Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their ...

Of the estimated 300,000 US individuals infected with the parasite, 30,000 to 45,000 will develop Chagas heart disease. 5 Chagas infections represents a growing public health concern in the ...

Researchers are stepping up efforts to finding new treatments for Chagas disease, with three drug candidates in clinical trials. Skip to content Bringing science & development together through news & ...

The Chagas disease — also known as American trypanosomiasis — is a potentially life-threatening illness spread by insects known as ... Chagas disease also shares these features with AIDS: ...

It is a hundred years since the discovery of Chagas disease — but progress in eliminating it has been marred by lost opportunities, say campaigners. Of all the forgotten diseases, Chagas is one of the ...

Chagas disease is endemic in Latin America where Trypanosoma cruzi infects about 7.5 million people. ... Such 'detection failures' are pervasive -- a feature that is inherent to all vector studies.

The case "illustrates that congenital Chagas disease, even when severe, might not be recognized, or diagnosis might be delayed because of the lack of defining clinical features, or because the ...

Chagas disease— also known as American trypanosomiasis— is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The potentially life-threatening disease is found mainly in Latin America and is spread to ...

Chagas disease is endemic in Latin America where Trypanosoma cruzi infects about 7.5 million people. ... a feature that is inherent to all vector studies.

Chagas' disease is caused by a parasite and is endemic in many parts of Latin America. ... This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation.

The case "illustrates that congenital Chagas disease, even when severe, might not be recognized, or diagnosis might be delayed because of the lack of defining clinical features, or because the ...

Boston, MA - Six independent predictors of death from Chagas heart disease, taken together, can reliably stratify patients into low, intermediate, and high long-term mortality risk groups ...