Over the last 30 years, concomitant with successful transnational disease control programs
across Latin America, Chagas disease has expanded from a neglected, endemic parasitic …

Chagas disease is caused by infection with the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, and although
over 100 years have passed since the discovery of Chagas disease, it still presents an …

Chagas disease is now an active disease in the urban centers of countries of nonendemicity
and endemicity because of congenital and blood and/or organ transplantation transmissions …

Changing climate is not the only driver for alterations in the dynamic interaction between
arthropod vectors of zoonotic parasites and their hosts, including humans. A suite of other …

Background In Brazil, acute Chagas disease (ACD) surveillance involves mandatory
notification, which allows for population-based epidemiological studies. We conducted a …

Importance Chagas cardiomyopathy is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality.
Precise estimates of the risk of developing cardiomyopathy among patients with the acute or …

Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania (Trypanosomatidae:
Kinetoplastida) are parasitic protozoan causing Chagas disease, African Trypanosomiasis …

This review aims to update and discuss the main challenges in controlling emergent and
reemergent forms of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission through organ transplantation, blood …

Chagas heart disease is an inflammatory cardiomyopathy that develops in approximately
one-third of individuals infected with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Since the …

The acute phase of Chagas disease lasts 4–8 weeks and is characterized by
microscopically detectable parasitaemia. Symptoms are usually mild with severe acute …