Serum biomarkers predictive of cure in Chagas disease patients after nifurtimox treatment

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Santamaria, Cynthia ^a   Chatelain, Eric ^b   Jackson, Yves ^c   Miao, Qianqian ^a   Ward, Brian J ^a   Chappuis, François ^c   Ndao, Momar ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DND i (Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative)   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Chagas disease; Nifurtimox; Proteomics; Treatment

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN 1; NIFURTIMOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; APOA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; ADULT; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SOUTH AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; MALE; NIFURTIMOX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84902548330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-302     Document Type: Article

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