Caryn Bern, MD
Professor Emeritus
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

Interests

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• epidemiology
• visceral leishmaniasis
• Chagas disease
• pathogenesis
• diagnosis
• control

Grants and Projects

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• Visceral leishmaniasis in India, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (subcontract from CARE), 2018-2023
• Chagas disease in the United States, Mundo Sano Foundation, 2018-2021

Publications (202)

Top publication keywords:
ParasitemiaLeishmaniasis, VisceralChagas DiseaseBoliviaEndemic DiseasesChagas CardiomyopathyNitroimidazolesTrypanocidal AgentsAntibodies, ProtozoanInsect VectorsInsecticidesTrypanosoma cruziTriatomaLeishmaniasis, CutaneousAntigens, Protozoan

• Chagas Disease Diagnostic Practices at Four Major Hospital Systems in California and Texas.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2024 Kelly EA, Echeverri Alegre JI, Promer K, Hayon J, Iordanov R, Rangwalla K, Zhang JJ, Fang Z, Huang C, Bittencourt CE, Reed S, Andrade RM, Bern C, Clark EH, Whitman JD
• Concordance of Results by Three Chagas Disease Antibody Assays in U.S. Clinical Specimens.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2023 Moser MS, Fleischmann CJ, Kelly EA, Prince HE, Bern C, Whitman JD
• Evaluation of InBios Chagas Detect Fast, a Novel Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Detection of Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Antibodies.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2023 Moser MS, Fleischmann CJ, Kelly EA, Townsend RL, Stramer SL, Bern C, Whitman JD
• Early identification of patients with Chagas disease at risk of developing cardiomyopathy using 2-D speckle tracking strain: Win, Miranda prediction of Chagas cardiomyopathy.
  International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature 2022 Win S, Miranda-Schaeubinger M, Gustavo Durán Saucedo R, Carballo Jimenez P, Flores J, Mercado-Saavedra B, Camila Telleria L, Raafs A, Verastegui M, Bern C, Tinajeros F, Heymans S, Marcus R, Gilman RH,…
• Recommendations for Screening and Diagnosis of Chagas Disease in the United States.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2022 Forsyth CJ, Manne-Goehler J, Bern C, Whitman J, Hochberg NS, Edwards M, Marcus R, Beatty NL, Castro-Sesquen YE, Coyle C, Stigler Granados P, Hamer D, Maguire JH, Gilman RH, Meymandi S

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• Congenital Chagas disease in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, is dominated by Trypanosoma cruzi lineage V.
  Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2022 Sanchez L, Messenger LA, Bhattacharyya T, Gilman RH, Mayta H, Colanzi R, Bozo R, Verástegui M, Miles MA, Bern C
• Deep Sequencing to Detect Diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Patients Coinfected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Chagas Disease.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2022 Bowman NM, Balasubramanian S, Gilman RH, Parobek C, Calderon M, Waltmann A, Messenger LA, Sanchez L, Bern C, Juliano JJ, Working Group on Chagas Disease in Bolivia and Peru
• Enteropathogen Changes After Rotavirus Vaccine Scale-up.
  Pediatrics 2022 Ballard SB, Requena D, Mayta H, Sanchez GJ, Oyola-Lozada MG, Colquechagua Aliaga FD, Cabrera L, Vittet Mondonedo MD, Taquiri C, Tilley CDH, Simons CMP, Meza RA, Bern C, Saito M, Figueroa-Quintanilla …
• Chagas Disease in People with HIV: A Narrative Review.
  Tropical medicine and infectious disease 2021 Clark EH, Bern C
• HIV and Chagas Disease: An Evaluation of the Use of Real-Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction to Measure Levels of Trypanosoma cruzi Parasitemia in HIV Patients in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2021 Reimer-McAtee MJ, Mejia C, Clark T, Terle J, Pajuelo MJ, Cabeza J, Lora MH, Valencia E, Castro R, Lozano D, Bern C, Torrico F, Gilman RH
• The Immunoglobulin M-Shed Acute Phase Antigen (SAPA)-test for the Early Diagnosis of Congenital Chagas Disease in the Time of the Elimination Goal of Mother-to-Child Transmission.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021 Castro-Sesquen YE, Tinajeros F, Bern C, Galdos-Cardenas G, Malaga ES, Valencia Ayala E, Hjerrild K, Clipman SJ, Lescano AG, Bayangos T, Castillo W, Menduiña MC, Talaat KR, Gilman RH, Chagas Working …
• Improving houses in the Bolivian Chaco increases effectiveness of residual insecticide spraying against infestation with Triatoma infestans, vector of Chagas disease.
  Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2021 Gonçalves R, Landivar D, Grover Sañez Liendo E, Mamani Fernandez J, Ismail HM, Paine MJI, Courtenay O, Bern C
• Indoor residual spraying practices against Triatoma infestans in the Bolivian Chaco: contributing factors to suboptimal insecticide delivery to treated households.
  Parasites & vectors 2021 Gonçalves R, Logan RAE, Ismail HM, Paine MJI, Bern C, Courtenay O
• Comparative Performance of Latest-Generation and FDA-Cleared Serology Tests for the Diagnosis of Chagas Disease.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2021 Kelly EA, Bulman CA, Gunderson EL, Irish AM, Townsend RL, Sakanari JA, Stramer SL, Bern C, Whitman JD
• Significant and sustained decrease in non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viral infections during COVID-19 public health interventions.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2021 Whitman JD, Pham P, Bern C, Dekker EM, Haller BL, Jain V, Winston LG
• Use of a Latent Class Analysis in the Diagnosis of Chronic Chagas Disease in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021 Castro-Sesquen YE, Saldaña A, Patino Nava D, Bayangos T, Paulette Evans D, DeToy K, Trevino A, Marcus R, Bern C, Gilman RH, Talaat KR, Chagas Working Group in Peru and the United States
• Variation in SARS-CoV-2 Infection Risk and Socioeconomic Disadvantage Among a Mayan-Latinx Population in Oakland, California.
  JAMA network open 2021 Esaryk EE, Wesson P, Fields J, Rios-Fetchko F, Lindan C, Bern C, Fernández A
• Development and Evaluation of Active Case Detection Methods to Support Visceral Leishmaniasis Elimination in India.
  Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 2021 Dubey P, Das A, Priyamvada K, Bindroo J, Mahapatra T, Mishra PK, Kumar A, Franco AO, Rooj B, Sinha B, Pradhan S, Banerjee I, Kumar M, Bano N, Kumar C, Prasad C, Chakraborty P, Kumar R, Kumar N, Kumar …
• Optimizing Village-Level Targeting of Active Case Detection to Support Visceral Leishmaniasis Elimination in India.
  Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 2021 Bindroo J, Priyamvada K, Chapman LAC, Mahapatra T, Sinha B, Banerjee I, Mishra PK, Rooj B, Kundan K, Roy N, Gill NK, Hightower A, Sharma MP, Dhingra N, Bern C, Srikantiah S
• Hospital-Based Donor Recruitment and Predonation Serologic Testing for COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma.
  American journal of clinical pathology 2021 Balcerek J, Trejo E, Levine K, Couey P, Kornberg ZV, Rogine C, Young C, Li PJ, Shy BR, Taylor JE, Bakhtary S, Friedlander T, Lynch KL, Bern C, Esensten JH
• Towards a Sustainable Vector-Control Strategy in the Post Kala-Azar Elimination Era.
  Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 2021 Garlapati R, Iniguez E, Serafim TD, Mishra PK, Rooj B, Sinha B, Valenzuela JG, Srikantiah S, Bern C, Kamhawi S
• Evaluation of 2 Lateral Flow Rapid Tests in the Diagnosis of Chagas Disease in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2021 Castro-Sesquen YE, Saldaña A, Patino Nava D, Paulette Evans D, Bayangos T, DeToy K, Trevino A, Marcus R, Bern C, Gilman RH, Talaat KR, Chagas Working Group in Peru and the United States
• Magnitude and Kinetics of Anti-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Antibody Responses and Their Relationship to Disease Severity.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021 Lynch KL, Whitman JD, Lacanienta NP, Beckerdite EW, Kastner SA, Shy BR, Goldgof GM, Levine AG, Bapat SP, Stramer SL, Esensten JH, Hightower AW, Bern C, Wu AHB
• Visceral leishmaniasis outbreaks in Bihar: community-level investigations in the context of elimination of kala-azar as a public health problem.
  Parasites & vectors 2021 Priyamvada K, Bindroo J, Sharma MP, Chapman LAC, Dubey P, Mahapatra T, Hightower AW, Bern C, Srikantiah S
• A Cluster-based, Spatial-sampling Method for Assessing Household Healthcare Utilization Patterns in Resource-limited Settings.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020 Yu AT, Shakya R, Adhikari B, Tamrakar D, Vaidya K, Maples S, Date K, Bogoch II, Bern C, Qamar F, Yousafzai MT, Garrett DO, Longley AT, Hemlock C, Luby S, Aiemjoy K, Andrews JR
• Spatial Heterogeneity of Enteric Fever in 2 Diverse Communities in Nepal.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020 Tamrakar D, Vaidya K, Yu AT, Aiemjoy K, Naga SR, Cao Y, Bern C, Shrestha R, Karmacharya BM, Pradhan S, Qamar FN, Saha S, Date K, Longley AT, Hemlock C, Luby S, Garrett DO, Bogoch II, Andrews JR
• Outdoor Residual Insecticide Spraying (ODRS), a New Approach for the Control of the Exophilic Vectors of Human Visceral Leishmaniasis: Phlebotomus orientalis in East Africa.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2020 Elnaiem DA, Dakein O, Alawad AM, Alsharif B, Khogali A, Jibreel T, Osman OF, Has'san H, Atia AM, Elhag M, Den Boer M, Ritmeijer K, Bern C, Alvar J, Khalid N, Courtenay O
• Norovirus-specific immunoglobulin A in breast milk for protection against norovirus-associated diarrhea among infants.
  EClinicalMedicine 2020 Labayo HKM, Pajuelo MJ, Tohma K, Ford-Siltz LA, Gilman RH, Cabrera L, Mayta H, Sanchez GJ, Cornejo AT, Bern C, Dapat C, Nochi T, Parra GI, Oshitani H, Saito M
• Inferring transmission trees to guide targeting of interventions against visceral leishmaniasis and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2020 Chapman LAC, Spencer SEF, Pollington TM, Jewell CP, Mondal D, Alvar J, Hollingsworth TD, Cameron MM, Bern C, Medley GF
• Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serology assays reveals a range of test performance.
  Nature biotechnology 2020 Whitman JD, Hiatt J, Mowery CT, Shy BR, Yu R, Yamamoto TN, Rathore U, Goldgof GM, Whitty C, Woo JM, Gallman AE, Miller TE, Levine AG, Nguyen DN, Bapat SP, Balcerek J, Bylsma SA, Lyons AM, Li S, Wong …
• Long-term incidence of relapse and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis after three different visceral leishmaniasis treatment regimens in Bihar, India.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2020 Goyal V, Das VNR, Singh SN, Singh RS, Pandey K, Verma N, Hightower A, Rijal S, Das P, Alvar J, Bern C, Alves F
• Magnitude and kinetics of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses and their relationship to disease severity.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020 Lynch KL, Whitman JD, Lacanienta NP, Beckerdite EW, Kastner SA, Shy BR, Goldgof GM, Levine AG, Bapat SP, Stramer SL, Esensten JH, Hightower AW, Bern C, Wu AHB
• Evaluation of matrix effects and prolonged storage on Trypanosoma cruzi serology in blood donor specimens.
  Transfusion 2020 Whitman JD, Townsend RL, Bern C, Stramer SL
• Chagas Disease in the United States: a Public Health Approach.
  Clinical microbiology reviews 2019 Bern C, Messenger LA, Whitman JD, Maguire JH
• Chagas Disease Serological Test Performance in U.S. Blood Donor Specimens.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2019 Whitman JD, Bulman CA, Gunderson EL, Irish AM, Townsend RL, Stramer SL, Sakanari JA, Bern C
• Field effectiveness of new visceral leishmaniasis regimens after 1 year following treatment within public health facilities in Bihar, India.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 Goyal V, Burza S, Pandey K, Singh SN, Singh RS, Strub-Wourgaft N, Das VNR, Bern C, Hightower A, Rijal S, Sunyoto T, Alves F, Lima N, Das P, Alvar J
• Effect of insecticide-treated bed nets on visceral leishmaniasis incidence in Bangladesh. A retrospective cohort analysis.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 Chowdhury R, Chowdhury V, Faria S, Akter S, Dash AP, Bhattacharya SK, Maheswary NP, Bern C, Akhter S, Alvar J, Kroeger A, Boelaert M, Banu Q
• Chagas disease in the Bolivian Chaco: Persistent transmission indicated by childhood seroscreening study.
  International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2019 Hopkins T, Gonçalves R, Mamani J, Courtenay O, Bern C
• Quantifying the Infectiousness of Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Toward Sand Flies.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2019 Mondal D, Bern C, Ghosh D, Rashid M, Molina R, Chowdhury R, Nath R, Ghosh P, Chapman LAC, Alim A, Bilbe G, Alvar J
• Hindgut microbiota in laboratory-reared and wild Triatoma infestans.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 Waltmann A, Willcox AC, Balasubramanian S, Borrini Mayori K, Mendoza Guerrero S, Salazar Sanchez RS, Roach J, Condori Pino C, Gilman RH, Bern C, Juliano JJ, Levy MZ, Meshnick SR, Bowman NM
• Trypomastigote Excretory Secretory Antigen Blot Is Associated With Trypanosoma cruzi Load and Detects Congenital T. cruzi Infection in Neonates, Using Anti-Shed Acute Phase Antigen Immunoglobulin M.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2019 Noazin S, Lee JA, Malaga ES, Valencia Ayala E, Condori BJ, Roca C, Lescano AG, Bern C, Castillo W, Mayta H, Menduiña MC, Verastegui MR, Tinajeros F, Gilman RH, Chagas Working Group in Bolivia and Peru
• Improved DNA extraction technique from clot for the diagnosis of Chagas disease.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 Mayta H, Romero YK, Pando A, Verastegui M, Tinajeros F, Bozo R, Henderson-Frost J, Colanzi R, Flores J, Lerner R, Bern C, Gilman RH, Chagas Working Group in Perú and Bolivia
• Age trends in asymptomatic and symptomatic Leishmania donovani infection in the Indian subcontinent: A review and analysis of data from diagnostic and epidemiological studies.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2018 Chapman LAC, Morgan ALK, Adams ER, Bern C, Medley GF, Hollingsworth TD
• High Rates of Enteric Fever Diagnosis and Lower Burden of Culture-Confirmed Disease in Peri-urban and Rural Nepal.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2018 Andrews JR, Vaidya K, Bern C, Tamrakar D, Wen S, Madhup S, Shrestha R, Karmacharya B, Amatya B, Koju R, Adhikari SR, Hohmann E, Ryan ET, Bogoch II
• Field safety and effectiveness of new visceral leishmaniasis treatment regimens within public health facilities in Bihar, India.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2018 Goyal V, Mahajan R, Pandey K, Singh SN, Singh RS, Strub-Wourgaft N, Alves F, Rabi Das VN, Topno RK, Sharma B, Balasegaram M, Bern C, Hightower A, Rijal S, Ellis S, Sunyoto T, Burza S, Lima N, Das P, …
• The role of case proximity in transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in a highly endemic village in Bangladesh.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2018 Chapman LAC, Jewell CP, Spencer SEF, Pellis L, Datta S, Chowdhury R, Bern C, Medley GF, Hollingsworth TD
• Congenital Chagas disease: current diagnostics, limitations and future perspectives.
  Current opinion in infectious diseases 2018 Messenger LA, Bern C
• Chagas Cardiomyopathy: An Update of Current Clinical Knowledge and Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
  Circulation 2018 Nunes MCP, Beaton A, Acquatella H, Bern C, Bolger AF, Echeverría LE, Dutra WO, Gascon J, Morillo CA, Oliveira-Filho J, Ribeiro ALP, Marin-Neto JA, American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, …
• Severity of Chagasic Cardiomyopathy Is Associated With Response to a Novel Rapid Diagnostic Test for Trypanosoma cruzi TcII/V/VI.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018 Bhattacharyya T, Messenger LA, Bern C, Mertens P, Gilleman Q, Zeippen N, Bremer Hinckel BC, Murphy N, Gilman RH, Miles MA, Chagas Working Group in Bolivia and Peru
• Epidemiology of Sapovirus Infections in a Birth Cohort in Peru.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018 Sánchez GJ, Mayta H, Pajuelo MJ, Neira K, Xiaofang L, Cabrera L, Ballard SB, Crabtree JE, Kelleher D, Cama V, Bern C, Oshitani H, Gilman RH, Saito M, Sapovirus Working Group
• Genetic association study of NLRP1, CARD, and CASP1 inflammasome genes with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy among Trypanosoma cruzi seropositive patients in Bolivia.
  PloS one 2018 Clipman SJ, Henderson-Frost J, Fu KY, Bern C, Flores J, Gilman RH
• Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in Patients with Chagas Disease: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography in Collaboration With the InterAmerican Association of Echocardiography (ECOSIAC) and the Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (DIC-SBC).
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2018 Acquatella H, Asch FM, Barbosa MM, Barros M, Bern C, Cavalcante JL, Echeverria Correa LE, Lima J, Marcus R, Marin-Neto JA, Migliore R, Milei J, Morillo CA, Nunes MCP, Campos Vieira ML, Viotti R
• Combining epidemiology with basic biology of sand flies, parasites, and hosts to inform leishmaniasis transmission dynamics and control.
  PLoS pathogens 2017 Courtenay O, Peters NC, Rogers ME, Bern C
• Systemic insecticide treatment of the canine reservoir of Trypanosoma cruzi induces high levels of lethality in Triatoma infestans, a principal vector of Chagas disease.
  Parasites & vectors 2017 Loza A, Talaga A, Herbas G, Canaviri RJ, Cahuasiri T, Luck L, Guibarra A, Goncalves R, Pereira JA, Gomez SA, Picado A, Messenger LA, Bern C, Courtenay O
• Toward Improving Early Diagnosis of Congenital Chagas Disease in an Endemic Setting.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2017 Messenger LA, Gilman RH, Verastegui M, Galdos-Cardenas G, Sanchez G, Valencia E, Sanchez L, Malaga E, Rendell VR, Jois M, Shah V, Santos N, Abastoflor MDC, LaFuente C, Colanzi R, Bozo R, Bern C, Working Group on Chagas Disease in Bolivia and Peru
• Association of caspase-1 polymorphisms with Chagas cardiomyopathy among individuals in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
  Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2017 Fu KY, Zamudio R, Henderson-Frost J, Almuedo A, Steinberg H, Clipman SJ, Duran G, Marcus R, Crawford T, Alyesh D, Colanzi R, Flores J, Gilman RH, Bern C
• Infectivity of Post-Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Patients to Sand Flies: Revisiting a Proof of Concept in the Context of the Kala-azar Elimination Program in the Indian Subcontinent.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2017 Molina R, Ghosh D, Carrillo E, Monnerat S, Bern C, Mondal D, Alvar J
• A New Epoch in Antitrypanosomal Treatment for Chagas Disease.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2017 Bern C
• Colloid Mobilization and Seasonal Variability in a Semiarid Headwater Stream.
  Journal of environmental quality 2017 Mills TJ, Anderson SP, Bern C, Aguirre A, Derry LA
• Toxicological, Enzymatic, and Molecular Assessment of the Insecticide Susceptibility Profile of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae, Triatominae) Populations From Rural Communities of Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
  Journal of medical entomology 2017 Santo-Orihuela PL, Vassena CV, Carvajal G, Clark E, Menacho S, Bozo R, Gilman RH, Bern C, Marcet PL
• Etiological Role and Repeated Infections of Sapovirus among Children Aged Less than 2 Years in a Cohort Study in a Peri-urban Community of Peru.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2016 Liu X, Jahuira H, Gilman RH, Alva A, Cabrera L, Okamoto M, Xu H, Windle HJ, Kelleher D, Varela M, Verastegui M, Calderon M, Sanchez G, Sarabia V, Ballard SB, Bern C, Mayta H, Crabtree JE, Cama V, …
• Pupillary Light Reflexes are Associated with Autonomic Dysfunction in Bolivian Diabetics But Not Chagas Disease Patients.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2016 Halperin A, Pajuelo M, Tornheim JA, Vu N, Carnero AM, Galdos-Cardenas G, Ferrufino L, Camacho M, Justiniano J, Colanzi R, Bowman NM, Morris T, MacDougall H, Bern C, Moore ST, Gilman RH, Chagas Working…
• Domestic Pig (Sus scrofa) as an Animal Model for Experimental Trypanosoma cruzi Infection.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2016 Yauri V, Castro-Sesquen YE, Verastegui M, Angulo N, Recuenco F, Cabello I, Malaga E, Bern C, Gavidia CM, Gilman RH
• Use of a Chagas Urine Nanoparticle Test (Chunap) to Correlate with Parasitemia Levels in T. cruzi/HIV Co-infected Patients.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2016 Castro-Sesquen YE, Gilman RH, Mejia C, Clark DE, Choi J, Reimer-McAtee MJ, Castro R, Valencia-Ayala E, Flores J, Bowman N, Castillo-Neyra R, Torrico F, Liotta L, Bern C, Luchini A, Chagas/HIV Working …
• Understanding the transmission dynamics of Leishmania donovani to provide robust evidence for interventions to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India.
  Parasites & vectors 2016 Cameron MM, Acosta-Serrano A, Bern C, Boelaert M, den Boer M, Burza S, Chapman LA, Chaskopoulou A, Coleman M, Courtenay O, Croft S, Das P, Dilger E, Foster G, Garlapati R, Haines L, Harris A, …
• Burden of Norovirus and Rotavirus in Children After Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2015 McAtee CL, Webman R, Gilman RH, Mejia C, Bern C, Apaza S, Espetia S, Pajuelo M, Saito M, Challappa R, Soria R, Ribera JP, Lozano D, Torrico F
• Chagas' Disease.
  The New England journal of medicine 2015 Bern C
• Quantification of the natural history of visceral leishmaniasis and consequences for control.
  Parasites & vectors 2015 Chapman LA, Dyson L, Courtenay O, Chowdhury R, Bern C, Medley GF, Hollingsworth TD
• Tropical and travel-associated norovirus: current concepts.
  Current opinion in infectious diseases 2015 Ballard SB, Saito M, Mirelman AJ, Bern C, Gilman RH
• Reply to Henao-Martínez, et al.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2015 Bern C
• Biomarkers and mortality in severe Chagas cardiomyopathy.
  Global heart 2015 Sherbuk JE, Okamoto EE, Marks MA, Fortuny E, Clark EH, Galdos-Cardenas G, Vasquez-Villar A, Fernandez AB, Crawford TC, Do RQ, Flores-Franco JL, Colanzi R, Gilman RH, Bern C
• Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic abnormalities in Chagas disease: findings in residents of rural Bolivian communities hyperendemic for Chagas disease.
  Global heart 2015 Fernandez AB, Nunes MC, Clark EH, Samuels A, Menacho S, Gomez J, Bozo Gutierrez RW, Crawford TC, Gilman RH, Bern C
• Prevalence of Chagas heart disease in a region endemic for Trypanosoma cruzi: evidence from a central Bolivian community.
  Global heart 2015 Yager JE, Lozano Beltran DF, Torrico F, Gilman RH, Bern C
• Between a bug and a hard place: Trypanosoma cruzi genetic diversity and the clinical outcomes of Chagas disease.
  Expert review of anti-infective therapy 2015 Messenger LA, Miles MA, Bern C
• Chagas' Disease.
  The New England journal of medicine 2015 Bern C
• Correction: Prevalence and Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in People of Rural Communities of the High Jungle of Northern Peru.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2015 Alroy KA, Huang C, Gilman RH, Quispe-Machaca VR, Marks MA, Ancca-Juarez J, Hillyard M, Verastegui M, Sanchez G, Cabrera L, Vidal E, Billig EM, Cama VA, Náquira C, Bern C, Levy MZ, Working Group on …
• Chromosomal copy number variation reveals differential levels of genomic plasticity in distinct Trypanosoma cruzi strains.
  BMC genomics 2015 Reis-Cunha JL, Rodrigues-Luiz GF, Valdivia HO, Baptista RP, Mendes TA, de Morais GL, Guedes R, Macedo AM, Bern C, Gilman RH, Lopez CT, Andersson B, Vasconcelos AT, Bartholomeu DC
• Sustained Domestic Vector Exposure Is Associated With Increased Chagas Cardiomyopathy Risk but Decreased Parasitemia and Congenital Transmission Risk Among Young Women in Bolivia.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2015 Kaplinski M, Jois M, Galdos-Cardenas G, Rendell VR, Shah V, Do RQ, Marcus R, Pena MS, Abastoflor Mdel C, LaFuente C, Bozo R, Valencia E, Verastegui M, Colanzi R, Gilman RH, Bern C, Working Group on …
• Evaluation of Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility (MODS) and the string test for rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV/AIDS patients in Bolivia.
  BMC infectious diseases 2015 Lora MH, Reimer-McAtee MJ, Gilman RH, Lozano D, Saravia R, Pajuelo M, Bern C, Castro R, Espinoza M, Vallejo M, Solano M, Challapa R, Torrico F
• Prevalence and Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in People of Rural Communities of the High Jungle of Northern Peru.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2015 Alroy KA, Huang C, Gilman RH, Quispe-Machaca VR, Marks MA, Ancca-Juarez J, Hillyard M, Verastegui M, Sanchez G, Cabrera L, Vidal E, Billig EM, Cama VA, Náquira C, Bern C, Levy MZ, Working Group on …
• The potential of canine sentinels for reemerging Trypanosoma cruzi transmission.
  Preventive veterinary medicine 2015 Castillo-Neyra R, Chou Chu L, Quispe-Machaca V, Ancca-Juarez J, Malaga Chavez FS, Bastos Mazuelos M, Naquira C, Bern C, Gilman RH, Levy MZ
• Trypanosoma cruzi-infected pregnant women without vector exposure have higher parasitemia levels: implications for congenital transmission risk.
  PloS one 2015 Rendell VR, Gilman RH, Valencia E, Galdos-Cardenas G, Verastegui M, Sanchez L, Acosta J, Sanchez G, Ferrufino L, LaFuente C, Abastoflor Mdel C, Colanzi R, Bern C
• Circulating serum markers and QRS scar score in Chagas cardiomyopathy.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2014 Clark EH, Marks MA, Gilman RH, Fernandez AB, Crawford TC, Samuels AM, Hidron AI, Galdos-Cardenas G, Menacho-Mendez GS, Bozo-Gutierrez RW, Martin DL, Bern C
• Biomarkers in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected and uninfected individuals with varying severity of cardiomyopathy in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2014 Okamoto EE, Sherbuk JE, Clark EH, Marks MA, Gandarilla O, Galdos-Cardenas G, Vasquez-Villar A, Choi J, Crawford TC, Do RQ, Q R, Fernandez AB, Colanzi R, Flores-Franco JL, Gilman RH, Bern C, Chagas …
• Use of a novel chagas urine nanoparticle test (chunap) for diagnosis of congenital chagas disease.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2014 Castro-Sesquen YE, Gilman RH, Galdos-Cardenas G, Ferrufino L, Sánchez G, Valencia Ayala E, Liotta L, Bern C, Luchini A, Working Group on Chagas Disease in Bolivia and Peru
• Field evaluation of the InBios Chagas detect plus rapid test in serum and whole-blood specimens in Bolivia.
  Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI 2014 Shah V, Ferrufino L, Gilman RH, Ramirez M, Saenza E, Malaga E, Sanchez G, Okamoto EE, Sherbuck JE, Clark EH, Galdos-Cardenas G, Bozo R, Flores-Franco JL, Colanzi R, Verastegui M, Bern C
• Visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a traveler returning from a pilgrimage to the Camino de Santiago.
  Journal of travel medicine 2014 Watkins ER, Shamasunder S, Cascino T, White KL, Katrak S, Bern C, Schwartz BS
• Beyond birth-weight: early growth and adolescent blood pressure in a Peruvian population.
  PeerJ 2014 Sterling R, Checkley W, Gilman RH, Cabrera L, Sterling CR, Bern C, Miranda JJ
• Hyperendemic Chagas disease and the unmet need for pacemakers in the Bolivian Chaco.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2014 Clark EH, Sherbuk J, Okamoto E, Jois M, Galdos-Cardenas G, Vela-Guerra J, Menacho-Mendez GS, Bozo-Gutierrez RW, Fernandez AB, Crawford TC, Colanzi R, Gilman RH, Bern C, Working Group on Chagas Disease…
• Population genetics of Cryptosporidium meleagridis in humans and birds: evidence for cross-species transmission.
  International journal for parasitology 2014 Wang Y, Yang W, Cama V, Wang L, Cabrera L, Ortega Y, Bern C, Feng Y, Gilman R, Xiao L
• Regional variation in the correlation of antibody and T-cell responses to Trypanosoma cruzi.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2014 Martin DL, Marks M, Galdos-Cardenas G, Gilman RH, Goodhew B, Ferrufino L, Halperin A, Sanchez G, Verastegui M, Escalante P, Naquira C, Levy MZ, Bern C
• Multiple norovirus infections in a birth cohort in a Peruvian Periurban community.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2013 Saito M, Goel-Apaza S, Espetia S, Velasquez D, Cabrera L, Loli S, Crabtree JE, Black RE, Kosek M, Checkley W, Zimic M, Bern C, Cama V, Gilman RH, Norovirus Working Group in Peru
• Risk factors for visceral Leishmaniasis among residents and migrants in Kafta-Humera, Ethiopia.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2013 Argaw D, Mulugeta A, Herrero M, Nombela N, Teklu T, Tefera T, Belew Z, Alvar J, Bern C
• Identification of strain-specific B-cell epitopes in Trypanosoma cruzi using genome-scale epitope prediction and high-throughput immunoscreening with peptide arrays.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2013 Mendes TA, Reis Cunha JL, de Almeida Lourdes R, Rodrigues Luiz GF, Lemos LD, dos Santos AR, da Câmara AC, Galvão LM, Bern C, Gilman RH, Fujiwara RT, Gazzinelli RT, Bartholomeu DC
• Perinatal Screening for Chagas Disease in Southern Texas.
  Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2013 Edwards MS, Rench MA, Todd CW, Czaicki N, Steurer FJ, Bern C, Montgomery SP
• Improved completion rates and characterization of drug reactions with an intensive Chagas disease treatment program in rural Bolivia.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2013 Tornheim JA, Lozano Beltran DF, Gilman RH, Castellon M, Solano Mercado MA, Sullca W, Torrico F, Bern C
• Hemi-nested PCR and RFLP methodologies for identifying blood meals of the Chagas disease vector, Triatoma infestans.
  PloS one 2013 Roellig DM, Gomez-Puerta LA, Mead DG, Pinto J, Ancca-Juarez J, Calderon M, Bern C, Gilman RH, Cama VA, Chagas Disease Workgroup in Arequipa
• Epidemiology of and impact of insecticide spraying on Chagas disease in communities in the Bolivian Chaco.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2013 Samuels AM, Clark EH, Galdos-Cardenas G, Wiegand RE, Ferrufino L, Menacho S, Gil J, Spicer J, Budde J, Levy MZ, Bozo RW, Gilman RH, Bern C, Working Group on Chagas Disease in Bolivia and Peru
• Clinical and immunological aspects of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in Bangladesh.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2013 Islam S, Kenah E, Bhuiyan MA, Rahman KM, Goodhew B, Ghalib CM, Zahid MM, Ozaki M, Rahman MW, Haque R, Luby SP, Maguire JH, Martin D, Bern C
• Detection of soluble antigen and DNA of Trypanosoma cruzi in urine is independent of renal injury in the guinea pig model.
  PloS one 2013 Castro-Sesquen YE, Gilman RH, Yauri V, Cok J, Angulo N, Escalante H, Bern C
• Cell death and serum markers of collagen metabolism during cardiac remodeling in Cavia porcellus experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2013 Castro-Sesquen YE, Gilman RH, Paico H, Yauri V, Angulo N, Ccopa F, Bern C
• Endemic transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in Bhutan.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2012 Yangzom T, Cruz I, Bern C, Argaw D, den Boer M, Vélez ID, Bhattacharya SK, Molina R, Alvar J
• Chagas disease in the immunosuppressed host.
  Current opinion in infectious diseases 2012 Bern C
• Use of Individual-level Covariates to Improve Latent Class Analysis of Trypanosoma Cruzi Diagnostic Tests.
  Epidemiologic methods 2012 Tustin AW, Small DS, Delgado S, Neyra RC, Verastegui MR, Ancca Juárez JM, Quispe Machaca VR, Gilman RH, Bern C, Levy MZ
• Leishmaniasis worldwide and global estimates of its incidence.
  PloS one 2012 Alvar J, Vélez ID, Bern C, Herrero M, Desjeux P, Cano J, Jannin J, den Boer M, WHO Leishmaniasis Control Team
• Effects of the 1997-1998 El Niño episode on community rates of diarrhea.
  American journal of public health 2012 Bennett A, Epstein LD, Gilman RH, Cama V, Bern C, Cabrera L, Lescano AG, Patz J, Carcamo C, Sterling CR, Checkley W
• Early anthropometric indices predict short stature and overweight status in a cohort of Peruvians in early adolescence.
  American journal of physical anthropology 2012 Sterling R, Miranda JJ, Gilman RH, Cabrera L, Sterling CR, Bern C, Checkley W
• Prognostic value and cost-effectiveness of different screening strategies for HLA antibodies prior to kidney transplantation.
  Clinical transplantation 2012 Ziemann M, Schönemann C, Bern C, Lachmann N, Nitschke M, Fricke L, Görg S
• Temporal differences in blood meal detection from the midguts of Triatoma infestans.
  Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 2012 Pinto J, Roellig DM, Gilman RH, Calderón M, Bartra C, Salazar R, Bern C, Ancca-Juárez J, Levy M, Náquira C, Cama V
• Population genetic analysis of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in humans.
  International journal for parasitology 2012 Li W, Cama V, Feng Y, Gilman RH, Bern C, Zhang X, Xiao L
• A field trial of alternative targeted screening strategies for Chagas disease in Arequipa, Peru.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2012 Hunter GC, Borrini-Mayorí K, Ancca Juárez J, Castillo Neyra R, Verastegui MR, Malaga Chavez FS, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Córdova Benzaquen E, Náquira C, Gilman RH, Bern C, Levy MZ
• Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas' Disease in the United States.
  Clinical microbiology reviews 2011 Bern C, Kjos S, Yabsley MJ, Montgomery SP
• Retracing micro-epidemics of Chagas disease using epicenter regression.
  PLoS computational biology 2011 Levy MZ, Small DS, Vilhena DA, Bowman NM, Kawai V, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cordova-Benzaquen E, Gilman RH, Bern C, Plotkin JB
• Economic consequences of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a rural Bangladeshi community.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2011 Ozaki M, Islam S, Rahman KM, Rahman A, Luby SP, Bern C
• Tubulinosema sp. microsporidian myositis in immunosuppressed patient.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2011 Choudhary MM, Metcalfe MG, Arrambide K, Bern C, Visvesvara GS, Pieniazek NJ, Bandea RD, Deleon-Carnes M, Adem P, Choudhary MM, Zaki SR, Saeed MU
• Post-Kala-Azar dermal leishmaniasis in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2011 Islam S, Ashraful Alam Bhuiyan M, Bern C
• Antitrypanosomal therapy for chronic Chagas' disease.
  The New England journal of medicine 2011 Bern C
• Cavia porcellus as a model for experimental infection by Trypanosoma cruzi.
  The American journal of pathology 2011 Castro-Sesquen YE, Gilman RH, Yauri V, Angulo N, Verastegui M, Velásquez DE, Sterling CR, Martin D, Bern C
• Comparison of insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying to control the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Mymensingh District, Bangladesh.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2011 Chowdhury R, Dotson E, Blackstock AJ, McClintock S, Maheswary NP, Faria S, Islam S, Akter T, Kroeger A, Akhter S, Bern C
• Anti-triatomine saliva immunoassays for the evaluation of impregnated netting trials against Chagas disease transmission.
  International journal for parasitology 2011 Schwarz A, Juarez JA, Richards J, Rath B, Machaca VQ, Castro YE, Málaga ES, Levy K, Gilman RH, Bern C, Verastegui M, Levy MZ
• Screening and treatment of chagas disease in organ transplant recipients in the United States: recommendations from the chagas in transplant working group.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2011 Chin-Hong PV, Schwartz BS, Bern C, Montgomery SP, Kontak S, Kubak B, Morris MI, Nowicki M, Wright C, Ison MG
• A history of chagas disease transmission, control, and re-emergence in peri-rural La Joya, Peru.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2011 Delgado S, Castillo Neyra R, Quispe Machaca VR, Ancca Juárez J, Chou Chu L, Verastegui MR, Moscoso Apaza GM, Bocángel CD, Tustin AW, Sterling CR, Comrie AC, Náquira C, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Gilman RH…
• Acute and congenital Chagas disease.
  Advances in parasitology 2011 Bern C, Martin DL, Gilman RH
• Autonomic dysfunction and risk factors associated with Trypanosoma cruzi infection among children in Arequipa, Peru.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2011 Bowman NM, Kawai V, Gilman RH, Bocangel C, Galdos-Cardenas G, Cabrera L, Levy MZ, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Delgado F, Rosenthal L, Pinedo-Cancino VV, Steurer F, Seitz AE, Maguire JH, Bern C
• Evaluation of two rK39 dipstick tests, direct agglutination test, and indirect fluorescent antibody test for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in a new epidemic site in highland Ethiopia.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2011 Cañavate C, Herrero M, Nieto J, Cruz I, Chicharro C, Aparicio P, Mulugeta A, Argaw D, Blackstock AJ, Alvar J, Bern C
• Chagas cardiomyopathy in the context of the chronic disease transition.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2010 Hidron AI, Gilman RH, Justiniano J, Blackstock AJ, Lafuente C, Selum W, Calderon M, Verastegui M, Ferrufino L, Valencia E, Tornheim JA, O'Neal S, Comer R, Galdos-Cardenas G, Bern C, Chagas Disease …
• Cloning and characterization of the acidic ribosomal protein P2 of Cryptosporidium parvum, a new 17-kilodalton antigen.
  Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI 2010 Priest JW, Kwon JP, Montgomery JM, Bern C, Moss DM, Freeman AR, Jones CC, Arrowood MJ, Won KY, Lammie PJ, Gilman RH, Mead JR
• Of cattle, sand flies and men: a systematic review of risk factor analyses for South Asian visceral leishmaniasis and implications for elimination.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2010 Bern C, Courtenay O, Alvar J
• Hospitalization and mortality among primarily nonbreastfed children during a large outbreak of diarrhea and malnutrition in Botswana, 2006.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2010 Creek TL, Kim A, Lu L, Bowen A, Masunge J, Arvelo W, Smit M, Mach O, Legwaila K, Motswere C, Zaks L, Finkbeiner T, Povinelli L, Maruping M, Ngwaru G, Tebele G, Bopp C, Puhr N, Johnston SP, Dasilva AJ,…
• Increasing incidence of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a population-based study in Bangladesh.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2010 Rahman KM, Islam S, Rahman MW, Kenah E, Ghalib CM, Galive CM, Zahid MM, Maguire J, Rahman M, Haque R, Luby SP, Bern C
• Chagas disease, migration and community settlement patterns in Arequipa, Peru.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2009 Bayer AM, Hunter GC, Gilman RH, Cornejo Del Carpio JG, Naquira C, Bern C, Levy MZ
• Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009 Bern C, Verastegui M, Gilman RH, Lafuente C, Galdos-Cardenas G, Calderon M, Pacori J, Del Carmen Abastoflor M, Aparicio H, Brady MF, Ferrufino L, Angulo N, Marcus S, Sterling C, Maguire JH
• An estimate of the burden of Chagas disease in the United States.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009 Bern C, Montgomery SP
• Natural history of a visceral leishmaniasis outbreak in highland Ethiopia.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2009 Herrero M, Orfanos G, Argaw D, Mulugeta A, Aparicio P, Parreño F, Bernal O, Rubens D, Pedraza J, Lima MA, Flevaud L, Palma PP, Bashaye S, Alvar J, Bern C
• Neurocysticercosis in the infant of a pregnant mother with a tapeworm.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2009 Asnis D, Kazakov J, Toronjadze T, Bern C, Garcia HH, McAuliffe I, Bishop H, Lee L, Grossmann R, Garcia MA, Di John D
• Chagas disease in Spain, the United States and other non-endemic countries.
  Acta tropica 2009 Gascon J, Bern C, Pinazo MJ
• Risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis in a new epidemic site in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2009 Bashaye S, Nombela N, Argaw D, Mulugeta A, Herrero M, Nieto J, Chicharro C, Cañavate C, Aparicio P, Vélez ID, Alvar J, Bern C
• Spatial patterns in discordant diagnostic test results for Chagas disease: links to transmission hotspots.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009 Levy MZ, Bowman NM, Kawai V, Plotkin JB, Waller LA, Cabrera L, Steurer F, Seitz AE, Pinedo-Cancino VV, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cordova Benzaquen E, McKenzie FE, Maguire JH, Gilman RH, Bern C
• Geographic variation in the sensitivity of recombinant antigen-based rapid tests for chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2009 Verani JR, Seitz A, Gilman RH, LaFuente C, Galdos-Cardenas G, Kawai V, de LaFuente E, Ferrufino L, Bowman NM, Pinedo-Cancino V, Levy MZ, Steurer F, Todd CW, Kirchhoff LV, Cabrera L, Verastegui M, Bern…
• Polymerase chain reaction for chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection yields higher sensitivity in blood clot than buffy coat or whole blood specimens.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2008 Fitzwater S, Calderon M, Lafuente C, Galdos-Cardenas G, Ferrufino L, Verastegui M, Gilman RH, Bern C, Chagas Disease Working Group in Peru and Bolivia
• Complexities of assessing the disease burden attributable to leishmaniasis.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2008 Bern C, Maguire JH, Alvar J
• Chagas disease and the US blood supply.
  Current opinion in infectious diseases 2008 Bern C, Montgomery SP, Katz L, Caglioti S, Stramer SL
• Cryptosporidium species and subtypes and clinical manifestations in children, Peru.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2008 Cama VA, Bern C, Roberts J, Cabrera L, Sterling CR, Ortega Y, Gilman RH, Xiao L
• Impregnated netting slows infestation by Triatoma infestans.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2008 Levy MZ, Quíspe-Machaca VR, Ylla-Velasquez JL, Waller LA, Richards JM, Rath B, Borrini-Mayori K, del Carpio JG, Cordova-Benzaquen E, McKenzie FE, Wirtz RA, Maguire JH, Gilman RH, Bern C
• Recognizing and reducing the risks of Chagas disease in travelers.
  Journal of travel medicine 2008 Bern C, Montgomery SP
• Lack of an adverse effect of Giardia intestinalis infection on the health of Peruvian children.
  American journal of epidemiology 2008 Hollm-Delgado MG, Gilman RH, Bern C, Cabrera L, Sterling CR, Black RE, Checkley W
• Chagas disease transmission in periurban communities of Arequipa, Peru.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2008 Bowman NM, Kawai V, Levy MZ, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cabrera L, Delgado F, Malaga F, Cordova Benzaquen E, Pinedo VV, Steurer F, Seitz AE, Gilman RH, Bern C
• Targeted screening strategies to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in children.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2007 Levy MZ, Kawai V, Bowman NM, Waller LA, Cabrera L, Pinedo-Cancino VV, Seitz AE, Steurer FJ, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cordova-Benzaquen E, Maguire JH, Gilman RH, Bern C
• Evaluation and treatment of chagas disease in the United States: a systematic review.
  JAMA 2007 Bern C, Montgomery SP, Herwaldt BL, Rassi A, Marin-Neto JA, Dantas RO, Maguire JH, Acquatella H, Morillo C, Kirchhoff LV, Gilman RH, Reyes PA, Salvatella R, Moore AC
• Fecal contamination of drinking water within peri-urban households, Lima, Peru.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2007 Oswald WE, Lescano AG, Bern C, Calderon MM, Cabrera L, Gilman RH
• Kala-azar outbreak in Libo Kemkem, Ethiopia: epidemiologic and parasitologic assessment.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2007 Alvar J, Bashaye S, Argaw D, Cruz I, Aparicio P, Kassa A, Orfanos G, Parreño F, Babaniyi O, Gudeta N, Cañavate C, Bern C
• Differences in clinical manifestations among Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in HIV-infected persons.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2007 Cama VA, Ross JM, Crawford S, Kawai V, Chavez-Valdez R, Vargas D, Vivar A, Ticona E, Navincopa M, Williamson J, Ortega Y, Gilman RH, Bern C, Xiao L
• The epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis and asymptomatic leishmanial infection in a highly endemic Bangladeshi village.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2007 Bern C, Haque R, Chowdhury R, Ali M, Kurkjian KM, Vaz L, Amann J, Wahed MA, Wagatsuma Y, Breiman RF, Williamson J, Secor WE, Maguire JH
• Risk factors for anemia in Vietnam.
  The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health 2006 Nguyen PH, Nguyen KC, Le Mai B, Nguyen TV, Ha KH, Bern C, Flores R, Martorell R
• Leishmaniasis and poverty.
  Trends in parasitology 2006 Alvar J, Yactayo S, Bern C
• Loss of leishmanin skin test antigen sensitivity and potency in a longitudinal study of visceral leishmaniasis in Bangladesh.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2006 Bern C, Amann J, Haque R, Chowdhury R, Ali M, Kurkjian KM, Vaz L, Wagatsuma Y, Breiman RF, Secor WE, Maguire JH
• Intestinal helminth infections among reproductive age women in Vietnam: prevalence, co-infection and risk factors.
  The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health 2006 Nguyen PH, Nguyen KC, Nguyen TD, Le MB, Bern C, Flores R, Martorell R
• Periurban Trypanosoma cruzi-infected Triatoma infestans, Arequipa, Peru.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2006 Levy MZ, Bowman NM, Kawai V, Waller LA, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cordova Benzaquen E, Gilman RH, Bern C
• Liposomal amphotericin B for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006 Bern C, Adler-Moore J, Berenguer J, Boelaert M, den Boer M, Davidson RN, Figueras C, Gradoni L, Kafetzis DA, Ritmeijer K, Rosenthal E, Royce C, Russo R, Sundar S, Alvar J
• Mixed Cryptosporidium infections and HIV.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2006 Cama V, Gilman RH, Vivar A, Ticona E, Ortega Y, Bern C, Xiao L
• Multiplex analysis of circulating cytokines in the sera of patients with different clinical forms of visceral leishmaniasis.
  Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology 2006 Kurkjian KM, Mahmutovic AJ, Kellar KL, Haque R, Bern C, Secor WE
• The economic impact of visceral leishmaniasis on households in Bangladesh.
  Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2006 Anoopa Sharma D, Bern C, Varghese B, Chowdhury R, Haque R, Ali M, Amann J, Ahluwalia IB, Wagatsuma Y, Breiman RF, Maguire JH, McFarland DA
• The epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Bangladesh: prospects for improved control.
  The Indian journal of medical research 2006 Bern C, Chowdhury R
• Longitudinal analysis of cryptosporidium species-specific immunoglobulin G antibody responses in Peruvian children.
  Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI 2006 Priest JW, Bern C, Xiao L, Roberts JM, Kwon JP, Lescano AG, Checkley W, Cabrera L, Moss DM, Arrowood MJ, Sterling CR, Gilman RH, Lammie PJ
• Seroepidemiology of strongyloidiasis in the Peruvian Amazon.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2006 Yori PP, Kosek M, Gilman RH, Cordova J, Bern C, Chavez CB, Olortegui MP, Montalvan C, Sanchez GM, Worthen B, Worthen J, Leung F, Oré CV
• Application of an improved method for the recombinant k 39 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect visceral leishmaniasis disease and infection in Bangladesh.
  Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology 2005 Kurkjian KM, Vaz LE, Haque R, Cetre-Sossah C, Akhter S, Roy S, Steurer F, Amann J, Ali M, Chowdhury R, Wagatsuma Y, Williamson J, Crawford S, Breiman RF, Maguire JH, Bern C, Secor WE
• Changes in serum immunoglobulin G levels as a marker for Cryptosporidium sp. infection in Peruvian children.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2005 Priest JW, Bern C, Roberts JM, Kwon JP, Lescano AG, Checkley W, Cabrera L, Moss DM, Arrowood MJ, Sterling CR, Gilman RH, Lammie PJ
• Virgin soil: the spread of visceral leishmaniasis into Uttar Pradesh, India.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2005 Barnett PG, Singh SP, Bern C, Hightower AW, Sundar S
• Risk factors for kala-azar in Bangladesh.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2005 Bern C, Hightower AW, Chowdhury R, Ali M, Amann J, Wagatsuma Y, Haque R, Kurkjian K, Vaz LE, Begum M, Akter T, Cetre-Sossah CB, Ahluwalia IB, Dotson E, Secor WE, Breiman RF, Maguire JH
• The epidemiology of intestinal microsporidiosis in patients with HIV/AIDS in Lima, Peru.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2005 Bern C, Kawai V, Vargas D, Rabke-Verani J, Williamson J, Chavez-Valdez R, Xiao L, Sulaiman I, Vivar A, Ticona E, Navincopa M, Cama V, Moura H, Secor WE, Visvesvara G, Gilman RH
• Purification of Enterocytozoon bieneusi spores from stool specimens by gradient and cell sorting techniques.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2004 Kucerova Z, Moura H, Leitch GJ, Sriram R, Bern C, Kawai V, Vargas D, Gilman RH, Ticona E, Vivar A, Visvesvara GS
• Visceral leishmaniasis: consequences to women in a Bangladeshi community.
  Journal of women's health (2002) 2004 Ahluwalia IB, Bern C, Wagatsuma Y, Costa C, Chowdhury R, Ali M, Amann J, Haque R, Breiman R, Maguire JH
• Prevalence of infection with waterborne pathogens: a seroepidemiologic study in children 6-36 months old in San Juan Sacatepequez, Guatemala.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2004 Steinberg EB, Mendoza CE, Glass R, Arana B, Lopez MB, Mejia M, Gold BD, Priest JW, Bibb W, Monroe SS, Bern C, Bell BP, Hoekstra RM, Klein R, Mintz ED, Luby S
• Visceral leishmaniasis: consequences of a neglected disease in a Bangladeshi community.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2003 Ahluwalia IB, Bern C, Costa C, Akter T, Chowdhury R, Ali M, Alam D, Kenah E, Amann J, Islam M, Wagatsuma Y, Haque R, Breiman RF, Maguire JH
• Triosephosphate isomerase gene characterization and potential zoonotic transmission of Giardia duodenalis.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2003 Sulaiman IM, Fayer R, Bern C, Gilman RH, Trout JM, Schantz PM, Das P, Lal AA, Xiao L
• The global burden of diarrhoeal disease, as estimated from studies published between 1992 and 2000.
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2003 Kosek M, Bern C, Guerrant RL
• A molecular biologic study of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in HIV-infected patients in Lima, Peru.
  The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology 2003 Sulaiman IM, Bern C, Gilman R, Cama V, Kawai V, Vargas D, Ticona E, Vivar A, Xiao L
• Cryptosporidium species and genotypes in HIV-positive patients in Lima, Peru.
  The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology 2003 Cama VA, Bern C, Sulaiman IM, Gilman RH, Ticona E, Vivar A, Kawai V, Vargas D, Zhou L, Xiao L
• Identification of the cryptosporidium pig genotype in a human patient.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2002 Xiao L, Bern C, Arrowood M, Sulaiman I, Zhou L, Kawai V, Vivar A, Lal AA, Gilman RH
• Epidemiologic differences between cyclosporiasis and cryptosporidiosis in Peruvian children.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2002 Bern C, Ortega Y, Checkley W, Roberts JM, Lescano AG, Cabrera L, Verastegui M, Black RE, Sterling C, Gilman RH
• Cyclospora in Guatemala: further considerations.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2002 Bern C, Arrowood MJ, Eberhard M, Maguire JH
• A comparison of Cryptosporidium subgenotypes from several geographic regions.
  The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology 2001 Peng MM, Matos O, Gatei W, Das P, Stantic-Pavlinic M, Bern C, Sulaiman IM, Glaberman S, Lal AA, Xiao L
• A multilocus genotypic analysis of Cryptosporidium meleagridis.
  The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology 2001 Glaberman S, Sulaiman IM, Bern C, Limor J, Peng MM, Morgan U, Gilman R, Lal AA, Xiao L
• An ELISA test to detect human serum antibodies reactive with Encephalitozoon intestinalis.
  The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology 2001 Kucerova-Pospisilova Z, Secor WE, Moura H, Desportes-Livage I, Datry A, Bern C, Leitch G, Visvesvara GS
• Hospital control and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in female patients, Lima, Peru.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2001 Willingham FF, Schmitz TL, Contreras M, Kalangi SE, Vivar AM, Caviedes L, Schiantarelli E, Neumann PM, Bern C, Gilman RH, Working Group on TB in Peru
• Tracking Cryptosporidium parvum by sequence analysis of small double-stranded RNA.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2001 Xiao L, Limor J, Bern C, Lal AA, Epidemic Working Group
• Identification of 5 types of Cryptosporidium parasites in children in Lima, Peru.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2000 Xiao L, Bern C, Limor J, Sulaiman I, Roberts J, Checkley W, Cabrera L, Gilman RH, Lal AA
• The contrasting epidemiology of Cyclospora and Cryptosporidium among outpatients in Guatemala.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2000 Bern C, Hernandez B, Lopez MB, Arrowood MJ, De Merida AM, Klein RE
• Factors associated with visceral leishmaniasis in Nepal: bed-net use is strongly protective.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2000 Bern C, Joshi AB, Jha SN, Das ML, Hightower A, Thakur GD, Bista MB
• Use of the recombinant K39 dipstick test and the direct agglutination test in a setting endemic for visceral leishmaniasis in Nepal.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2000 Bern C, Jha SN, Joshi AB, Thakur GD, Bista MB
• An outbreak of cryptosporidiosis linked to a foodhandler.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2000 Quiroz ES, Bern C, MacArthur JR, Xiao L, Fletcher M, Arrowood MJ, Shay DK, Levy ME, Glass RI, Lal A
• Epidemiologic studies of Cyclospora cayetanensis in Guatemala.
  Emerging infectious diseases 1999 Bern C, Hernandez B, Lopez MB, Arrowood MJ, de Mejia MA, de Merida AM, Hightower AW, Venczel L, Herwaldt BL, Klein RE
• Magnitude of the disease burden from neurocysticercosis in a developing country.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1999 Bern C, Garcia HH, Evans C, Gonzalez AE, Verastegui M, Tsang VC, Gilman RH
• Human hydatidosis in the central Andes of Peru: evolution of the disease over 3 years.
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