What is Chagas disease, an infection caused by 'kissing bugs' affecting 7 million people?
Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, finds its roots in the intricate web of transmission ...
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Chagas disease study in Paraguay supports use of rapid tests to improve access to diagnosis
Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a serious public health problem in the Americas. Between six and seven million people suffer from the disease, which is mainly ...
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Bacterial Enzyme Could Aid Prebiotic and Therapeutic Research
A Tokyo University of Science study identifies a novel β-galactosidase in Bacteroides xylanisolvens that breaks down ...
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Chagas Disease Vaccine
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi), transmitted by triatomines (kissing bugs), affects by some estimates as many as 9-10 million people around the world. In total, ...
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Parasite Drove Natural Selection in Amazonian Indigenous Groups
Chagas disease is a leading cause of death in Latin America. It’s caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted to animals and people by insect vectors called triatomine bugs or ...
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Chagas collaboration aims to tackle ‘kissing bug’ disease
Listed as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization (WHO), Chagas is a potentially fatal illness caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The parasite is transmitted via blood ...
A Well of Hope in Msabaha
When water started to flow in Msabaha, a village of a thousand people, Father Gigi Ginami, the missionary from Bergamo who carries out small works of charity around the world, had fun singing ...
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Chagas Disease
Chagas disease is an infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Animals and people normally get Chagas disease by contact with insect vectors found throughout the American continents (mainly, in ...