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Maria do Socorro Pires e Cruz
Researcher at Federal University of Piauí
Publications - 55
Citations - 644
Maria do Socorro Pires e Cruz is an academic researcher from Federal University of Piauí. The author has contributed to research in topics: Leishmania infantum & Visceral leishmaniasis. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 54 publications receiving 509 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria do Socorro Pires e Cruz include Universal Forest Products.
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Genotypes of the mannan-binding lectin gene and susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis and clinical complications
Diego Peres Alonso,Afonso F. B. Ferreira,Paulo Eduardo Martins Ribolla,Isabel Kinney Ferreira de Miranda Santos,Maria do Socorro Pires e Cruz,Fernando Aécio de Amorim Carvalho,A.R.R. Abatepaulo,Dorcas Lamounier Costa,Guilherme Loureiro Werneck,Teresinha J C Farias,Maria José dos Santos Soares,Carlos Henrique Nery Costa +11 more
TL;DR: Genotypes of the MBL2 gene predict the risk for developing VL and clinical complications in infections with L. chagasi.
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Antibodies against Lutzomyia longipalpis saliva in the fox Cerdocyon thous and the sylvatic cycle of Leishmania chagasi
Regis Bernardo Brandim Gomes,Ivete Lopes de Mendonça,Vladimir Costa Silva,Jerônimo Lopes Ruas,Mauro R. B. Silva,Maria do Socorro Pires e Cruz,Aldina Barral,Carlos Henrique Nery Costa +7 more
TL;DR: The finding of an antibody response against saliva of Lu.
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Treatment Failure after Multiple Courses of Triclabendazole among Patients with Fascioliasis in Cusco, Peru: A Case Series
Miguel M. Cabada,Miguel M. Cabada,Martha Lopez,Maria do Socorro Pires e Cruz,Jennifer R. Delgado,Virginia Hill,Virginia Hill,A. Clinton White +7 more
TL;DR: It was found that repeated triclabendazole courses were not effective against fascioliasis in this group of people, suggesting that resistance to tric Labdenazole may be an emerging problem in the Andes.
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α-Synuclein Levels in Blood Plasma from LRRK2 Mutation Carriers
Ana Gorostidi,Alberto Bergareche,Javier Ruiz-Martínez,José F. Martí-Massó,Maria do Socorro Pires e Cruz,Shiji Varghese,Mohamed M. Qureshi,Fatimah Alzahmi,Abdulmonem Al-Hayani,Adolfo López de Munain,Omar M. A. El-Agnaf,Omar M. A. El-Agnaf +11 more
TL;DR: Although this is a pilot study requiring corroboration on a larger cohort of patients, the results highlight the possible use of plasma α-synuclein as a biomarker for PD.
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Cardiac and pulmonary alterations in symptomatic and asymptomatic dogs infected naturally with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi.
Georgia Brenda Barros Alves,Flaviane Alves de Pinho,Silvana Maria Medeiros de Sousa Silva,Maria do Socorro Pires e Cruz,Francisco Assis Lima Costa +4 more
TL;DR: It can be inferred that the study of heart and lung alterations in canine visceral leishmaniasis is increasingly important for understanding the problem related to humans.