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Martha Lopez
Researcher at Cayetano Heredia University
Publications - 23
Citations - 631
Martha Lopez is an academic researcher from Cayetano Heredia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatica & Fasciola. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 23 publications receiving 540 citations. Previous affiliations of Martha Lopez include University of Texas Medical Branch & Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt.
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Diagnosis of Leishmania Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction: a Simplified Procedure for Field Work
Martha Lopez,Rocio Inga,M Cangalaya,Juan Echevarria,Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas,Cristián Orrego,Jorge Arevalo +6 more
TL;DR: Comparative results between the PCR and conventional parasitologic detection procedures indicate that the DNA detection approach presented is by far more sensitive for diagnostic purposes.
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Campylobacter antimicrobial resistance in Peru: a ten-year observational study
Simon Pollett,Claudio Rocha,Rito Zerpa,Lilian Patiño,Augusto Valencia,Máximo Camiña,José Guevara,Martha Lopez,Nancy Chuquiray,Eduardo Salazar-Lindo,Carlos Calampa,Martín Casapia,Rina Meza,Maruja Bernal,Drake H. Tilley,Michael J. Gregory,Ryan C. Maves,Eric W. Hall,Franca R. Jones,C Sofia Arriola,Marieke Rosenbaum,Juan Perez,Matthew R. Kasper +22 more
TL;DR: The prevalence trends of fluoroquinolone and macrolide-resistant C. jejuni and C. coli stool isolates from three regions in Peru over a ten-year period have implications for the empirical management of enterocolitis in Peru.
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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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First molecular evidence of new Bartonella spp. in fleas and a tick from Peru.
Philippe Parola,Shpynov Sn,Manuel Montoya,Martha Lopez,Pierre Houpikian,Zaher Zeaiter,Humberto Guerra,Didier Raoult +7 more
TL;DR: Three new Bartonella genotypes were detected in Pulex fleas self-collected from the beds and clothes of schoolchildren and adults and seem to originate from unknown Bart onella species, whose medical importance has yet to be clarified.
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Burden of Fasciola hepatica Infection among Children from Paucartambo in Cusco, Peru
TL;DR: Subclinical fascioliasis was common among children and strongly associated with anemia, and anemia should be recognized as an important component of the burden of disease from fasCIoliasis.