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José V. Scorza
Researcher at University of Los Andes
Publications - 41
Citations - 453
José V. Scorza is an academic researcher from University of Los Andes. The author has contributed to research in topics: Leishmania braziliensis & Leishmania. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 41 publications receiving 445 citations. Previous affiliations of José V. Scorza include Central University of Venezuela.
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Intestinal parasitic infection and associated symptoms in children attending day care centres in Trujillo, Venezuela.
TL;DR: To examine the presence of intestinal protozoan and helminth infections and their association with clinical signs and symptoms in children in Trujillo, Venezuela.
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Identification of new world Leishmania using ribosomal gene spacer probes
Palmira Guevara,Guillermina Alonso,José Franco da Silveira,Maricilda Palandi de Mello,José V. Scorza,Néstor Añez,José Luis Ramírez +6 more
TL;DR: RFLP for the nontranscribed spacer within the braziliensis complex revealed very homogeneous patterns even for organisms currently accepted as different species.
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Presence of Leishmania braziliensis in blood samples from cured patients or at different stages of immunotherapy.
TL;DR: Results suggest that L. braziliensis infections are difficult to eradicate and that a clinical cure but rarely a complete elimination of the parasite is generally accomplished.
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Identification and detection of Trypanosoma cruzi by using a DNA amplification fingerprint obtained from the ribosomal intergenic spacer.
N González,I Galindo,P. Guevara,Estela Maria Novak,José V. Scorza,Néstor Añez,J F da Silveira,J. L. Ramirez +7 more
TL;DR: A PCR assay targeted on repeated elements of the ribosomal intergenic spacer which produces highly polymorphic DNA band patterns for different strains of Trypanosoma cruzi is designed and improved by three orders of magnitude to get T. cruzi strain fingerprints in feces of the trypanosome-infected triatomine bug vector.
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A new species of Leishmania parasite from the Venezuelan Andes region.
José V. Scorza,Manuel Valera,Cecilia de Scorza,Maritza Carnevali,Elio Moreno,Ana Lugo-Hernandez +5 more
TL;DR: A new form of Leishmania is described from the Venezuelan Andes region, which produces cutaneous lesions in people living at a height of between 800 and 1,8000 m and is associated with Lutzomyia townsendi, the main anthropophilic sandfly in the region.