In the last decades, increasing international migration and travel from Latin America to
Europe have favoured the emergence of tropical diseases outside their “historical” …

BACKGROUND: The United States, Canada, and Spain perform selective testing of blood
donors for Trypanosoma cruzi infection (Chagas disease) to prevent transfusion …

With up to 2% of the world's population living outside of their country of birth, the potential
impact of population mobility on health and on use of health services of migrant host nations …

BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania infantum is a zoonotic
disease endemic throughout the Mediterranean basin. The existence of asymptomatic …

summary American Trypanosomiasis, or Chagas' disease, is a parasitic infection caused by
the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. It is endemic in a large area of the American continent …

BACKGROUND: Emigration of people infected with Trypanosoma cruzi to non-endemic
areas has resulted in transfusion transmission to immunocompromised recipients. We …

Transfusion transmitted Chagas disease was recognized as a medical problem more than
50 years ago. However, little attention was paid to it by Transfusion Medicine, medical …

The safety of the blood supply has been a concern over the past 20–30 years because of the
transmission of infectious diseases. Blood is still routinely tested for viruses, and …

I am especially grateful to Ruth Sensano, director of the Cardenal Maurer (CM) project in
Sucre. Sensano shared with me the planning and design of her successful Chagas' control …

Naphtho [2, 3-b] thiophen-4, 9-quinone and five derivatives were prepared using the Friedel-
Crafts reaction and tandem-lithiation of aromatic diethylamides. These quinones were …