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In Vitro Impact of Triatomine Salivary Glands Extracts Introduced to Endothelial Cells [PDF]

, 2018
Chagas Disease (AKA Trypanosomiasis) is caused by biting/feeding behavior from the arthropod vector Triatoma (subfamily of Reduviidae family), that house the endoparasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which can then be passed to human and mammalian hosts (Schmidt ...
Abernathy, Roger, Londono-Renteria, Berline, Montenegro-Cadena, Lidia   +2 more
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Chagas Disease, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
Chagas disease (CD) is endemic to Latin America; its prevalence is highest in Bolivia. CD is sometimes seen in the United States and Canada among migrants from Latin America, whereas it is rare in Europe. We report 9 cases of imported CD in France from 2004 to 2006.
Lescure, François-Xavier, Canestri, Ana, Melliez, Hugues, Jauréguiberry, Stéphane, Develoux, Michel, Dorent, Richard, Guiard-Schmid, Jean-Baptiste, Bonnard, Philippe, Ajana, Faïza, Rolla, Valeria, Carlier, Yves, Gay, Frederick, Elghouzzi, Marie-Hélène, Danis, Martin, Pialoux, Gilles   +14 more
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The chronic gastrointestinal manifestations of Chagas disease

Clinics, 2009
Chagas disease is an infectious disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. The disease mainly affects the nervous system, digestive system and heart.
Nilce Mitiko Matsuda, Steven M. Miller, Paulo R. Barbosa Evora   +2 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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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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Canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Bolivian Chaco [PDF]

, 2018
A cross-sectional study on Trypanosoma cruzi was carried out in 2013 to evaluate the role of dogs as possible source of infection for humans in two rural communities of the highly endemic Bolivian Chaco (Bartolo, Chuquisaca Department, n = 57 dogs; and ...
Bartoloni, Alessandro, Cancrini, Gabriella, Gabrielli, Simona, Gamboa, Herlan, Macchioni, Fabio, Rojas, Patricia, Rojo, David, Roselli, Mimmo, Spinicci, Michele, Totino, Valentina   +9 more
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Multiple causes of death related to Chagas' disease in Brazil, 1999 to 2007

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012
INTRODUCTION: Chagas' disease is a major public health problem in Brazil and needs extensive and reliable information to support consistent prevention and control actions.
Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo, Alberto Novaes Ramos Junior, Carlos Henrique Alencar, Jorg Heukelbach   +3 more
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Chagas disease reactivation in a heart transplant patient infected by domestic Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing unit I (TcIDOM) [PDF]

, 2015
Background Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of Chagas disease, displays high intraspecific genetic diversity: six genetic lineages or discrete typing units (DTUs) are currently recognized, termed TcI through TcVI.
Bhattacharyya, T., Burleigh, B.A., Costales, J.A., Garcia-Perez, J., Kotton, C.N., Llewellyn, M.S., Messenger, L.A., Zurita-Leal, A.C.   +7 more
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Economic costs of Chagas disease in Colombia in 2017: A social perspective

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objective: To quantify the costs of Chagas disease in Colombia from a societal perspective in 2017. Methods: A cost-of-illness analysis was carried out using a prevalence-based approach.
Mario J. Olivera, Giancarlo Buitrago
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