Chagas disease

JA Pérez-Molina, I Molina - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis from the American continent that has spread from
its original boundaries through migration. It is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi …

Chagas disease in Europe: a review for the internist in the globalized world

S Antinori, L Galimberti, R Bianco, R Grande… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Chagas disease (CD) or American trypanosomiasis identified in 1909 by Carlos Chagas,
has become over the last 40 years a global health concern due to the huge migration flows …

Short-course combination treatment for experimental chronic Chagas disease

S González, RJ Wall, J Thomas, S Braillard… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects millions of
people in the Americas and across the world, leading to considerable morbidity and …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating chagas disease prevalence and number of underdiagnosed, and undertreated individuals in Spain

M Navarro, L Reguero, C Subirà… - Travel Medicine and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Chagas disease constitutes a public health problem, and Spain is the non-
endemic country with the highest burden of disease outside the Americas. It represents a …

Chagas disease

NS Hochberg, SP Montgomery - Annals of internal medicine, 2023 - acpjournals.org
Chagas disease, which is caused by infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a
leading neglected tropical disease in the United States. An estimated 240 000 to 350 000 …

[HTML][HTML] Chagas disease and transfusion medicine: a perspective from non-endemic countries

A Angheben, L Boix, D Buonfrate, F Gobbi… - Blood …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the last decades, increasing international migration and travel from Latin America to
Europe have favoured the emergence of tropical diseases outside their “historical” …

Persistent Biofluid Small-Molecule Alterations Induced by Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Are Not Restored by Parasite Elimination

DA Dean, J Roach, R Ulrich vonBargen… - ACS Infectious …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chagas disease (CD), caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) protozoa, is a complicated
parasitic illness with inadequate medical measures for diagnosing infection and monitoring …

Health policies to control Chagas disease transmission in European countries

A Requena-Méndez, P Albajar-Viñas… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Chagas disease (CD) is a highly prevalent parasitic disease in immigrants from Mexico, as
well as all of Central and South America. The total number of infected people is estimated …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges in the management of Chagas disease in Latin-American migrants in Europe

B Monge-Maillo, R López-Vélez - Clinical Microbiology and infection, 2017 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is endemic in Latin America. Due to migration the infection has crossed
borders and it is estimated that 68,000–120,000 people with Chagas disease are currently …

Old and new challenges in Chagas disease

JA Pérez-Molina, AM Perez, FF Norman… - The Lancet infectious …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a neglected disease, which
can lead to cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, megaviscera, and more rarely, polyneuropathy in …