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Thomas Weitzel
Researcher at Universidad del Desarrollo
Publications - 128
Citations - 2876
Thomas Weitzel is an academic researcher from Universidad del Desarrollo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scrub typhus & Orientia. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 120 publications receiving 2274 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas Weitzel include University of Valparaíso & Clínica Alemana.
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Evaluation of a novel antigen-based rapid detection test for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory samples.
Lorena Porte,Paulette Legarraga,Valeska Vollrath,Ximena Aguilera,Jose M. Munita,Rafael Araos,Gabriel Pizarro,Pablo Vial,Mirentxu Iruretagoyena,Sabine Dittrich,Thomas Weitzel +10 more
TL;DR: The evaluated novel rapid antigen detection test for SARS-CoV-2 showed a high sensitivity and specificity in samples mainly obtained during the first week of symptoms and with high viral loads, despite the use of a non-validated sample material.
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Endemic Scrub Typhus in South America.
Thomas Weitzel,Sabine Dittrich,Javier López,Weerawat Phuklia,Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito,Katia Velásquez,Stuart D. Blacksell,Daniel H. Paris,Katia Abarca +8 more
TL;DR: Three autochthonous cases of scrub typhus caused by O. tsutsugamushi acquired on Chiloé Island in southern Chile are reported, which suggests the existence of an endemic focus in South America.
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Evaluation of seven commercial antigen detection tests for Giardia and Cryptosporidium in stool samples.
TL;DR: These copro-antigen assays were less time-consuming and easier to perform, but were less sensitive than conventional microscopical methods in the diagnosis of travel-associated giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis.
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Acute childhood diarrhoea in northern Ghana: epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics
Klaus Reither,Klaus Reither,Ralf Ignatius,Thomas Weitzel,Andrew Seidu-Korkor,Louis Anyidoho,Eiman Saad,Andrea Djie-Maletz,Peter Ziniel,Felicia Amoo-Sakyi,Francis Danikuu,Stephen Danour,Rowland N. Otchwemah,Eckart Schreier,Ulrich Bienzle,Klaus Stark,Frank P. Mockenhaupt +16 more
TL;DR: Rotavirus-infection is the predominant cause of acute childhood diarrhoea in urban northern Ghana and the abundance of putative enteropathogens among controls may indicate prolonged excretion or limited pathogenicity.
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Risk and spectrum of diseases in travelers to popular tourist destinations.
Julia Rack,Ole Wichmann,Bai Kamara,Matthias Günther,Jakob P. Cramer,Christian Schönfeld,Tatjana Henning,Ute Schwarz,Marion Mühlen,Thomas Weitzel,Barbara Friedrich-Jänicke,Behruz Foroutan,Tomas Jelinek +12 more
TL;DR: To improve the travelers' health, attention needs to be paid to individual risk factors, the prevention and therapy of travelers' diarrhea, malaria prophylaxis, management of respiratory illness, and personal safety.