Rapid tests could be used to diagnose Chagas disease in resource-limited areas, according to a study led by the Barcelona ...

Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi), transmitted by triatomines (kissing bugs), affects by some estimates as many as 9-10 million people around the world. In total, ...

Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, finds its roots in the intricate web of transmission ...

suggesting that it is universal rather than a unique feature of a population or region. 1 Another infection in Hirayama’s sights is Chagas disease, which is caused by the protozoan parasite ...

Based on genome datasets spanning two decades, researchers concluded that Chagas disease, a deadly tropical disease caused by a parasite, drove a strong pulse of natural selection in the Amazon ...

However it had happened, my family understood this: A New York doctor had diagnosed my auntie with Chagas disease. It meant my auntie could die. We didn’t ask questions. English wasn’t our ...

Now, a team of international researchers is evaluating the feasibility of the ‘loop-mediated isothermal amplification’ (LAMP) test to detect Chagas disease — a neglected tropical disease ...

PAHO said leprosy, dengue, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, rabies, scabies, schistosomiasis and trachoma are among the more than 20 diseases that primarily impact vulnerable populations with ...

Chagas disease is an infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Animals and people normally get Chagas disease by contact with insect vectors found throughout the American continents (mainly, in ...

Rapid tests could be used to diagnose Chagas disease in resource-limited areas. The results of this research show that the prevalence of Chagas in an indigenous community in Paraguay is six times ...