Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a tropical parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. It is spread mostly by insects in...

where Chagas disease occurs (from the southern United States to northern Argentina), all triatomine species are potential vectors of the Chagas disease parasite...

Latin America. Chagas disease is also known as American trypanosomiasis. There are approximately 15 million people infected with Chagas disease. Morbidity...

Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas (Portuguese: [ˈkaʁluz ʒustʃĩniˈɐ̃nu ʁiˈbejɾu ˈʃaɡɐs]; July 9, 1879 – November 8, 1934), was a Brazilian...

Clinic - Mayo Clinic". Mayo Clinic. "CDC - Chagas Disease - General Information". 13 April 2022. "Chagas disease". "Thripidae - an overview | ScienceDirect...

associated with Chagas disease. Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a flagellate protozoan transmitted by the assassin bug. Chagas disease can also...

inhabits the blood and causes Chagas disease. An estimated six to eight million people are currently infected with Chagas disease, primarily in South America...

recently much of continental Europe has been declared rabies-free. Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and is mostly spread by Triatominae....

block may also result from Brugada syndrome, Chagas disease, pulmonary embolism, rheumatic heart disease, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, or hypertension...

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...

Anemia Asthma Bronchiolitis Cancer Candidiasis ("Thrush") Chagas disease Chickenpox Copenhagen disease Croup Cystic fibrosis Cytomegalovirus (the virus most...

agent of Chagas disease, is virulent to its triatomine vector Rhodnius prolixus in a temperature-dependent manner". PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 9 (3):...

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...

vector of Trypanosoma cruzi. T. cruzi is the protozoan that causes Chagas Disease, which affects approximately eight million people a year in the western...

la enfermedad de Chagas". Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Keynes 2001, p. 315 Clayton, Julie (24 June 2010). "Chagas disease 101". Nature. 465...

knowledgeable in the 18 lesser known neglected tropical diseases, which include Chagas disease, rabies, and dengue. Poor living conditions in developing...

Chagas (Portuguese: ['ʃagɐʃ] or ['ʃagɐs]) may refer to: Chagas disease 9483 Chagas, a main-belt asteroid a Portuguese-language family name, translating...

Carlos Ribeiro Justiniano Chagas, the Brazilian doctor who diagnosed the first case on April 14, 1909. World Chagas Disease Day was approved for creation...

hemochromatosis, and connective tissue diseases, inflammatory etiology such as rheumatic fever, Chagas disease, and Lyme disease, as well as atherosclerotic and...

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...

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...

transmits Chagas disease. Freshwater snails do not kill humans directly. Rather, they are a vector that transmits a variety of tropical diseases. Ritchie...

In humans this includes African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease. A number of other diseases occur in other animals. African trypanosomiasis, which...

Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), or ischemic heart disease (IHD), is a type of heart disease involving the reduction...

of Chagas' Disease spread by Triatoma bugs or epidemic typhus spread by human body lice. Many invertebrates are responsible for transmitting diseases. Mosquitoes...

Tropical diseases are diseases that are prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions. The diseases are less prevalent in temperate climates...

Barrett's esophagus Boerhaave syndrome Caustic injury to the esophagus Chagas disease Diffuse esophageal spasm Esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula...

few species from South America noted for their ability to transmit Chagas disease. Though spectacular exceptions are known, most members of the family...

"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...

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...