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 ...

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 ...

Understanding how Chagas disease works is another goal of the Japanese ... Furthermore, the researchers from Gunma University hope to establish animal models of the disease at both acute and ...

followed by dogs at #4, and Assassin bugs at #5. According to Science Focus, they're blood-sucking insects that are mostly in Central and South America and kill humans via Chagas disease.

Not that the disease isn’t noteworthy enough. 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Snakes are #3, followed by dogs at #4, and Assassin bugs at #5 ... mostly in Central and South America and kill humans via Chagas disease. The disease spreads by directly biting a human or ...

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 ...