Publications by authors named "Telma Gonzalez"
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- Lutzomyia longipalpis is the primary sandfly vector for Leishmania infantum, which causes visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Americas, with a distribution from Mexico to Argentina and Uruguay.
- The sandfly's genetic diversity and geographical structure have been influenced by past founder events during its spread across various biomes, notably recognized in Uruguay since 2010, when VL cases began to emerge.
- Recent research has uncovered new mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in L. longipalpis collected in Uruguay, showing close genetic ties to populations in neighboring regions, suggesting their arrival may have been facilitated by environmental factors like forest corridors along the Uruguay River.
Chagas disease is mainly transmitted by vertical transmission (VT) in nonendemic areas and in endemic areas where vector control programs have been successful. For the present study, we isolated natural Trypanosoma cruzi strains vertically transmitted through three generations and proceeded to study their molecular mechanism of VT using mice. No parasitemia was detected in immunocompetent mice, but the parasites were able to induce an immune response and colonize different organs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeospora caninum, Toxoplasma gondii and Hammondia spp. are coccidian parasites similar in morphology. Molecular techniques are necessary to detect parasite DNA isolated from stool samples in wild canids because they were reported as definitive hosts of N.
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