Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2020)

Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as Potential Biomarkers in Heart Transplant Patient with Chronic Chagas Disease

  • Nuria Cortes-Serra,
  • Maria Tays Mendes,
  • Clara Mazagatos,
  • Joan Segui-Barber,
  • Cameron C. Ellis,
  • Cristina Ballart,
  • Ana Garcia-Alvarez,
  • Montserrat Gállego,
  • Joaquim Gascon,
  • Igor C. Almeida,
  • María Jesús Pinazo,
  • Carmen Fernandez-Becerra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.191042
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 8
pp. 1846 – 1851

Abstract

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Chagas disease is emerging in countries to which it is not endemic. Biomarkers for earlier therapeutic response assessment in patients with chronic Chagas disease are needed. We profiled plasma-derived extracellular vesicles from a heart transplant patient with chronic Chagas disease and showed the potential of this approach for discovering such biomarkers.

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