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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Chagas Disease in the United States: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 11:tpmd230361. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0361. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChagas disease affects approximately 300,000 patients in the United States. We evaluated a multicenter U.S.-based network to obtain clinical characteristics and outcomes of chronic Chagas disease by disease forms. This was a U.S.-based, multicenter, population-based, retrospective cohort study. We queried TriNetX, a global research network, to identify patients with dual-positive IgG serology for Trypanosoma cruzi. We captured outcomes of interest for up to 5 years. We found 429 patients with evidence of dual-positive T. cr...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - September 11, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Andr és F Henao-Martínez Christian Olivo-Freites Nelson I Agudelo Higuita Carolina Ferraz Carlos Franco-Paredes Jose Tuells Laila Woc-Colburn Salvador Villalpando-Carri ón Daniel B Chastain Anis Rassi Source Type: research

Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 Is Increased in Chagasic Cardiomyopathy
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jul 19:tpmd200401. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0401. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChagas disease (CD) mainly conveys stroke risk through structural cardiac disease. However, stroke and cognitive impairment are seen in CD independently of cardiac disease severity. Chronic inflammation may be an explanation for this association, because inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of acute ischemic stroke and dementia. In the present study, we selected five candidate biomarkers for Chagas disease: interleukin-6, membrane metalloproteinase-9, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP1), oros...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - July 19, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Karina Oliveira Garcia Thiago Cerqueira Silva Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes Iuri Ferreira Felix Murilo Araujo Oliveira Maria Eduarda Lisboa Marques Leila Souza Brito Santos Paulo Roberto Sampaio Peixoto Sousa Pedro Jos é Ramiro Muiños Renata Martins Maia Source Type: research