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Long-term outcomes of benznidazole treatment in chronic Chagas disease: A 27-year cohort study of parasitological cure and death in the Jequitinhonha Valley, Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Negl Trop Dis
Assis JCSO   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Single-base polymorphism of the ACE2 and TNF-alpha genes in patients with the cardiac and indeterminate forms of Chagas disease. [PDF]

open access: yesBraz J Infect Dis
Carvalho BDC   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Engineered heat-stable variants of Trypanosoma cruzi flagellar protein Tc24 enable serological detection of Chagas disease

open access: yes
Batra S   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Chagas Disease

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2023
Chagas disease, which is caused by infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a leading neglected tropical disease in the United States. An estimated 240 000 to 350 000 persons in the United States are infected, primarily immigrants from Mexico, Central America, and South America, where the disease is endemic.
Natasha S. Hochberg, Susan P. Montgomery
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Chagas Disease

The Lancet, 2010
Chagas disease is a chronic, systemic, parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, and was discovered in 1909. The disease affects about 8 million people in Latin America, of whom 30-40% either have or will develop cardiomyopathy, digestive megasyndromes, or both.
Anis, Rassi   +2 more
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Chagas Disease: Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy

Current Problems in Cardiology, 2021
Chagas disease (CD) is a tropical vector-borne infection caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), also known as American Trypanosomiasis. It is considered endemic in all South and Central America and in this past decades its becoming a burden particularly in the United States and Europe due to human migration. The vast majority of
Natalia Giraldo Echavarría   +4 more
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Chagas disease

The Lancet, 2018
Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis from the American continent that has spread from its original boundaries through migration. It is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, which was identified in the first decade of the 20th century. Once acute infection resolves, patients can develop chronic disease, which in up to 30-40% of cases is ...
José A, Pérez-Molina, Israel, Molina
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Chagas Disease Cardiomyopathy

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 2023
Abstract Chagas disease is a prominent neglected tropical disease endemic to many countries in Latin America. Cardiomyopathy is the most serious manifestation due to the severity and complications of heart failure. As a result of expanded immigration and globalization, there is an increased number of patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy who are being ...
Ariana, Jimenez, Elizabeth J, Winokur
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Chagas’ Disease

New England Journal of Medicine, 2015
Debora, Pellegrini   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

Chagas disease in Oklahoma

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 2022
Chagas disease, caused by infection with the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is one of the leading public health problems in the Western Hemisphere. The parasite is mainly transmitted by contact with infected insect vectors but other forms of transmission are important in endemic areas.
Nelson Iván, Agudelo Higuita   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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