Dr. Nora Medrano-Mercado

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsMedical Microbiology and Mycology, Hygiene, Molecular Infection Biology
Keywordscongenital Chagas disease, immunodiagonstic in american tripanosomiasis, acute Chagas disease, control post treatment of the Chagas disease, immunodiagnostic of Chagas disease

Current contact address

CountryBolivia
CityCochabamba
InstitutionUniversidad Mayor de San Simon
InstituteDepartment of Biology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Christoph HölscherLaborgruppe Molekulare Infektiologie, Forschungszentrum Borstel – Leibniz-Lungenzentrum (FZB), Borstel
Prof. Dr. Günter A. SchaubArbeitsgruppe Spezielle Zoologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2004

Programme(s)

2003Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2019Nora Medrano-Mercado1,2,3, Tania Alba Medrano1,3,Guenter Schaub2, Edmundo Carlos Grisard3, Mario Steindel3 Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.21931/RB/CS/2019.02.01.7 Received: 3 March 2019 Accepted: 28 May 2019 : Current prevalence and risk factors related to Chagas disease in Bolivia . . In: Bionatura Conference Series, Humboldt College Ecuador 2019, February 22th-24th,2019, Ibarra, Ecuador, 2019, 1-6
2019Andrea Condori Vincenti1, Stefania Torrico Torrico1, Tania Alba Medrano1, Yesica Nina Guaravia1, Nora Medrano-Mercado1, Thu Phuong Huynh2 Available in: http://dx.doi.org/10.21931/RB/CS/2019.02.01.6(1) Lab. de Chagas e Inmunoparasitología, Depto. de Biología, Fac. de Ciencias y Tecnología, Univ. Mayor de San Simón, (2) HelicaBiosystems Inc., 3310 W. MacArthur Blvd., Santa Ana, CA 92704, USA Corespondence:medrano.nora@gmail.com: Determination of Aflatoxin M1 concentration in volunteers from rural and urban areas of Cochabamba-Bolivia. In: Bionatura Conference Series, Humboldt College Ecuador 2019, February 22th-24th,2019, Ibarra, Ecuador, 2019, 1-12
2019Stefania Torrico Torrico¹, Andrea Condori Vincenti¹, Miguel Angel Florido², Nora Medrano Mercado¹available in:http://dx.doi.org/10.21931/RB/CS/2019.02.01.5 Lab. de Chagas e Inmunoparasitología, Depto. de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnología, Univ. Mayor de San Simón (1), Fundación para el DesarrolloTecnológico Agropecuario de los Valles (Fundación Valles)(2). Correspondence:Nora Medrano Mercado, Email:medrano.nora@gmail.com: Quantification of fumonisins by the ELISA method in maize of different communities of the Cochabamba and Chuquisaca Departments. In: Bionatura Conference Series, Humboldt College Ecuador 2019, February 22th-24th,2019, Ibarra, Ecuador, 2019, 1-11
2019Benjamin Ungar¹, Jakob Vögerl², Nora Medrano Mercado³, *Noemi Stadler-Kaulich4 available in: http://dx.doi.org/10.21931/RB/CS/2019.02.01.4 Received: 3 March 2019 Accepted: 28 May 2019. Correspondence: nstadlerkaulich@googlemail.com : The importance of mycorrhiza in agroforestry systems for the stability of ecosystems in semi-arid zones and simple quantification of soil fungi - A study at the Mollesnejta research center for Andean Agroforestry in the valley of Cochabamba, Bolivia. In: Bionatura Conference Series, Humboldt College Ecuador 2019, February 22th-24th,2019, Ibarra, Ecuador, 2019, 1-23
2019Maxim Schunevitsch1, Philipp Lichtenauer1, Nora Medrano Mercado2, Noemi Stadler-Kaulich3 DOI. 10.21931/RB/2019.04.04.6 1 Student of Phytotechnology in Horticulture, Beuth University of Applied Science, Berlin, Germany. 2 Lab. De Chagas e Inmunoparasitologia-Depto. De Biologia- Fac. de Ciencias y Tecnologia-Univ Mayor de San Simon, Cochabamba, Bolivia. 3 Mollesnejta - Andean Agroforestry Center, Cochabamba-Bolivia. Corresponding author: nstadlerkaulich@googlemail.com: The intensity of symbiotic relationships between arbuscular mycorrhizae and differentiated tree species regarding their age group and plant family in semi-arid Andine dynamical agroforestry system. In: Revista Bionatura, 2019, 977-982
2015 Claudia E. Lazarte1,2*, Andrea Soto2,3, Leovegildo Alvarez4, Björn Bergenståhl1, Nora Medrano3, Yvonne Granfeldt1 Nutritional Status of Children with Intestinal Parasites from a Tropical Area of Bolivia, Emphasis on Zinc and Iron Status. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/fns.2015.64041 Sciences, 6, 399-411. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/fns.2015.64041 . In: Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2015, 6, 399-411 Published Online March 2015 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/fns, 2015, 399-411
2010Alexandra Schwarz a,b,*, Nora Medrano-Mercado c, Peter F. Billingsley a,d, Günter A. Schaub b,1,Jeremy M. Sternberg a,1: IgM-antibody responses of chickens to salivary antigens of Triatoma infestans as early biomarkers for low-level infestation of triatomines. In: International Journal for Parasitology, 2010, 03-13
2009Alexandra Schwarz a,b,*, Jeremy M. Sternberg a, Valerie Johnston a, Nora Medrano-Mercado c, Jennifer M. Anderson d, Jen C.C. Humee, Jesus G. Valenzuela d, Günter A. Schaub b, Peter F. Billingsley f: Antibody responses of domestic animals to salivary antigens of Triatoma infestans as biomarkers for low-level infestation of triatomines. In: International Journal for Parasitology, 2009, 1021-1029
2009Tania Araujo-Jorge, Nora Medrano-Mercado: Chagas disease in Bolivia: a brief review of the urban phenomena. In: Rev Biomed, 2009, 236-244
2009Alexandra Schwarz1,2*, Stefan Helling3, Nicolas Collin4, Clarissa R. Teixeira4, Nora Medrano-Mercado5, Jen C. C. Hume6, Teresa C. Assumpc¸a˜o7, Katrin Marcus3, Christian Stephan3, Helmut E. Meyer3, Jose´ M. C. Ribeiro4, Peter F. Billingsley1,8, Jesus G. Valenzuela4', Jeremy M. Sternberg1', Gu¨ nter A. Schaub2: Immunogenic Salivary Proteins of Triatoma infestans:Development of a Recombinant Antigen for the Detection of Low-Level Infestation of Triatomines. In: Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009, 1-13
2008Nora Medrano-Mercado, Rene Ugarte-Fernandez, Victor Butrón, Solange Uber-Busek, HL Guerra,Tania C de Araújo-Jorge, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira: Urban transmission of Chagas disease in Cochabamba, Bolivia. In: Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 2008, 423-430