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Identifying Health Centers in Honduras Infested with Rhodnius Prolixus Using the Seroprevalence of Chagas Disease in Children Younger than 13 Years. [PDF]

, 2005
The objective of this study is to determine if a Chagas disease protocol starting with a serological survey is as reliable at identifying insect-infested areas as one using the gold standard entomological survey.
Doust, J, Lucas, R, Spurling, G
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Physical activity levels during COVID-19 pandemic and its associated factors in patients with Chagas disease

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundA better understanding of the consequences of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on lifestyle of patients with Chagas disease (ChD) is of paramount importance to facilitate the implementation of intervention strategies tailored to
Isis Gabrielli Gomes Xavier, Patrícia Mello Andrade, Rodrigo de Lima Vitor, Tayná Cruz Barros, Luciana Fernandes Portela, Marcelo Teixeira de Holanda, Luiz Henrique Conde Sangenis, Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio da Silva, Flavia Mazzoli-Rocha, Fernanda de Souza Nogueira Sardinha Mendes, Andréa Rodrigues da Costa, Marcel de Souza Borges Quintana, Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno, Itauá Leston Araujo, Angela Cristina Verissimo Junqueira, Roberta Olmo Pinheiro, Ingebourg Georg, Vitor Barreto Paravidino, Vitor Barreto Paravidino, Tatiana Rehder Gonçalves, Roberto Magalhães Saraiva, Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano, Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano   +22 more
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Mortality among blood donors seropositive and seronegative for Chagas disease (1996-2000) in São Paulo, Brazil: A death certificate linkage study.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundIndividuals in the indeterminate phase of Chagas disease are considered to have mortality rates similar to those of the overall population.
Ligia Capuani, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, Airlane Pereira Alencar, Alfredo Mendrone, João Eduardo Ferreira, Brian Custer, Antonio Luiz P Ribeiro, Ester Cerdeira Sabino   +7 more
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Congenital Chagas disease in a Bolivian newborn in Bergamo (Italy) [PDF]

, 2018
Chagas disease (CD) is an uncommon disease in Europe. Its epidemiology has changed because of mass migration from Latin America to Europe. Herein we describe a congenital case of CD in a Bolivian newborn in Bergamo, the main city of residence for the ...
Bargiggia, Graziano, D'Antiga, Lorenzo, Farina, Claudio, Gabrielli, Simona, Ortalli, Gaia, Rodari, Paola, Ruggeri, Maurizio   +6 more
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Feasibility, drug safety, and effectiveness of etiological treatment programs for Chagas disease in Honduras, Guatemala, and Bolivia: 10-year experience of Médecins Sans Frontières [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is a zoonotic or anthropozoonotic disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Predominantly affecting populations in poor areas of Latin America, medical care for this neglected disease is often
Oliver Yun, M. Angeles Lima, Tom Ellman, Wilma Chambi, Sandra Castillo, Laurence Flevaud, Paul Roddy, Fernando Parreño, Pedro Albajar Viñas, Pedro Pablo Palma, Ricardo E. Gürtler, JHF Remme, R Tarleton, L Villa, P Roddy, AL de Andrade, S Sosa Estani, E Segura, M Zaidenberg, RE Gürtler, RE Gürtler, JR Coura, S Sosa-Estani, JP Chippaux, JR Coura, JR Cançado, CD Fernandes, ML Streiger, AG Schijman, S Sosa-Estani, AO Luquetti, F Guhl, S Sosa-Estani, G Guillén, GA Schmuñis, A Valencia   +35 more
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Chagas disease 101 [PDF]

Nature, 2010
It is 101 years since Carlos Chagas discovered the parasite responsible for the disease that now bears his name. What progress has been made since this discovery? Here Julie Clayton gives the low-down on Chagas disease.
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Cytokines Gene Expression on Macrophages Exposed to Triatoma Salivary Gland Extracts [PDF]

, 2018
Triatoma sanguisuga and Triatoma Indictiva are vectors of Chagas disease. These two vectors goes to the host and bites down to feed on blood, which is necessary for the egg laying process. The disease however is not spread through their bite, but through
Jones, Kenyanna, Londono-Renteria, Berlin, Montenegro-Cadena, Lidia   +2 more
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'It is like a tomato stall where someone can pick what he likes': structure and practices of female sex work in Kampala, Uganda. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Effective interventions among female sex workers require a thorough knowledge of the context of local sex industries. We explore the organisation of female sex work in a low socio-economic setting in Kampala, Uganda.
A-M Cote, AH Norris, C Harcourt, D Whittaker, F Scorgie, F Van den Borne, G Asiki, I Vanwesenbeeck, IB Zablotska, J Bukenya, J Nazziwa, J Seeley, J Vandepitte, J Vandepitte, JAA Munoz, Janet Seeley, JP Ntozi, Judith Vandepitte, K Fritz, L Van Blerk, M Gysels, M Mbonye, Martin Mbonye, ML Rekart, NTT Thuy, PM Pyett, QA Karim, Rachel King, S Baral, S Jana, Sarah Nakamanya, SC Kalichman, SE Woolf-King, UNAIDS, Winifred Nalukenge   +34 more
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Chagas disease surgery [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1999
The dilatations that occur in the body are classified according to different systems: (1) biliary: mega-gallbladder, mega-common bile duct; (2) cardiovascular: cardiomegaly; (3) urinary: megapelvis, megaureter, megabladder; (4) respiratory: bronchiectasis, megabronchus; (5) megapharynx (?); (6) megaesophagus; (7) megastomach; (8) achalasia of the ...
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Elimination of Chagas disease transmission: perspectives

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
One hundred years after its discovery by Carlos Chagas, American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease, remains an epidemiologic challenge. Neither a vaccine nor an ideal specific treatment is available for most chronic cases.
João Carlos Pinto Dias
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