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Fernández, J., Vera, L., Tognarelli, J., Fasce, R., Araya, P., Villagra, E., Roos, O., Mora, J. Detection of dengue virus type 4 in Easter Island, Chile We report the detection of dInglesue virus type 4 (DENV-4) for the first time in Easter Island, Chile. The virus was detected in serum samples of two patients treated at the Hospital in Easter Island.... 2011 156 Ver Más
Araya, Pamela, Velasco, Maritza, Tognarelli, Javier, Arias, Fabiola, Leiva, Tamara, Sccapatticio, Angélica, Alviz, Pablo, Fernández, Jorge Detection of genes associated with drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Chile BACKGROUND: The incidence of acquired resistance to antituberculous drugs of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Chile is approximately 23%. AIM: To analyze the mutations associated with drug resistance in ... 2011 139 Ver Más
Elgueta, S., Fuentes, C., López, M., Hernández, J., Arenas, A., Jiménez, M., Gajardo, J. G., Rodríguez, H., Labraña, C. Effect of implementing anti-HLA antibody detection by Luminex in the kidney transplant program in Chile The development of new highly sensitive, specific technologies to detect HLA antibodies has allowed a better definition of the profile of non-permitted antigens for patients awaiting kidney transplant... 2011 43 Ver Más
Villagra, Eliecer, Delgado, Lilian Vera, Olea, Andrea Enhanced surveillance for congenital rubella syndrome following mass rubella vaccination of girls and reproductive-aged women Chile was the first country in the Americas to conduct surveillance for congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) as part of screening for common causes of congenital birth defects (referred to as TORCH patho... 2011 204 Suppl 2 Ver Más
Favi C, Myriam, Bassaletti C, Angela, López D, Javier, Rodríguez A, Luis, Yung P, Verónica Epidemiological description of rabies reservoir in bats in the Metropolitan Region: Chile. 2000-2009 In Chile, in 1985 rabies was detected in insectivorous bats. Since then the epidemiological surveillance activities was extended to these species and the epidemiological pattern was characterized as e... 2011 28 Ver Más
Elgueta, S., Fuentes, C., Arenas, A., Labraña, C., Gajardo, J. G., Lopez, M., Hernandez, J., Rodriguez, H., Rodriguez, L. Evaluation of the stages involved in cold ischemia time in renal transplants in Chile INTRODUCTION: Cold ischemia time (CIT) is one of the factors that determine the evolution of a renal transplant, taking measures to reduce this time requires knowledge of its stages. The objective of ... 2010 42 Ver Más
Ramirez, E., Cartier, L., Rodriguez, L., Alberti, C., Valenzuela, M. A. In vivo fluctuation of Tax, Foxp3, CTLA-4, and GITR mRNA expression in CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells of patients with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy HTLV-1 Tax expression exerts an inhibitory effect on the Foxp3 transcription factor in CD4(+)CD25(+) T-regulatory cells (Treg). For a better understanding of the role of Tax mRNA in the gene expressio... 2010 43 Ver Más
Jofré M, Leonor, Noemí H, Isabel, Neira O, Patricia, Saavedra U, Tirza, Díaz L, Cecilia Animal mites transmissible to humans and associated zoonosis Mites that affect animals (acariasis) can occasionally be transmitted to humans by incidental contact producing pruritus and dermatitis. Animals such as dogs, cats, mice, birds and reptiles, harbour s... 2009 26 Ver Más
Cordano, Ana María, Jacquet, Christine Listeria monocytogenes isolated from vegetable salads sold at supermarkets in Santiago, Chile: prevalence and strain characterization Between 2000 and 2005, 717 samples of three types of salads were analysed for Listeria monocytogenes in Santiago, Chile in order to provide information to Chilean health authorities on the presence of... 2009 132 Ver Más
Ríos R, Mayerling, Araya R, Pamela, Fernández R, Alda, Tognarelli, Javier, Hormazábal, Juan Carlos, Fernández O, Jorge Molecular subtyping of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis in a post epidemic period BACKGROUND: In the last two decades, Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis has become one of the main agents causing food borne diseases worldwide. This agent is transmitted mainly by contaminated ... 2009 137 Ver Más
Cáceres, C., Yung, V., Araya, P., Tognarelli, J., Villagra, E., Vera, L., Fernández, J. Complete nucleotide sequence analysis of a DInglesue-1 virus isolated on Easter Island, Chile DInglesue-1 viruses responsible for the dInglesue fever outbreak in Easter Island in 2002 were isolated from acute-phase sera of dInglesue fever patients. In order to analyze the complete genome seque... 2008 153 Ver Más
García M, Julio, Heitmann G, Ingrid Epidemiology and laboratory: a different point or view of public health in Chile The authors present an abridged history from their personal point of view of public health dealing with communicable diseases in Chile, in reference to an article previously published in Revista Chile... 2008 25 Ver Más
Rojo, Patricia, Araya, Pamela, Martínez T, M. Angélica, Hormazábal, Juan Carlos, Maldonado, Aurora, Fernández, Jorge Molecular characterization of Chilean isolates of streptococcus agalactiae BACKGROUND: Streptococcus agalactiae is the main causing organism of invasive infections such as sepsis and meningitis in the newborn. AIM: To perform a genotype characterization of Streptococcus agal... 2008 136 Ver Más
Favi C, Myriam, Rodríguez A, Luis, Espinosa M, Carla, Yung P, Verónica Rabies in Chile: 1989-2005 A retrospective epidemiological study about epidemiology of rabies in Chile between years 1989 and 2005 was done. A data base of 39793 national registries of rabies samples was analyzed by means of st... 2008 25 Ver Más
Ross B, Andrés, Favi C, Myriam, Vásquez V, Abel Rabies virus glycoprotein: structure, immunogenicity and pathogenic role Rabies glycoprotein is the only exposed protein which is inserted in the viral lipidie envelope. This 65-67 kda protein is a N-glycosilated transmembrane protein forming trimers on the viral surface. ... 2008 25 Ver Más
Ríos, Maritza, Delgado, Elena, Pérez-Alvarez, Lucía, Fernández, Jorge, Gálvez, Paula, de Parga, Elena Vázquez, Yung, Verónica, Thomson, Michael M., Nájera, Rafael Antiretroviral drug resistance and phylogenetic diversity of HIV-1 in Chile This study reports the analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease (PR) and reverse transcriptase (RT) coding sequences from 136 HIV-1-infected subjects from Chile, 66 (49%) of th... 2007 79 Ver Más
Jercic, M. Isabel Free living Amoeba of Acanthamoeba genus ... 2007 24 Ver Más
Ramirez, Eugenio, Cartier, Luis, Torres, Mauricio, Barria, Marcelo Temporal dynamics of human T-lymphotropic virus type I tax mRNA and proviral DNA load in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of human T-lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy patients Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is the etiologic agent of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical Españolstic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). High HTLV-I provirus load and tax mRNA level have be... 2007 79 Ver Más
Rios, M., Fernandez, J., Jaramillo, P., Paredes, V., Sanchez, J. L., Laguna-Torres, V. A., Carr, J. K., Ramirez, E. Molecular epidemiology of HIV type 1 in Chile: differential geographic and transmission route distribution of B and F subtypes We examined the genetic makeup of 221 HIV-1 strains from Chilean persons living with HIV/AIDS by HMA and DNA sequencing of the env gene: 143 cases were infected by sexual contact with an already-infec... 2005 21 Ver Más
Favi, Myriam, Yung, Verónica, Roos, Orietta, Rodríguez, Luis, Trujillo, Rodrigo, Acevedo, Attia Immune response of suckling mouse brain (CRL) rabies vaccine and tissue culture rabies vaccine (Verorab) in pre-exposure prophylaxis in humans BACKGROUND: A WHO experts committee recommended the substitution of antirabic vaccines produced in nervous tissue, by vaccines produced in tissue cultures. AIM: To compare the immunogenic capacity of ... 2004 132 Ver Más