Project Title : "Optimization & development of a specific anti-Trypanosoma cruzi agent active in vitro and in a murine model of chronic Chagas disease"

Project PI : Simone Frédérique Brenière

Lab : Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), UMR INTERTRYP IRD-CIRAD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

BACKGROUND

• 2014-2015: Master of Science in Animal bioscience, The University of Edinburgh, UK
• 2007-2013: Bachelor Degree in Veterinary Medicine, Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuator

PUBLICATIONS

Vela, A., Coral-Almeida, M., Sereno, D., Costales, J.A., Barnabé, C., Brenière, S.F., (2021). In vitro susceptibility of Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units (DTUs) to benznidazole: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis [3.9] 15, e0009269. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009269

Revollo, S., Oury, B., Vela, A., Tibayrenc, M., Sereno, D., (2019). In Vitro Benznidazole and Nifurtimox Susceptibility Profile of Trypanosoma cruzi Strains Belonging to Discrete Typing Units TcI, TcII, and TcV. Pathogens [3.4] 8, 197. doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040197