or vertical transmission from infected mothers to their babies. Preventing Chagas disease primarily involves vector control measures to reduce the risk of triatomine bug bites and interrupt ...

cruzi strains, vector and host species, their interactions, range and rates of infection, as well as the related ecological factors of Chagas disease transmission. As an emerging disease ...

Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, finds its roots in the intricate web of transmission ...

"Education is key," said Bast. "The more people know about Chagas disease and its transmission, the better equipped they are to protect themselves and their families." By staying informed and ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. I grew up believing that my auntie had almost died because she ate an apple in South America. According to the family ...

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 ...

Our research focuses on the transmission of disease-causing organisms by insect ... and kissing bugs that transmit Chagas disease. We study a malaria model using Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever ...

Combining rapid diagnostic tests with conventional serology proves to be a useful strategy for diagnosing Chagas disease in an indigenous community in the Paraguayan Chaco Although they have good ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...