Cruz, Israel

Top Publications

Top Publications Authored or Co-Authored by "Cruz, Israel"

• Leishmania genome dynamics during environmental adaptation reveal strain-specific differences in gene copy number variation, karyotype instability, and telomeric amplification

  mBio, Volume 9, No. 6, Article e01399-18, Year 2018, Citations 70
• An approach for interlaboratory comparison of conventional and real-time PCR assays for diagnosis of human leishmaniasis

  Experimental Parasitology, Volume 134, No. 3, Year 2013, Citations 66
• Sensitive and less invasive confirmatory diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Sudan using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)

  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Volume 12, No. 2, Article e0006264, Year 2018, Citations 50
• Factors Associated with Leishmania Asymptomatic Infection: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Highland Northern Ethiopia

  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Volume 6, No. 9, Article e1813, Year 2012, Citations 41
• Usefulness of the rK39-immunochromatographic test, direct agglutination test, and leishmanin skin test for detecting asymptomatic Leishmania infection in children in a new visceral leishmaniasis focus in Amhara State, Ethiopia

  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 86, No. 5, Year 2012, Citations 40