Chagas disease

JA Pérez-Molina, I Molina - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis from the American continent that has spread from
its original boundaries through migration. It is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi …

Prevalence of Chagas disease in Latin-American migrants living in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Requena-Méndez, E Aldasoro… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Few studies have assessed the burden of Chagas disease in non-endemic
countries and most of them are based on prevalence estimates from Latin American (LA) …

SBC guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cardiomyopathy of Chagas disease–2023

JA Marin-Neto, A Rassi Jr, GMM Oliveira… - Arquivos brasileiros de …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
SciELO - Brasil - Diretriz da SBC sobre Diagnóstico e Tratamento de Pacientes com
Cardiomiopatia da Doença de Chagas – 2023 Diretriz da SBC sobre Diagnóstico e …

WHF IASC roadmap on Chagas disease

LE Echeverría, R Marcus, G Novick… - Global …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Chagas Disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan
Trypanosoma cruzi, with some of the most serious manifestations affecting the …

Chagas disease in Spain, the United States and other non-endemic countries

J Gascon, C Bern, MJ Pinazo - Acta tropica, 2010 - Elsevier
Due to recent trends in migration, there are millions of people from Chagas disease-
endemic countries now living in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan, including …

Diagnosis and management of Chagas disease and cardiomyopathy

AL Ribeiro, MP Nunes, MM Teixeira… - Nature Reviews …, 2012 - nature.com
Chagas cardiomyopathy is the most severe and life-threatening manifestation of human
Chagas disease—a'neglected'tropical disease caused by the protozoan parasite …

Frequency of the congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

EJ Howard, X **ong, Y Carlier… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Chagas disease is caused by the parasite T rypanosoma cruzi and is endemic
in much of L atin A merica. With increased globalisation and immigration, it is a risk in any …

International Study to Evaluate PCR Methods for Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients

AG Schijman, M Bisio, L Orellana, M Sued… - PLoS neglected …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background A century after its discovery, Chagas disease still represents a major neglected
tropical threat. Accurate diagnostics tools as well as surrogate markers of parasitological …

Large urban outbreak of orally acquired acute Chagas disease at a school in Caracas, Venezuela

B Alarcón de Noya, Z Díaz-Bello… - The Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract (See the editorial commentary by Miles, on pages 1282–1284.) Background.
Trypanosoma cruzi oral transmission is possible through food contamination by vector's …

Development of a real-time PCR assay for Trypanosoma cruzi detection in blood samples

M Piron, R Fisa, N Casamitjana, P López-Chejade… - Acta tropica, 2007 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to develop a real-time PCR technique to detect Trypanosoma cruzi
DNA in blood of chagasic patients. Analytical sensitivity of the real-time PCR was assessed …