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Chagas disease, a risk factor for high blood pressure
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-04)
Background: Chagas disease is a parasite infection caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Its most common complications is chronic Chagas heart disease but impairments of the systemic vasculature also has been observed. ...
Non-uremic calciphylaxis and Chagas diseaseCalcifilaxis no urémica y enfermedad de Chagas
(Elsevier, 2014-04)
We describe the first report of calciphylaxis in a patient seropositive for Chagas disease, which is known to lead to several immunological disturbances.
Specific molecular targets to control tropical diseases
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2001-04)
Chagas' disease or American trypanosomiasis is considered by the Word Health Organization to be one of the important tropical parasitic diseases worldwide together with malaria and schistosomiasis. The etiologic agent of ...
Chagas Disease across Contexts: Scientific Knowledge in a Globalized World
(Routledge, 2021-07)
Chagas es la enfermedad endémica más importante de América Latina. Se construyó progresivamente como una cuestión pública relevante, comenzando como un problema médico, centrándose después en las condiciones de vivienda, ...
Chronic Chagas disease: Can prophylaxis and therapeutic vaccines crack this "hard nut"?
(Future Medicine, 2016-02)
Although, none of the therapeutic vaccines assessed so far have reached sterilizing immunity, the results obtained in terms of disease control indicate that immune intervention might be used for therapeutic purposes.
Evaluation of the chagas western blot igg assay for the diagnosis of chagas disease
(MDPI, 2021-11-10)
Chagas disease is a debilitating and often fatal pathology resulting from infection by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. In its recommendations, the World Health Organization states that the diagnosis of T. cruzi ...
Chagas disease: Historic perspective
(Elsevier Science, 2020-05)
This review is a perspective on the history of Chagas disease, and it adopts a novel approach from literary studies, historical documents and the science and epidemiology of the nature of the disease. From this analysis, ...
Urban Chagas disease in children and women in primary care centres in Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2015-07)
The primary objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of this disease in women of childbearing age and children treated at health centres in underserviced areas of the city of Buenos Aires. Demographic and ...
An evaluation of nifurtimox for Chagas disease in children
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-06)
Introduction: Chagas disease (CD) is a zoonosis disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) and currently affects 6 million people worldwide. Described 100 years ago, two drugs are available for treatment, nifurtimox ...
Review of pharmacological options for the treatment of Chagas disease
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2020-12-13)
Chagas disease (CD) is a worldwide problem, with over 8 million people infected in both rural and urban areas. CD was first described over a century ago, but only two drugs are currently available for CD treatment: ...