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Department of Pediatrics

Chagas Disease

Selected Publications

  • Garcia MN, Aguilar D, Gorchakov R, Rossmann SN, Montgomery SP, Rivera H, Woc-Colburn L, Hotez PJ, Murray KO. Evidence of autochthonous Chagas disease in southeastern Texas. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Feb;92(2):325-30. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0238. Epub 2014 Nov 4. PMID: 25371187; PMCID: PMC4347336. 
  • Gorchakov R, Trosclair LP, Wozniak EJ, Feria PT, Garcia MN, Gunter SM, Murray KO. Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Prevalence and Bloodmeal Analysis in Triatomine Vectors of Chagas Disease From Rural Peridomestic Locations in Texas, 2013-2014. J Med Entomol. 2016 Jul;53(4):911-918. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw040. Epub 2016 Apr 22. Erratum in: J Med Entomol. 2016 Sep 1;53(5):1246. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw086. PMID: 27106934. 
  • Wozniak EJ, Lawrence G, Gorchakov R, Alamgir H, Dotson E, Sissel B, Sarkar S, Murray KO. The Biology of the Triatomine Bugs Native to South Central Texas and Assessment of the Risk They Pose for Autochthonous Chagas Disease Exposure. J Parasitol. 2015 Oct;101(5):520-8. doi: 10.1645/15-748. Epub 2015 Jul 13. PMID: 26168214. 
  • Garcia MN, Burroughs H, Gorchakov R, Gunter SM, Dumonteil E, Murray KO, Herrera CP. Molecular identification and genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in autochthonous Chagas disease patients from Texas, USA. Infect Genet Evol. 2017 Apr;49:151-156. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2017.01.016. Epub 2017 Jan 15. PMID: 28095298. 
  • Garcia MN, Woc-Colburn L, Aguilar D, Hotez PJ, Murray KO. Historical Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Human Chagas Disease in Texas and Recommendations for Enhanced Understanding of Clinical Chagas Disease in the Southern United States. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Nov 5;9(11):e0003981. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003981. PMID: 26540273; PMCID: PMC4634991. 
  • Garcia MN, O'Day S, Fisher-Hoch S, Gorchakov R, Patino R, Feria Arroyo TP, Laing ST, Lopez JE, Ingber A, Jones KM, Murray KO. One Health Interactions of Chagas Disease Vectors, Canid Hosts, and Human Residents along the Texas-Mexico Border. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Nov 10;10(11):e0005074. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005074. PMID: 27832063; PMCID: PMC5104435. 
  • Talavera-López C, Messenger LA, Lewis MD, Yeo M, Reis-Cunha JL, Matos GM, Bartholomeu DC, Calzada JE, Saldaña A, Ramírez JD, Guhl F, Ocaña-Mayorga S, Costales JA, Gorchakov R, Jones K, Nolan MS, Teixeira SMR, Carrasco HJ, Bottazzi ME, Hotez PJ, Murray KO, Grijalva MJ, Burleigh B, Grisard EC, Miles MA, Andersson B. Repeat-Driven Generation of Antigenic Diversity in a Major Human Pathogen, Trypanosoma cruzi. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2021 Mar 3;11:614665. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.614665. PMID: 33747978; PMCID: PMC7966520. 
  • Gunter SM, Murray KO, Gorchakov R, Beddard R, Rossmann SN, Montgomery SP, Rivera H, Brown EL, Aguilar D, Widman LE, Garcia MN. Likely Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi to Humans, South Central Texas, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Mar;23(3):500-503. doi: 10.3201/eid2303.161157. PMID: 28221110; PMCID: PMC5382766. 
  • Garcia MN, Woc-Colburn L, Rossmann SN, Townsend RL, Stramer SL, Bravo M, Kamel H, Beddard R, Townsend M, Oldham R, Bottazzi ME, Hotez PJ, Murray KO. Trypanosoma cruzi screening in Texas blood donors, 2008-2012. Epidemiol Infect. 2016 Apr;144(5):1010-3. doi: 10.1017/S0950268814002234. Epub 2014 Aug 29. PMID: 25170765. 
  • Garcia MN, Murray KO, Hotez PJ, Rossmann SN, Gorchakov R, Ontiveros A, Woc-Colburn L, Bottazzi ME, Rhodes CE, Ballantyne CM, Aguilar D. Development of chagas cardiac manifestations among Texas blood donors. Am J Cardiol. 2015 Jan 1;115(1):113-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.09.050. Epub 2014 Oct 14. PMID: 25456877.