Chagas disease: from discovery to a worldwide health problem

KCF Lidani, FA Andrade, L Bavia… - Frontiers in public …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Carlos Chagas discovered American trypanosomiasis, also named Chagas disease (CD) in
his honor, just over a century ago. He described the clinical aspects of the disease …

Climatic changes and their role in emergence and re-emergence of diseases

A El-Sayed, M Kamel - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
Global warming and the associated climate changes are predictable. They are enhanced by
burning of fossil fuels and the emission of huge amounts of CO 2 gas which resulted in …

A guide to utilization of the microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of infectious diseases: 2018 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American …

JM Miller, MJ Binnicker, S Campbell… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The critical nature of the microbiology laboratory in infectious disease diagnosis calls for a
close, positive working relationship between the physician/advanced practice provider and …

Chagas cardiomyopathy: an update of current clinical knowledge and management: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

MCP Nunes, A Beaton, H Acquatella, C Bern… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Chagas disease, resulting from the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is an
important cause of heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Traditionally …

[HTML][HTML] Updated estimates and mapping for prevalence of Chagas disease among adults, United States

A Irish, JD Whitman, EH Clark, R Marcus… - Emerging infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract We combined American Community Survey data with age-specific Trypanosoma
cruzi prevalence derived from US surveys and World Health Organization reports to yield …

Randomized trial of benznidazole for chronic Chagas' cardiomyopathy

CA Morillo, JA Marin-Neto, A Avezum… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The role of trypanocidal therapy in patients with established Chagas'
cardiomyopathy is unproven. Methods We conducted a prospective, multicenter …

Chagas disease in the United States: a public health approach

C Bern, LA Messenger, JD Whitman… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease, usually transmitted by
triatomine vectors. An estimated 20 to 30% of infected individuals develop potentially lethal …

Chagas' disease

C Bern - New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Chagas’ Disease | New England Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New England
Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced Search SEARCH SPECIALTIES Cardiology Clinical …

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 …

II Consenso Brasileiro em doença de Chagas, 2015

JCP Dias, AN Ramos Jr, ED Gontijo… - … e Serviços de …, 2016 - SciELO Public Health
RESUMO A doença de Chagas é uma condição crônica negligenciada com elevada carga
de morbimortalidade e impacto dos pontos de vista psicológico, social e econômico …