Bugs found in 29 states, primarily Florida and Texas, may be invading homes and spreading a deadly parasite responsible for a dangerous, little-known disease.

New landmark research has successfully mapped 37,000 years of infectious disease across ancient human populations.

Scientists have identified a new class of compounds capable of partially clearing the tropical parasite that causes Chagas ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from ...

Since the emergence of the Zika virus epidemic in 2014 and the associated novel sequalae that emerged, much has been learned about the effects of antenatal exposure to Zika virus. Zika virus in ...

By focusing on twins and patients with lupus and Parkinson’s disease, a Mexican consortium is generating critical data to ...

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In a groundbreaking collaboration, researchers from Auburn University and Brazil's FIOCRUZ have published a study in Biochemistry that unveils new details on how the Chagas Disease parasite ...

The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization and other partners conducted a comprehensive review of Chagas disease in Switzerland ...

Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects about 7 to 8 million people worldwide, mainly in Latin America. The parasite can be transmitted by triatomine bugs, via food ...

For both models the maximum temperature in the warmest month and precipitation in the driest month contributed considerably to the distribution. For the Chagas' disease map, annual precipitation, ...