Antiparasitic treatment should not be considered in patients with chronic infection who have developed cardiac or gastrointestinal symptoms. 10 Management of patients exhibiting cardiac, ...

Chagas disease is a protozoal infection transmitted by the “kissing bug.” It is a zoonotic infection, meaning it can infect both humans and animals. Chagas disease in dogs and humans can vary in ...

Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease; it is caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), which is harbored by many different wild animals in the Americas, including the ...

Chagas disease, an infectious parasitic disease spread by insects known as “kissing bugs,” is becoming increasingly prominent in the United States, according to a recent report by the Centers for ...

Chagas disease has been called “the most neglected of the neglected diseases” and it’s been estimated to have affected anywhere from about 300,000 to as many as 1.7 billion people around the world.

Novartis AG has synthesized cyanotrizole compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of leishmaniasis, American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).

It's called the "kissing bug disease." Its already an endemic in 21 other countries and eight states in the U.S. are reporting cases including Missouri and very prominently in Texas. According to the ...

A free international seminar hosted by the San Diego State University School of Public Health will explore Chagas disease, a malady estimated to infect about 8 million people worldwide. Presented in ...

A long-term follow-up study among patients with chronic Chagas disease showed that the time to positive molecular detection of the disease was significantly shorter with posaconazole than with ...

Daisy Hernández’s journey to understand the history and devastating toll of Chagas disease began in her aunt’s hospital room. The following is an excerpt from The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family ...

Researchers from one Washington, D.C., center confirmed that there was a high prevalence of Chagas disease in a sample of Latin American immigrants hospitalized with cardiac conditions. Of 97 adults ...