Carlos Chagas discovered American trypanosomiasis, also named Chagas disease (CD) in
his honor, just over a century ago. He described the clinical aspects of the disease …

Humans are hosts to nearly 300 species of parasitic worms and over 70 species of protozoa,
some derived from our primate ancestors and some acquired from the animals we have …

Ancient septicemic plague epidemics were reported to have killed millions of people for 2
millenniums. However, confident diagnosis of ancient septicemia solely on the basis of …

The Atacama Desert of northern Chile is the oldest and most arid nonpolar environment on
Earth. It is a coastal desert covering approximately 180,000 km2, and together with the …

Infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, is
characterised by a variable clinical course–from symptomless cases to severe chronic …

Smith and Lucas (1993) suggested that the human skeleton is “an overlooked but effective
visual aid.” We concur, not just for anatomical landmarks, but for the understanding of …

In the absence of a fossil record, theories relating to the evolution of protozoa have, for most
of the twentieth century, been based on morphological and life cycle data despite their …

Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the infection with the protozoan haemoflagellate
Trypanosoma cruzi. This disease is still a great menace to public health, and is largely …

Trypanosoma rangeli, a parasite generally considered non-pathogenic for man, is the
second species of human trypanosome to be reported from the New World. The …

In this complete and thorough update of Arthur Boucot's seminal work, Evolutionary
Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution, Boucot is joined by George Poinar, who …