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Ingrid Reiter-Owona
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Open AccessRapid diagnostic test negative Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a traveller returning from Ethiopia
Plasmodium falciparum strains with mutations/deletions of the genes encoding the histidine-rich proteins 2/3 (pfhrp2/3) have emerged during the last 10 years leading to false-negative results in HRP2-based rapid ...
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Open AccessDescribing nearly two decades of Chagas disease in Germany and the lessons learned: a retrospective study on screening, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of Trypanosoma cruzi infection from 2000 – 2018
The highly complex and largely neglected Chagas disease (CD) has become a global health problem due to population movements between Latin America and non-endemic countries, as well as non-vectorial transmissio...
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Open AccessSulfadiazine plasma concentrations in women with pregnancy-acquired compared to ocular toxoplasmosis under pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine therapy: a case–control study
Dosing recommendations for the treatment of pregnancy-acquired toxoplasmosis are empirical and widely based on experimental data. There are no pharmacological data on pregnant women with acute Toxoplasma gondii i...
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Highly sensitive and specific detection of Giardia duodenalis, Entamoeba histolytica, and Cryptosporidium spp. in human stool samples by the BD MAX™ Enteric Parasite Panel
Detection of intestinal protozoan parasites by light microscopy is cumbersome, needs experienced personnel, and may lack sensitivity and/or specificity as compared with molecular-based stool assays. Here, we e...
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Open AccessSpecific K39 antibody response and its persistence after treatment in patients with imported leishmaniasis
The sensitivity of a K39 ELISA (Leishmania IgG, Virion/Serion) for the detection of antibodies in patients with imported leishmaniasis was compared with an immunofluorescence assay (IFA), which was applied as ...
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The timing of sulfadiazine therapy impacts the reactivation of latent Toxoplasma infection in IRF-8−/− mice
The process of reactivation of latent infection with Toxoplasma gondii in immunosuppressed hosts is yet not fully understood. In the past, a number of murine models of reactivation in immunocompromised mice have ...
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Posttranslational modifications of α-tubulin of Toxoplasma gondii
The posttranslational modifications of α-tubulin of Toxoplasma gondii were characterized by antibodies and biochemical analysis of the carboxy-terminal peptide. α-Tubulin is acetylated and glutamylated. Side chai...
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Cyst formation by Toxoplasma gondii in vivo and in brain-cell culture: a comparative morphology and immunocytochemistry study
Formation of Toxoplasma gondii cysts was examined in cultured murine brain cells and was compared with the development of cysts in mouse-brain tissue. Cultures of mixed glial cells from neonatal mouse brain were...
