Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a tropical parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. It is spread mostly by insects in...
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Triatoma sanguisuga (section Chagas disease)
inhabits the blood and causes Chagas disease. An estimated 6 to 8 million people are currently infected with Chagas disease, primarily in South America...
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where Chagas disease occurs (from the southern United States to northern Argentina), all triatomine species are potential vectors of the Chagas disease parasite...
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Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas (Portuguese: [ˈkaʁluz ʒustʃĩniˈɐ̃nu ʁiˈbejɾu ˈʃaɡɐs]; July 9, 1879 – November 8, 1934), was a Brazilian...
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Latin America. Chagas disease is also known as American trypanosomiasis. There are approximately 15 million people infected with Chagas disease. Morbidity...
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Clinic - Mayo Clinic". Mayo Clinic. "CDC - Chagas Disease - General Information". 13 April 2022. "Chagas disease". "Thripidae - an overview | ScienceDirect...
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Megacolon (redirect from Hirschspring's disease)
associated with Chagas disease. Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a flagellate protozoan transmitted by the assassin bug. Chagas disease can also...
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recently much of continental Europe has been declared rabies-free. Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and is mostly spread by Triatominae....
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Arguments for the Chagas hypothesis were mainly his gastric symptoms and some of his nervous signs and symptoms (caused in Chagas by an imbalance of...
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Tropical medicine (redirect from Tropical Disease Research)
knowledgeable in the 18 lesser known neglected tropical diseases, which include Chagas disease, rabies, and dengue. Poor living conditions in developing...
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Trypanosoma cruzi (category Chagas disease)
also lymph. This behaviour causes disease or the likelihood of disease that varies with the organism: Chagas disease in humans, dourine and surra in horses...
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Anemia Asthma Bronchiolitis Cancer Candidiasis ("Thrush") Chagas disease Chickenpox Copenhagen disease Croup Cystic fibrosis Cytomegalovirus (the virus most...
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block may also result from Brugada syndrome, Chagas disease, pulmonary embolism, rheumatic heart disease, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, or hypertension...
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Triatoma indictiva (section Vector of Chagas disease)
vector of Trypanosoma cruzi. T. cruzi is the protozoan that causes Chagas Disease, which affects approximately eight million people a year in the western...
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Carlos Ribeiro Justiniano Chagas, the Brazilian doctor who diagnosed the first case on April 14, 1909. World Chagas Disease Day was approved for creation...
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Infection (redirect from Infectious disease)
agent of Chagas disease, is virulent to its triatomine vector Rhodnius prolixus in a temperature-dependent manner". PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 9 (3):...
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Chagas may refer to: Chagas disease 9483 Chagas, a main-belt asteroid a Portuguese-language family name, translating to wounds Carlos Chagas (1879–1934)...
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Sinus node dysfunction (redirect from Sinus node disease and myopia)
hemochromatosis, and connective tissue diseases, inflammatory etiology such as rheumatic fever, Chagas disease, and Lyme disease, as well as atherosclerotic and...
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Triatoma gerstaeckeri (section Role in disease)
causes Chagas Disease. This is a very relevant disease in the Western Hemisphere because there are about 56,000 new incidents of Chagas Disease every year...
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Protozoan infection (redirect from Protozoal disease)
Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas disease and is transmitted by the reduviid bug, also known as the “kissing bug.” Chagas disease is diagnosed using a physical...
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Triatoma infestans (category Chagas disease)
la enfermedad de Chagas". Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Keynes 2001, p. 315 Clayton, Julie (24 June 2010). "Chagas disease 101". Nature. 465...
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Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial ischemia, or simply heart disease, involves...
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Trypanosomiasis (category Protozoal diseases)
In humans this includes African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease. A number of other diseases occur in other animals. African trypanosomiasis, which...
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transmits Chagas disease. Freshwater snails do not kill humans directly. Rather, they are a vector that transmits a variety of tropical diseases. Learish...
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Tropical diseases are diseases that are prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions. The diseases are less prevalent in temperate climates...
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of Chagas' Disease spread by Triatoma bugs or epidemic typhus spread by human body lice. Many invertebrates are responsible for transmitting diseases. Mosquitoes...
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g...
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few species from South America noted for their ability to transmit Chagas disease. Though spectacular exceptions are known, most members of the family...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under...
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"Further thoughts on where we stand on the autoimmunity hypothesis of Chagas disease". Trends in Parasitology. 22 (3): 101–2, author reply 103. doi:10.1016/j...
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