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 ...

Chagas disease is a contagious parasitic illness ... In recent years, however, climate change and global migration have expanded the reach of the disease to several countries beyond the Americas.

However, due to increased migration and globalization, Chagas disease has become a growing concern in non-endemic regions, including North America, Europe, and the Western Pacific. In these ...

Known as the kissing bug, this insect carries a parasite that can cause the potentially fatal Chagas disease. "Kissing bugs are not your typical insect. Feeding on blood—mostly at night—they ...

However it had happened, my family understood this: A New York doctor had diagnosed my auntie with Chagas disease. It meant my auntie could die. We didn’t ask questions. English wasn’t our ...

Researchers in Japan and El Salvador have identified plant-derived compounds that could treat Chagas disease, a vector-borne infectious illness, and are also working to unravel the mysterious ...

Rapid tests could be used to diagnose Chagas disease in resource-limited areas, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The results of this research ...

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, ...