Chagas disease is a zoonosis caused by protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is
most frequently associated with a vectorial transmission. However, in recent years we have …

Orally transmitted Chagas disease has become a matter of concern due to outbreaks
reported in four Latin American countries. Although several mechanisms for orally …

Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan that causes Chagas disease, is primarily transmitted by
three main Triatomine vectors in endemic areas. However, the infection has become a …

The traditional transmission pathways of Chagas' disease are vectorial, transfusional,
transplacental and organ transplantation. However, oral transmission is gaining importance …

Chagas disease began millions of years ago as an enzootic disease of wild animals and
started to be transmitted to man accidentally in the form of an anthropozoonosis when man …

Brazil. Chagas disease, named after Dr Carlos Chagas, the Brazilian physician who first
described it in 1909, exists only on the American continent. 1 It is caused by a flagellate …

Chagas disease, named after Carlos Chagas who first described it in 1909, exists only on
the American Continent. It is caused by a parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi transmitted to …

In April 2009, the centenary of the discovery of the American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas
disease, was celebrated. A hundred years after the discovery, little has been invested in …

Next year will be the one hundredth anniversary of Carlos Chagas' discovery of a disease
that continues to endanger the lives of a significant number of people in the Americas …

Chagas disease, named after the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas who first described it in
1909, exists only on the American Continent. It is caused by a flagellate protozoan parasite …