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Research that factor and morbid state, of Congenital Chagas disease in South America

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13576011
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field 寄生虫学(含医用動物学)
Research InstitutionKEIO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

TAKEUCHI Tsutomu  KEIO University, School of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (00051847)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MIURA Sachio  KEIO University, School of Medicine, Instructor, 医学部, 助手 (30051858)
SAITO Tomoya  KEIO University, School of Medicine, Instructor, 医学部, 助手 (80327501)
HIGO Hiroo  Kyushu University, Faculty of Medicine, Instructor, 医学研究院, 助手 (80117225)
SEKI Kensuke  KYORIN University, School of Health Science, Instructor, 保健学部, 助手 (40286430)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥13,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥4,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥4,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,200,000)
KeywordsCongenital Chaga's disease / Bolivia / Northeast Brazil / Benznidazole / Splenomegaly / Triatoma / Trypanosoma cruzi / Chronic carrier / Bolivia / 媒介昆虫サシガメ / 先天性感染シャーガス病 / P.C.R法 / xenodiagnosis(媒介体診断) / Benzonidazol / 慢性感染 / Triatoma / アイソザイム解析 / Xenodiagnosis(媒介体診断) / Triatoma infestans
Research Abstract

This study started with epidemiological research of congenital Chags' disease in Bolivia, but now evolve to all around in South America including Independencia area in Ceara state in Northeast Brazil. In Bolivia, we could follow up congenital Chagas' babies who had medicated Benznidazole for three years. After medication by Benznidazole, the pathogen disappeared from the blood of more than 95% of neonate, and swelling of the liver and splenomegaly could not be observed, either. But some were detected pathogen from their blood on the third year, we consider the reason uncompleted medication because the contact with the vector (Triatoma) could deny during their follow-up. It is clear that all of the congenital infected mothers are carriers (32/32), but the necessity of treatment has not been observed, so we need to spread knowledge to people including medical workers.
From July 24 to 27 in 2003, Miura spoke about the above-mentioned at the 12th Convention Panamericans' NIKKEI-/Health Section (Aug-2003) in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and apply for support to JICA Partnership Program. There's no case of congenital Chagas' disease in Northeast Brazil but chronic carriers are still exist and also the vector is still living there, so it is possible that this disease would spread as revival infection. The pathogens (Trypanosoma cruzi) which were isolated from the two countries' were different characteristic, we are evaluating about hereditary difference.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2005 2004 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) Publications (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Triatomine bugs inhabiting houses in the state of Santa cruz-Bolivia and Northeastern portions of Brazil, and the infection rate of Trypanosoma cruzi2005

    • Author(s)
      Horio Masahiro, Miura Sachio Takeuchi Tsutomu etc.
    • Journal Title

      Jap.Soc.Med.Ent & Zool in press

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Triatomine bugs inhabiting housesin the state of Santa cruz-Bolivia and Northeast portions of Brazil and the infectionrate of Trypanosoma cruzi2005

    • Author(s)
      Horio Masahiro, Miura Sachio, Takeuchi Tutomu etc.
    • Journal Title

      Jap.Soc.Med.Ent & Zool (In press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Genetic variation among lineages of Trypanosoma cruzi and its geographic aspects.2004

    • Author(s)
      Higo Hiroo, Miura Sachio, Takeuchi Tsutomu etc.
    • Journal Title

      Parasitology International 53

      Pages: 337-344

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Genetic variation among Lineages of Trypanosoma cruzi and its aspects2004

    • Author(s)
      Higo Hiroo, Miura Sachio, Takeuchi Tsutomu etc.
    • Journal Title

      Parasitol.Inter 53・4

      Pages: 337-344

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Miura Sachio: "Current epidemiology of Chagas disease in northeast Brazil"Abstracts of the 72th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Parasitology. Suppl. 111 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Higo Hiro: "The differences of genetic variation among major lineages in Trypanosoma cruzi"Abstracts of the 72th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Parasitology. Suppl. 112 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Hamano Sinjiro: "Detection of kinetoplast DNA of Trypanosoma cruzi from dried feces of triatomine"Parasitology International. 50. 135-138 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Miura Sachio: "Dangerous factor of congenital Chagas disease (the pregnant woman of Chronic infection)"Parasitology International. 50. Suppl-88 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Higo Hiro: "Phylogenetic distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi in South America"Abstracts of the 71th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Parasitology. 157・II-D・29 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2001-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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