… Chagas' disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and causes
potentially life-threatening disease of the heart and gastrointestinal tract. The southern half of the …

… Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas disease one of the important neglected tropical
diseases of … Thus, the globalization of Chagas disease has brought new challenges and new …

… Chagas disease is the clinical condition triggered by infection with the protozoan Trypanosoma
cruzi. The infection is transmitted by triatomine insects while blood feeding on a human …

… It is a common cause of heart disease in endemic areas of Latin America. The year 2009 …
discovery of T cruzi infection and Chagas disease by the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas. …

… Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas disease in humans. Acute infection can be lethal, but
the disease usually evolves into a chronic stage, accompanied in 25 to 30% of cases by severe …

… The disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a flagellate protozoa of the Trypanosomatidae
family, subgenus Schizotrypanum. One part of its vital cycle occurs in arthropods of the …

… studies that recovered T cruzi DNA from human mummies showed that Chagas … can
harbour and transmit T cruzi. The probability that a triatomine is infected with T cruzi increases in …

… The major goal of studies on immunity to Trypanosoma cruzi is the understand ing of … as
the pathogenesis of Chagas’ disease. Different studies have defined CD8+ T lymphocytes, IFN-y …

… However, Chagas disease is most likely an ancient disease: T cruzi DNA has been recorded
in tissue specimens of mummies in pre-Colombian Andean countries from as early as 9000 …

… years ago, Trypanosoma cruzi was identified as the causative agent of Chagas disease, yet
… tropical disease by WHO. According to WHO, and in common with other neglected tropical …