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Beatriz Parra
Researcher at University of Valle
Publications - 58
Citations - 2742
Beatriz Parra is an academic researcher from University of Valle. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virus & Mouse hepatitis virus. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 55 publications receiving 2330 citations. Previous affiliations of Beatriz Parra include University of Southern California.
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Guillain–Barré Syndrome Associated with Zika Virus Infection in Colombia
Beatriz Parra,Jairo Lizarazo,Jorge Andres Jimenez-Arango,Andrés Felipe Zea-Vera,Guillermo González-Manrique,José Vargas,Jorge A. Angarita,Gonzalo Zuniga,Reydmar Lopez-Gonzalez,Cindy L. Beltran,Karen H. Rizcala,Maria T. Morales,Oscar Pacheco,Martha L. Ospina,Anupama Kumar,David R. Cornblath,Laura S. Muñoz,Lyda Osorio,Paula Barreras,Carlos A. Pardo +19 more
TL;DR: The evidence of ZikV infection documented by RT-PCR among patients with the Guillain-Barré syndrome during the outbreak of ZIKV infection in Colombia lends support to the role of the infection in the development of the Guillian-B Barré syndrome.
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Effect of Ivermectin on Time to Resolution of Symptoms Among Adults With Mild COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Eduardo López-Medina,Pio Lopez,Isabel Cristina Hurtado,Diana M. Dávalos,Oscar Ramirez,Ernesto Martínez,Jesus A. Díazgranados,Jose Oñate,Hector Chavarriaga,Sócrates Herrera,Beatriz Parra,Gerardo Libreros,Roberto Jaramillo,Ana C. Avendaño,Dilian Francisca Toro,Miyerlandi Torres,Maria Cristina Lesmes,Carlos A. Rios,Isabella Caicedo +18 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a double-blind, randomized trial was conducted at a single site in Cali, Colombia to determine whether ivermectin is an efficacious treatment for mild COVID-19.
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IFN-gamma is required for viral clearance from central nervous system oligodendroglia
Beatriz Parra,David R. Hinton,Norman W. Marten,Cornelia C. Bergmann,Mark T. Lin,Camillia S. Yang,Stephen A. Stohlman +6 more
TL;DR: Data suggest that although perforin-dependent CTL control virus replication within astrocytes and microglia, which constitute the majority of infected CNS cells, IFN-γ is critical for control of viral replication in oligodendroglia.
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Detection of human viruses in periodontal pockets using polymerase chain reaction
Beatriz Parra,Jørgen Slots +1 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that human viruses may occur in periodontitis lesions with relatively high prevalence and the pathogenetic significance of human viruses in destructive periodontal disease needs to be determined.
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Prevalence of periodontopathic bacteria in aggressive periodontitis patients in a Chilean population.
Marta Gajardo,Nora Silva,Leyla Gómez,Rubén León,Beatriz Parra,Adolfo Contreras,Jorge Gamonal +6 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of A. actinomycetemcomitans, P. gingivalis, and Capnocytophaga sp.