Publications by authors named "T Weitzel"
Filamentous fungi are an emergent cause of severe infections in immunocompromised patients. Timely and accurate identification is crucial to initiate appropriate therapy. Traditional identification methods are time-consuming, labor-intensive, and operator-dependent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCandidatus Orientia chiloensis causes scrub typhus over a wide geographical range in southern Chile. The life cycle, including vectors and reservoirs of this novel rickettsial pathogen, is incompletely understood. We analyzed rodent tissue and rodent-associated mite samples collected during a field study in six localities on Chiloé Island, where human scrub typhus cases have occurred.
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- Strongyloidiasis is a chronic intestinal infection caused by a nematode that is becoming a concern in non-endemic countries, particularly for travelers and migrants, and its diagnosis is complicated due to a lack of standardized testing methods.
- Researchers evaluated three commercial ELISA kits for detecting IgG antibodies to Strongyloides stercoralis using serum samples from affected travelers and healthy controls, finding varying sensitivity and specificity among the assays.
- Results indicated that while the assays had high specificity overall, their sensitivity was low, highlighting the challenges in reliably diagnosing strongyloidiasis, especially in patients with recent or acute infections.
Background: The effect of clothing colour on the biting rates of different vector mosquito species is not well understood. Studies under tropical field conditions are lacking. This study aimed to determine the influence of clothing colours on mosquito biting rates in rural and suburban settings in West Africa.
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