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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Benznidazole Treatment: Time- and Dose-Dependence Varies with the

Kátia da Silva Fonseca, Luísa Perin, Nívia Carolina Nogueira de Paiva, Beatriz Cristiane da Silva, Thays Helena Chaves Duarte, Flávia de Souza Marques, Guilherme de Paula Costa, Israel Molina, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, Paula Melo de Abreu Vieira and 1 more

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Kátia da Silva FonsecaLaboratory of Immunopathology, Nucleus of Biological Sciences Research, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.
Luísa PerinLaboratory of Immunopathology, Nucleus of Biological Sciences Research, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.
Nívia Carolina Nogueira de PaivaLaboratory of Immunopathology, Nucleus of Biological Sciences Research, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.
Beatriz Cristiane da SilvaLaboratory of Immunopathology, Nucleus of Biological Sciences Research, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.
Thays Helena Chaves DuarteLaboratory of Morphopathology, Department of Biological Sciences, Nucleus of Biological Sciences Research, Institute of Exact and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.
Flávia de Souza MarquesLaboratory of Morphopathology, Department of Biological Sciences, Nucleus of Biological Sciences Research, Institute of Exact and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.
Guilherme de Paula CostaLaboratory of Immunopathology, Nucleus of Biological Sciences Research, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.
Israel MolinaLaboratory of Immunopathology, Nucleus of Biological Sciences Research, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.
Rodrigo Correa-OliveiraLaboratory of Immunopathology, Nucleus of Biological Sciences Research, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.
Paula Melo de Abreu VieiraLaboratory of Immunopathology, Nucleus of Biological Sciences Research, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7033-7686
Cláudia Martins CarneiroLaboratory of Immunopathology, Nucleus of Biological Sciences Research, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6002-857X
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the development of new drugs for Chagas disease is not a priority due to its neglected disease status, an option for increasing treatment adherence is to explore alternative treatment regimens, which may decrease the incidence of side effects. Therefore, we evaluated the efficacy of different therapeutic schemes with benznidazole (BNZ) on the acute and chronic phases of the disease, using mice infected with strains that have different BNZ susceptibilities. Our results show that the groups of animals infected by VL-10 strain, when treated in the chronic phase with a lower dose of BNZ for a longer period of time (40 mg/kg/day for 40 days) presented better treatment efficacy than with the standard protocol (100 mg/kg/day for 20 days) although the best result in the treatment of the animals infected by the VL-10 strain was with100 mg/kg/day for 40 days. In the acute infection by the Y and VL-10 strains of

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benznidazolechagas diseasemicetherapeutic strategiesTrypanosoma cruzi

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PMCPMC8229751
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