Chagas disease

AS de Sousa, D Vermeij, AN Ramos, AO Luquetti - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Chagas disease persists as a global public health problem due to the high morbidity and
mortality burden. Despite the possibility of a cure and advances in transmission control …

Practical diagnostic algorithms for Chagas disease: a focus on low resource settings

JC Gabaldón-Figueira, M Skjefte, S Longhi… - Expert Review of Anti …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Chagas disease, caused by parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is the most important
neglected tropical disease in the Americas. Two drugs are available for treatment, but …

[HTML][HTML] Fifteen Years after the Definition of Trypanosoma cruzi DTUs: What Have We Learned?

B Zingales, AM Macedo - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan causative of Chagas disease (ChD), exhibits striking
genetic and phenotypic intraspecific diversity, along with ecoepidemiological complexity …

[HTML][HTML] Chagas disease: a silent threat for dogs and humans

J Durães-Oliveira, J Palma-Marques, C Moreno… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease (CD) is a vector-borne Neglected Zoonotic Disease (NZD) caused by a
flagellate protozoan, Trypanosoma cruzi, that affects various mammalian species across …

[HTML][HTML] Trypanosoma cruzi Parasite Burdens of Several Triatomine Species in Colombia

N Velásquez-Ortiz, C Hernández… - Tropical medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of Chagas disease, is mainly transmitted by insects of
the Triatominae subfamily. In Colombia, there are 26 triatomine species, and 16 of them are …

[HTML][HTML] From Benznidazole to new drugs: Nanotechnology contribution in Chagas disease

DC Gomes, TS Medeiros, EL Alves Pereira… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma
cruzi. Benznidazole and nifurtimox are the two approved drugs for their treatment, but both …

[HTML][HTML] Deep serological profiling of the Trypanosoma cruzi TSSA antigen reveals different epitopes and modes of recognition by Chagas disease patients

G Romer, LA Bracco, AD Ricci, V Balouz… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, displays a highly structured
population, with multiple strains that can be grouped into 6–7 evolutionary lineages showing …

[HTML][HTML] Animal Models of Trypanosoma cruzi Congenital Transmission

EE Avalos-Borges, LE Rios, M Jiménez-Coello… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease, initiated by the etiological agent Trypanosoma cruzi, is an endemic
infection in the American continent. Although vectorial transmission of T. cruzi is recognized …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring Synthetic Dihydrobenzofuran and Benzofuran Neolignans as Antiprotozoal Agents against Trypanosoma cruzi

MC Pagotti, HJ Dias, ACBB Candido, TAS Oliveira… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease that affects more than 8 million people.
Although there are therapies against this disease, the search for new drugs is important …

[HTML][HTML] Trypanosoma cruzi STIB980: A TcI Strain for Drug Discovery and Reverse Genetics

A Fesser, S Beilstein, M Kaiser, RS Schmidt, P Mäser - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since the first published genome sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi in 2005, there have been
tremendous technological advances in genomics, reverse genetics, and assay development …