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Conocimiento de zoonosis en operarios tamberos de la provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina
(Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2016)Los trabajadores de establecimientos lecheros presentan un significativo riesgo de contraer enfermedades transmitidas animales. El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar el conocimiento y la percepción de los riesgos en ... -
Covid 19: Desafios todo terreno VETe (Vigilancia Epidemiológica Territorial)
(EEA Balcarce, 2020-06)Vigilancia Epidemiológica Territorial (VETe) es una herramienta creada por el INTA-EEA Balcarce, UNMdP-FCA, UBA, Municipalidad de Balcarce y el Hospital Municipal Subzonal Felipe Fossati para combatir la pandemia. Su ... -
Cómo es el trabajo de los investigadores que enfrentan la pandemia
(Gerencia de Comunicación e Imagen Institucional, DG-SICyP, INTA, 2020-04)En una colaboración sin precedentes, científicos de distintas disciplinas –entre los que se encuentran profesionales del INTA– trabajan en el desarrollo de herramientas que faciliten y aceleren el diagnóstico del virus, a ... -
El desafío de entender qué es el SARS-CoV-2
(Gerencia de Comunicación e Imagen Institucional, DG-SICyP, INTA, 2020-04)Declarada como la primera pandemia provocada por un coronavirus, es una enfermedad zoonótica que puso al mundo en alerta. A contra reloj, un equipo de investigadores del INTA busca conocer cómo es su patogenia para desarrollar ... -
Developments in plant-based vaccines against diseases of concern in developing countries
(BENTHAM Open, 2010)Vaccination has been extensively used to prevent, eradicate and control infectious diseases. However, the development and implementation of new vaccines remains prohibitively expensive for middle and low income countries where ... -
Evaluación de proteínas de una isla de patogenicidad y de envolturas bacterianas de Escherichia coli 0157:H7 como vacunas para reducir su incidencia en bovinos
(Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2015-11)Escherichia coli enterohemorrágico (EHEC) es un patógeno que puede causar diarrea, colitis hemorrágica, y síndrome urémico hemolítico (SUH), una enfermedad sistémica grave que afecta principalmente a los niños. En Argentina ... -
Human brucellosis and adverse pregnancy outcomes
(Springer, 2016-12)Purpose of Review Brucellosis is a neglected, zoonotic disease of nearly worldwide distribution. Despite brucellosis being recognized as a reproductive disease in animals, it has been historically known as a flu-like ... -
IgY-technology (egg yolk antibodies) in human medicine: a review of patents and clinical trials
(Elsevier, 2020-04)IgY-technology (the production and extraction of specific IgY antibodies from egg yolk) is an innovative method to produce antibodies for therapy and prophylaxis. Advantages of IgY over other antibodies comprise its ... -
In Silico Survey and Characterization of Babesia microti Functional and Non-Functional Proteases
(MDPI, 2021-11)Human babesiosis caused by the intraerythrocytic apicomplexan Babesia microti is an expanding tick-borne zoonotic disease that may cause severe symptoms and death in elderly or immunocompromised individuals. In light of ... -
INFINITy : A fast machine learning-based application for human influenza A and B virus subtyping
(Wiley, 2023-01)Influenza viruses are one of the main agents causing acute respiratory infections (ARI) in humans resulting in a large amount of illness and death globally.1, 2 The influenza viruses classification is based on the nomenclature ... -
Isolation and clinical sample typing of human leptospirosis cases in Argentina
(2016)Leptospira typing is carried out using isolated strains. Because of difficulties in obtaining them, direct identification of infective Leptospira in clinical samples is a high priority.Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) ... -
Pre-columbian mycobacterial genomes reveal seals as a source of new world human tuberculosis
(Springer Nature, 2014-08)Modern strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the Americas are closely related to those from Europe, supporting the assumption that human tuberculosis was introduced post-contact1. This notion, however, is incompatible ... -
Prevención y tratamiento de Rotavirus A mediante nanoanticuerpos VHH anti-VP6
(Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2017-06)La diarrea asociada a Rotavirus A (RVA) representa una de las principales causas de mortalidad infantil a nivel mundial. Si bien la vacunación masiva contra RVA ha logrado disminuir significativamente las muertes causadas ... -
Procesos de salud - enfermedad - atención de las agricultoras familiares pertenecientes al Grupo Warmis de la comunidad aborigen Kolla Finca Tumbaya Grande - Provincia de Jujuy
(Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2021-11)El objetivo de este trabajo fue describir los procesos de salud-enfermedad-atención (s/e/a) de las productoras vinculadas al sector de la agricultura familiar que forman parte del Grupo Warmis, perteneciente a la Comunidad ... -
Quantitative microbial risk assessment of haemolytic uremic syndrome associated with Argentinean kosher beef consumption in Israel
(Plos ONE, 2023-08)The aim of this study was to perform a quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli hemolytic uremic syndrome (STEC-HUS) linked to the consumption of Kosher beef produced in ... -
Quantitative risk assessment of haemolytic uremic syndrome associated with beef consumption in Argentina
(Plos One, 2020-11)We developed a quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA) of haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) associated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)-contaminated beef (intact beef cuts, ground beef and ... -
Quantitative risk assessment of human trichinellosis caused by consumption of pork meat sausages in Argentina
(Wiley, 2016-03)In Argentina, there are three known species of genus Trichinella; however, Trichinella spiralis is most commonly associated with domestic pigs and it is recognized as the main cause of human trichinellosis by the consumption ... -
Risk factors for shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli-associated human diseases
(American Society for Microbiology, 2014)We have reviewed the risk factors for the occurrence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)-associated human diseases. The analysis of STEC surveillance data and trends shows differences in frequency and severity ... -
Study of the in vivo role of Mce2R, the transcriptional regulator of mce2 operon in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(BMC, 2013-09)Background: Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality throughout the world. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the agent of human tuberculosis, has developed strategies involving proteins and other compounds called ... -
The human flea Pulex irritans (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) in northwestern Argentina, with an investigation of Bartonella and Rickettsia spp. = La pulga humana Pulex irritans (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) en el noroeste argentino, una investigación de Bartonella y Rickettsia spp.
(2018-06)Pulex irritans is the only cosmopolitan flea species and the most studied one within the genus Pulex. It has importance in public health since it commonly parasitizes humans causing dermatitis, and it has been also implicated ...