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Spatio-temporal trends in mortality due to Chagas disease in the State of Bahia, Brazil, from 2008 to 2018 [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Background: Chagas disease is a silent illness with high mortality burden in many Latin American countries, such as Brazil. Bahia has the fourth highest mortality rate in Brazil.
Cristiane Medeiros Moraes de Carvalho, Gilmar Ribeiro-Jr, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Liane Santiago Andrade, Cicílio Alves Moraes, Maria Aparecida Araújo Figueiredo   +5 more
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Congenital Chagas disease: A cohort study to assess molecular diagnostic methods at the Chagas disease national reference center of Argentina.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundTrypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite which causes Chagas disease. Mother-to-child transmission is the main route of transmission in vector-free areas.
Constanza Lopez-Albizu, Carolina Inés Cura, Juan Carlos Ramirez, Pamela Peyran, Andrés Benchetrit, Emmaría Danesi, Sergio Sosa-Estani   +6 more
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Spatial distribution of Chagas disease and its correlation with health services [PDF]

, 2020
Luana Pastana Cardoso, Thayse Reis Paiva, Laura Maria Vidal Nogueira, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães, Ivaneide Leal Ataíde Rodrigues, Suzana Rosa André   +5 more
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Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy: a review of the main pathogenic mechanisms and the efficacy of aetiological treatment following the BENznidazole Evaluation for Interrupting Trypanosomiasis (BENEFIT) trial

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Chagas cardiomyopathy is the most frequent and most severe manifestation of chronic Chagas disease, and is one of the leading causes of morbidity and death in Latin America.
Anis Rassi Jr, José Antonio Marin Neto, Anis Rassi   +2 more
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Recombinant Leishmania Hsp90 and Hsp70 are recognized by sera from visceral leishmaniasis patients but not Chagas' disease patients [PDF]

, 1992
C.R. Andrade, Louis V. Kirchhoff, J E Donelson, Keiko Otsu   +3 more
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Sirtuin Control of Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammation in Chagas Disease Models [PDF]

, 2021
Xianxiu Wan, Nisha Garg
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Aleatory Trypanosoma cruzi Vertical Transmission in Chiapas, Mexico: A Case Report

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2021
Congenital Chagas disease is considered a form of dispersion of Trypanosoma cruzi related to human migration from endemic, often rural to previously non-endemic urban areas.
Sury Antonio López-Cancino, Jorge Fernando Méndez-Galván, Mariana Soria Guerrero, Marcos Meneses-Mayo, Sergio Agustín Islas-Andrade, Enedina Jiménez Cardoso   +5 more
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Early detection of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in Chagas' disease

Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2006
Background Chagas' disease may cause left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and its early detection in asymptomatic patients would allow to stratify the risk and to optimize medical treatment.
Prado Nilda G, Morita Luis A, Papantoniou Alonso, Lax Jorge A, Saccheri María C, Cianciulli Tomás F, Dorelle Adriana N, Riarte Adelina R, Prezioso Horacio A   +8 more
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Ergosterol biosynthesis and drug development for Chagas disease [PDF]

, 2009
Julio A. Urbina
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Continuing evidence of Chagas disease along the Texas-Mexico border.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
BackgroundChagas disease is a chronic parasitic infection that progresses to dilated cardiomyopathy in 30% of human cases. Public health efforts target diagnosing asymptomatic cases, as therapeutic efficacy diminishes as irreversible tissue damage ...
Melissa S Nolan, David Aguilar, Eric L Brown, Sarah M Gunter, Shannon E Ronca, Craig L Hanis, Kristy O Murray   +6 more
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