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Medical Research

Medical data and research from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field operations are regularly published in the peer-reviewed literature.

Below is a selection of recently published MSF medical research articles. For copies or to search all MSF research publications, please visit the MSF Field Research website, or contact Dr. Patricia Kahn, Medical Editor, patricia.kahn[at]newyork.msf.org.

MSF research articles on Chagas Disease

November 1, 2009

Treatment and seroconversion in a cohort of children suffering from recent chronic Chagas infection in Yoro, Honduras

Josep M Escribà, Elisa Ponce, Alberto de Dios Romero, Pedro Albajar Viñas, Andrea Marchiol, Glòria Bassets, Pedro Pablo Palma, M Angeles Lima, Concepción Zúniga, Carlos Ponce
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2009;104(7):986-91.
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Chagas Disease, Honduras, Neglected Diseases

July 7, 2009

Feasibility, drug safety, and effectiveness of etiological treatment programs for Chagas disease in Honduras, Guatemala, and Bolivia: 10-year experience of Médecins Sans Frontières

Oliver Yun, M. Angeles Lima, Tom Ellman, Wilma Chambi, Sandra Castillo, Laurence Flevaud, Paul Roddy, Fernando Parreño, Pedro Albajar Viñas, Pedro Pablo Palma
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2009;3(7):e488.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Bolivia, Chagas Disease, Guatemala, Honduras, Neglected Diseases

June 1, 2008

International meeting: New diagnostic tests are urgently needed to treat patients with Chagas disease

Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, Médecins Sans Frontières
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2008;41(3):315-9.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Chagas Disease, Diagnostics, Neglected Diseases

April 9, 2008

Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic assay for Trypanosoma cruzi infection using whole blood in Sucre, Bolivia

Paul Roddy, Javier Goiri, Laurence Flevaud, Pedro Pablo Palma, Silvia Morote, Nines Lima, Luis Villa, Faustino Torrico, Pedro Albajar-Viñas
J Clin Microbiol 2008;46(6):2022-7.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Bolivia, Chagas Disease, Neglected Diseases

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