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Protect your baby from Chagas disease [PDF]

Chagas disease is an illness that can lead to serious heart and stomach problems, and even death.Most people get Chagas disease from a bug. Mothers who have Chagas disease can give it to their unborn babies.CS225858-Aposter_chagas_protect_your_baby ...

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Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases and Arginine Kinase in Trypanosoma cruzi: Versatile Enzymes at the Crossroads of Metabolism, Stress Adaptation, and Drug Development

Kinases and Phosphatases
Trypanosoma cruzi is the protozoan parasite responsible for Chagas disease, a neglected tropical disease caused by trypanosomatids. Its success as pathogen relies on remarkable metabolic adaptability, stress tolerance, and complex interactions with ...
Chantal Reigada, Melisa Sayé, Fabio Augusto Digirolamo, Mariana Reneé Miranda   +3 more
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Protective Potentials of Natural Products Against Vascular Dementia: A Comprehensive Review of Experimental Studies

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vascular dementia (VaD), accounting for up to 20% of dementia cases globally, is primarily driven by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH), which leads to progressive cognitive impairment. Despite the increasing prevalence of VaD, effective treatments remain limited.
Jung‐Hoon Kim, Yongtaek Oh, Suin Cho
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Chagas disease provider fact sheet [PDF]

What is Chagas disease? -- Where is Chagas found? -- Who is at risk? -- How is the disease transmitted? -- What are the phases of the disease?

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Chagas disease: a report of 17 suspected cases in Japan, 2012–2017

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2019
Background There are no reports on the prevalence of Chagas disease in Japan. Furthermore, screening programs and access to diagnosis and treatment have not been established.
Kazuo Imai, Kazuhisa Misawa, Morichika Osa, Norihito Tarumoto, Jun Sakai, Kei Mikita, Yusuke Sayama, Yuji Fujikura, Akihiko Kawana, Takashi Murakami, Shigefumi Maesaki, Sachio Miura, Takuya Maeda   +12 more
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Comparison of 1-year healthcare resource utilization and related costs for patients with heart failure in the Chagas and non-Chagas matched cohorts

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2022
Background: Chagas disease is one of the leading causes of heart failure (HF) in Latin Americans, and there are limited data available that examine related costs of care for patients with HF.
Mario J. Olivera, Adriana Arévalo, Lyda Muñoz, Sofía Duque, Juan Bedoya, Gabriel Parra-Henao   +5 more
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Illegal Gold Mining in the Brazilian Amazon: Environmental Degradation in Yanomami Indigenous Lands, and Regulatory Failures

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Illegal gold mining has emerged as a major sustainability threat in the Amazon, eroding Indigenous rights, forest integrity, and climate mitigation efforts. This study examines how international market incentives relate to the expansion of illegal mining and associated deforestation within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory (YIT) from 2008 to ...
Shirléia Lago Santos, Ana Claudia de Araujo Moxotó, Jurandir Moura Dutra   +2 more
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The ecology and genetics of Chagas disease vectors in Ecuador, with emphasis on Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Hemiptera : Reduviidae : Triatominae) [PDF]

An estimate >11 million people are infected by Trypanosoma cruzi in Latin America. Chagas disease control programmes have been successful in the Southern Cone countries, and similar initiatives are underway in the Andean ...
Abad-Franch, Fernando
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Assessment of Oxidative Stress, Vitellogenin, and Human Health Risks Derived From Nile Tilapia Exposed to Metals and Metalloids in Southeastern Brazil

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urban coastal lagoons are highly vulnerable ecosystems increasingly affected by metal contamination, as well as multiple anthropogenic stressors. This study evaluated ecotoxicological and human health risks associated with chronic metal exposure in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from an anthropogenically impacted lagoon in southeastern ...
Julia Araújo Alves, Priscila M. O. Muniz Cunha, Shênia Patrícia Corrêa Novo, Lorena Oliveira Souza Soares, Tatiana Dillenburg Saint‐Pierre, Fábio Veríssimo Correia, André Luís de Sá Salomão, Rachel Ann Hauser‐Davis, Enrico Mendes Saggioro   +8 more
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Comparative analysis of health-related fitness in patients with acute versus chronic Chagas disease

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
Introduction. Although Chagas disease causes high levels of morbidity, the muscle function and tolerance to physical activity in Chagas disease patients are still not completely understood. Objective.
Clara Narcisa Silva Almeida, Ariane Cardoso Vasconcelos, Caroline da Silva Sousa, Nivea Thayanne Melo Silva, Dilma do Socorro Moraes de Souza, Carlos Alberto Marques de Carvalho, Suellen Alessandra Soares de Moraes, Laura Maria Tomazi Neves   +7 more
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