Rojelio Mejia, MD
@Rojelio
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Associate Professor studying the impact of environmental parasites on humans. Laboratory of Human and Environmental Parasitology, Baylor College of Medicine.
Houston, Texas
Joined February 2009
Friday fun in the lab, running our Ecuador field site samples looking for parasites that infect millions of children. We will be using our multi-parallel real-time quantitative PCR to detect 12 parasites in dirt samples. @BCM_TropMed
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Excited to start our NIH funded research on developing a diagnostic test-of-cure for Chagas disease. A disease that impacts millions of people globally and can lead to fatal cardiac disease.
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RT @PeterHotez: On this #worldmosquitoday our National School of Tropical Medicine @BCM_TropMed is investigating the rise of Aedes aegypt….
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RT @DrNeilStone: Ivermectin is very safe!. And it's GREAT for worm infections!. Doesn't work for Covid though. or cancer. .
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Our study on a new Chagas test to diagnose dogs is out! 1/3 of dogs can be infected with T. cruzi that can lead to heart disease and death. Also, these dogs are reservoir host for triatomine bugs that can then infect humans. @BCM_TropMed .
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Dogs are major reservoirs of Trypanosoma cruzi in Texas, United States. This study evaluated a novel Tc-24 recombinant antigen ELISA for the serologic detection of Chagas disease in dogs and found...
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Our Tropical Medicine labs are using the Tc24 recombinant Trypanosoma cruzi antigen to diagnose Chagas disease in resource limited areas. We can also use it to quantitate the amount of anti-T. cruzi IgG as it increases with age, possibly from worsening disease. @BCM_TropMed
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RT @BCMFromtheLabs: R. Mejia @Rojelio et al found high prevalence or exposure to #ChagasDisease, #dengue, and #Leishmania spp among indigen….
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We are continuing our work in Ecuador; for this study, we examined vector-borne diseases (Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, and dengue) in the Shuar Indigenous community.
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There are limited data on vector-borne diseases from the Ecuadorian Amazon, particularly among marginalized Indigenous populations. From a survey of Shuar communities in Ecuador, we measured IgG...
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RT @TexasDCFAR: Great to see our own healthcare marketing expert, Monisha Arya, from @BCMDeptMedicine @HoustonAETC producing sexual health….
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RT @BCMFromtheLabs: Drs. J Lopez @JobLopezRF, P Teel et al developed the first assembled #genome of a #softTick. @bcmhouston @BCM_TropMed @….
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Researchers with Baylor College of Medicine and Texas A&M AgriLife Research collaborated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research...
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RT @BCM_TropMed: Researchers at BCM Tropical Medicine develop the first assembled genome of a soft tick:
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We developed this cycle to show the multiple factors involved in how parasites impact poverty.
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Honored to contribute as an author to the 10th edition of the Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (PPID), where we cover nematodes, parasitic infections that infect billions globally @PeterHotez
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We continue to work in the Southern USA and present our findings of failing sanitation systems in Alabama. Detecting human fecal contamination in residencies. Also detected was parasite worms of Ascaris, Toxocara, and Trichuris.
idpjournal.biomedcentral.com
Lowndes County is a predominantly Black rural county in Alabama, in the United States, which has a historical and current legacy of racial discrimination, creating inequitable infrastructure access...
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Special thanks to the people of Ecuador and for funding support from @wellcometrust @bcmhouston @ThrasherFund and @UIDE.
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@BCM_TropMed @PeterHotez Having a helminth or protozoa significantly decreased height Z-scores. Multiple parasites caused worsening growth.
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@BCM_TropMed @PeterHotez What did we find? Parasitic infections changed by age, with Ascaris and Trichuris predominance for helminths, and Giardia for protozoa.
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@BCM_TropMed @PeterHotez Which parasites did we study? .Ascaris lumbricoides.Ancylostoma duodenale.Necator americanus.Strongyloides stercoralis.Trichuris trichiura.Cryptosporidium species.Entamoeba histolytica.Giardia intestinalis.
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@BCM_TropMed @PeterHotez Some info on this extensive study. 401 children were followed at 7 months and 13 months, and 2,3,5, and 8 years. A total of 2005 stool samples were analyzed for 8 intestinal parasites with multi-parallel real-time quantitative PCR, that we developed specifically for this study.
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