Chagas disease can cause very serious heart problems. If untreated, infection is lifelong and can be life threatening. Treatment is most effective in the early stages of disease. If you think you have ...

As a deliverable, the advancement in development of an urgently needed new medical intervention, a therapeutic vaccine for Chagas disease, one of the most important neglected tropical diseases in ...

Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite ... However, the efficacy of these treatments diminishes with time, ...

In line with international guidelines, the Swiss Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics recently issued an expert letter on screening, prevention and treatment of congenital Chagas disease ...

Trypanosomes are parasites that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and various animal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment remain complex and no effective vaccine has been developed.

However it had happened, my family understood this: A New York doctor had diagnosed my auntie with Chagas disease. It meant my auntie could die. We didn’t ask questions. English wasn’t our ...

cruzi, or maybe even hint at ways prevent severe disease from developing. Any clues to improving treatments are desperately needed, she says, as Chagas is “a tough pathogen” with “no cure,” and it’s ...

Early detection and treatment of new cases, especially mother-to-baby cases, will help reduce the burden of Chagas disease, says Notomi. Spread the LAMP “The usefulness of LAMP has been shown in ...

1 Another infection in Hirayama’s sights is Chagas disease ... the human genetics underpinning disease severity could hold the key to developing new treatment protocols and vaccines ...

Trypanosomes are parasites that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and various animal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment remain complex and no effective vaccine has been developed. A better ...

Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi), transmitted by triatomines (kissing bugs), affects by some estimates as many as 9-10 million people around the world. In total, ...