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  • A description of the epidemiological dynamics of Chagas disease via mathematical modeling 

    Lozada-Yavina, Rafael; Marchant, Carolina; Cancino-Faure, Beatriz ORCID; Hernández-Rodríguez, Erix W.; Córdova-Lepe, Fernando (2023)
    Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, which parasitizes many mammals, including humans. Its vectors are blood-feeding hematophagous triatomine insects of different species, which vary according to ...

  • Dirofilaria immitis in dog imported from Venezuela to Chile 

    Álvarez Rojas, Cristian A; Cancino-Faure, Beatriz ORCID; Lillo, Pablo; Fernández, María Luisa; Piñeiro González, Alejandro; Flores Ramírez, Alonso (2023)
    We report a case of Dirofilaria immitis nematode infection in a dog imported from Venezuela that had been living for 2 years in Santiago, Chile, where this parasite had not been reported before. Our findings warrant ...

  • Filarial nematodes in domestic dogs and mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from semi-rural areas in Central Chile 

    Cancino-Faure, Beatriz ORCID; González, Christian R.; Piñeiro González, Alejandro; Pinochet, Soledad; Bustos, Sofía; Morchón García, Rodrigo; Piñeiro Cazaux, Alejandro; Quezada Aguilar, Ivonne; Salas Espinoza, Merayot; Acevedo Salgado, Rodrigo; Barra Díaz, Carmen; Segovia C., Christian; Lozada-Yavina, Rafael; Álvarez Rojas, Cristian A (2023)
    Climate change, competent vectors, and reservoir animals are the main factors for developing vector-borne zoonotic diseases. These diseases encompass a significant and widespread category of pathogens (e.g., viruses, ...

  • First detection of Leishmania DNA in Psammomys obesus and Psammomys vexillaris: Their potential involvement in the epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Tunisia 

    Ben Othman, Souad; Ghawar, Wissem; Chaouch, Melek; Ayari, Chiraz; Chemkhi, Jomaa; Cancino-Faure, Beatriz ORCID; Tomás-Pérez, Miriam; Alcover, María Magdalena; Riera, Cristina; Ben Salah, Afif; Fisa, Roser; Ben Ismail, Riadh; Ben Abderrazak, Souha (2018)
    Leishmaniasis, a public health problem in Tunisia, are diseases caused by different Leishmania species. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is present from the North to the South under different forms, due to Leishmania (L.) major, ...

  • Northern and central Chile still free of emerging flaviviruses in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) 

    Cancino-Faure, Beatriz ORCID; González, Christian R.; Piñeiro González, Alejandro; Salazar-Viedma, M.; Pastenes, Luis; Valdés, Elizabeth; Bustos, Camila; Lozada-Yavina, Rafael; Canals, Mauricio (2023)
    Geographic isolation and strict control limits in border areas have kept Chile free from various pathogens, including Flavivirus. However, the scenario is changing mainly due to climate change, the reintroduction of more ...

  • Quantitative SYBR Green qPCR technique for the detection of the nematode parasite Anisakis in commercial fish-derived food 

    Godínez-González, Carla; Roca-Geronès, Xavier; Cancino-Faure, Beatriz ORCID; Montoliu, Isabel; Fisa, Roser (2017)
    The extensive presence of anisakids in fish for human consumption has become a problem of food safety and quality. The aim of this study was to develop and assess the performance of a quantitative SYBR Green qPCR assay for ...