American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease)

A Rassi, JM de Rezende - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2012 - id.theclinics.com
Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma
cruzi, and was discovered in 1909 by the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas (1879–1934). 1 …

American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease)

LE Echeverria, CA Morillo - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2019 - id.theclinics.com
Chagas disease (CD), also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a multisystemic disorder
that can affect the cardiovascular, digestive, and central nervous systems. 1 CD is caused by …

An update on Chagas disease (human American trypanosomiasis)

A Moncayo, MI Ortiz Yanine - Annals of Tropical Medicine & …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Human American trypanosomiasis or Chagas disease—named after Carlos
Chagas who first described it in 1909—exists only on the American continent. It is caused by …

An unfolding tragedy of Chagas disease in North America

PJ Hotez, E Dumonteil… - PLoS neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In North America, Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma
cruzi) was first reported in Mexico in 1940 [1] and in the United States in Texas in 1955 [2] …

Chagas disease has now gone global

HB Tanowitz, LM Weiss… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, was once thought to be an
exotic disease, confined to endemic areas of Latin America and hence of little importance to …

Chagas disease and the London declaration on neglected tropical diseases

RL Tarleton, RE Gürtler, JA Urbina… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
American trypanosomiasis is a chronic parasitosis caused by the kinetoplastid parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi and is highly prevalent among a large variety of marsupial and placental …

American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease)--a tropical disease now in the United States

LV Kirchhoff - New England Journal of Medicine, 1993 - Mass Medical Soc
American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) is a zoonosis caused by the protozoan
parasite Trypanosoma cruzi1, 2. As is typical of tropical diseases, it is a major cause of …

Current epidemiological trends of Chagas disease in Latin America and future challenges: Epidemiology, surveillance, and health policies

Á Moncayo, AC Silveira - American Trypanosomiasis Chagas Disease, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

CHAGAS'DISEASE

A Prata - Infectious disease clinics of North America, 1994 - Elsevier
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 order …

Chagas disease

ARL Teixeira, N Nitz, MC Guimaro… - Postgraduate …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
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 …