countries like Mexico where domestic animals, like dogs, can be a source of infection.
- A study tested 296 dogs in two Mexican cities for Chagas disease using methods like quantitative PCR and antibody assays, revealing a low prevalence of infection among dogs (3.4% positivity, with only 0.7% found through DNA testing).
- The findings highlight the importance of dogs in monitoring the disease and the need for better diagnostic tools and surveillance in households to manage Chagas disease effectively.
We tested 294 domestic pet dogs in Mexico for neutralizing antibodies for mosquito-borne flaviviruses. We found high (42.6%) exposure to West Nile virus in Reynosa (northern Mexico) and low (1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cervical cancer is the fourth cause of death worldwide by cancer in women and is a disease associated to persistent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), particularly from two high-risk types HPV16 and 18. The virus initiates its replicative cycle infecting cells located in the basal layer of the epithelium, where a small population of epithelial stem cells is located performing important functions of renewal and maintenance of the tissue. Viral E2 gene is one of the first expressed after infection and plays relevant roles in the replicative cycle of the virus, modifying fundamental processes in the infected cells.
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