Amanda Fortes Francisco

Bioluminescence imaging of chronic <scp> <i>T</i> </scp> <i>rypanosoma cruzi</i> infections reveals tissue‐specific parasite dynamics and heart disease in the absence of locally persistent infection

Michael D. Lewis, Amanda Fortes Francisco, Martin C. Taylor et al. · Cellular Microbiology · 2014 · 233 citations · Full text

Limited Ability of Posaconazole To Cure both Acute and Chronic Trypanosoma cruzi Infections Revealed by Highly Sensitive <i>In Vivo</i> Imaging

Amanda Fortes Francisco, Michael D. Lewis, Shiromani Jayawardhana et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2015 · 142 citations · Full text

Expanding the toolbox for Trypanosoma cruzi: A parasite line incorporating a bioluminescence-fluorescence dual reporter and streamlined CRISPR/Cas9 functionality for rapid in vivo localisation and phenotyping

Fernanda Cristina Costa, Amanda Fortes Francisco, Shiromani Jayawardhana et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018 · 101 citations · Full text

Nitroheterocyclic drugs cure experimental Trypanosoma cruzi infections more effectively in the chronic stage than in the acute stage

Amanda Fortes Francisco, Shiromani Jayawardhana, Michael D. Lewis et al. · Scientific Reports · 2016 · 99 citations · Full text

Host and parasite genetics shape a link between <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> infection dynamics and chronic cardiomyopathy

Michael D. Lewis, Amanda Fortes Francisco, Martin C. Taylor et al. · Cellular Microbiology · 2016 · 96 citations · Full text

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