Cultural barriers to effective communication between Indigenous communities and health care providers in Northern Argentina: an anthropological contribution to Chagas disease prevention and control [PDF]
, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Ninety percent of the aboriginal communities of Argentina are located in areas of endemic vectorial transmission of Chagas disease. Control activities in these communities have not been effective.
Braunstein, Jose Alberto +5 more
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Molecular epidemiology of domestic and sylvatic Trypanosoma cruzi infection in rural northwestern Argentina [PDF]
, 2008 Genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi populations and parasite transmission dynamics have been well documented throughout the Americas, but few studies have been conducted in the Gran Chaco ecoregion, one of the most highly endemic areas for Chagas ...
Cardinal, Marta Victoria +8 more
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Integrated control of chagas disease for its elimination as public health problem: A review [PDF]
, 2015 Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is, together with geohelminths, the neglected disease that causes more loss of years of healthy life due to disability in Latin America.
Segura, Elsa Leonor +1 more
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Cognitive impairment in human chronic Chagas' disease
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1994 We proposed to investigate subclinical cognitive impairment secondary to chronic Chagas' disease (CCD). No similar study was previously done. The neuropsychological performance of 45 chronic Chagasic patients and 26 matched controls (age, education place
C.A. Mangone +7 more
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Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2014 Introducción. La implementación de los programas de vigilancia, prevención y control de la enfermedad de Chagas requiere una aproximación integral. La sostenibilidad de los programas depende de la participación comunitaria amparada en un conocimiento ...
Lisbeth A. Hurtado +7 more
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Las Enfermedades Emergentes Desatendidas. Situación Nacional e Internacional [PDF]
, 2012 Las Enfermedades Desatendidas (ED) son un grupo de enfermedades infecciosas y parasitarias que secaracterizan por una inversión históricamente baja del sector farmacéutico y que afectan principalmente a laspoblaciones que viven en condiciones ...
Ramírez Toloza, Galia A.
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Chagas: una enfermedad emergente [PDF]
, 2017 [ES] Introducción. La enfermedad de Chagas o tripanosomiasis americana, transmitida por chinches, es la enfermedad parasitaria con mayor tasa de morbi-mortalidad en América.
Aguirre Salegui, Oihana
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Molecular diagnosis and typing of Trypanosoma cruzi populations and lineages in cerebral Chagas disease in a patient with AIDS [PDF]
, 2005 Trypanosoma cruzi DNA was amplified from an intracranial biopsy and peripheral blood of an HIV patient with encephalitis; this episode was indicative of AIDS and congenital Chagas disease.
Altcheh, Jaime Marcelo +15 more
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Natural Products from Mexican Medicinal Plants as Promising Trypanocidal Drugs
ChemistrySelect, Volume 10, Issue 37, October 6, 2025.Chagas disease (American Trypanosomiasis) is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Worldwide it is one of the seventeen neglected tropical diseases. There is a need of new drugs. This review assesses the literature (2012‐2024) of secondary metabolites isolated from Mexican plants active against this parasite.
Karla Daniela Rodríguez‐Hernández +2 more
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Genotipos clonales de Trypanosoma cruzi en recien nacidos con infeccion transplacentaria [PDF]
, 2011 47 p.La enfermedad de Chagas es considerada como un problema de salud pública en muchos países por la gran cantidad de personas afectadas y la variedad de manifestaciones clínicas con que se presenta.
Garcia C., Alejandro (Prof. Guia) +1 more
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