Challenges and perspectives of Chagas disease: a review

PCM Pereira, EC Navarro - Journal of venomous animals and toxins …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
Chagas disease (CD), also known as American trypanosomiasis, is caused by the
flagellated protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, and affects an estimated 8 to 10 million people …

Challenges in Chagas disease drug discovery: a review

R Paucar, E Moreno-Viguri… - Current Medicinal …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by the
parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Although the number of infected individuals has decreased …

On the investigation of hybrid quinones: synthesis, electrochemical studies and evaluation of trypanocidal activity

GAM Jardim, WJ Reis, MF Ribeiro, FM Ottoni… - RSC …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In our continued search for novel trypanocidal compounds, arylamine, chalcone, triazolic,
triazole–carbohydrate and chalcogenium derivatives containing a naphthoquinone scaffold …

Pheophorbide a, a compound isolated from the leaves of Arrabidaea chica, induces photodynamic inactivation of Trypanosoma cruzi

N Miranda, AP Gerola, CR Novello… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Approximately 6–7 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the
etiological agent of Chagas' disease. Only two therapeutic compounds have been found to …

Molecular detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in acai pulp and sugarcane juice

EC de Mattos, C da Silva Meira-Strejevitch… - Acta tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi affects about 6–8 million people worldwide.
Although transmission by triatomine insects has been controlled, other means of …

Mortality due to Chagas disease in Brazil from 1979 to 2009: trends and regional differences

FR Martins-Melo, AN Ramos Jr, CH Alencar… - The Journal of Infection …, 2012 - jidc.org
Introduction: Studies on mortality due to parasitic diseases such as Chagas disease are
useful to understand the epidemiology and to plan and guide control measures for these …

The importance of estimating the burden of disease from foodborne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi

LJ Robertson, AH Havelaar, KH Keddy… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Chagas disease (ChD), caused by infection with the flagellated protozoan, Trypanosoma
cruzi, has a complicated transmission cycle with many infection routes. These include vector …

Transmissão oral da doença de Chagas: breve revisão

ÍF Magalhães-Santos - 2014 - repositorio.ufba.br
Objetivo: Realizar revisão sistemática de literatura a respeito da transmissão oral da
Doença de Chagas: Metodologia: Para este trabalho foram consultadas bases de dados …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrences of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and first reports of Panstrongylus geniculatus in urban environments in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil

W Ceretti-Junior, DP Vendrami… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
This note reports on occurrences of triatomine species in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil,
registered between 1988 and 2017. Records of triatomines captured in Sao Paulo are …

Health education in Chagas disease control: making an educational video

TF Bianchi, CV dos Santos, S Jeske… - Revista de Patologia …, 2018 - revistas.ufg.br
Several studies have shown that the population has relatively little information regarding
Chagas disease (CD) and its vectors; however, this knowledge is relevant because …