Doctors, researchers, and patient advocates say the U.S. could be doing far more to combat Chagas, which causes serious heart disease in an estimated 30% of infected people and can also lead to ...

Chagas disease is transmitted primarily through an insect called the 'kissing bug' which bites people around the mouth and then can pass along a parasite through people's mouth, nose or breaks in ...

Kissing bugs, also known as triatomine bugs or conenose bugs, are blood-sucking insects that get their nickname from their ...

Researchers at the University of Georgia's Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases have developed the first test to ...

Chagas disease, caused by a parasite, affects people primarily in rural Latin America. But an estimated 300,000 people in the U.S. have it and many are unaware.

Chagas disease has an acute phase and a chronic phase, said Bast. The acute phase occurs immediately after infection and can last 8–10 weeks. During this phase, parasites may be found in the ...

There are so many illnesses in the world that we just don’t think about here in the United States. One of those is Chagas disease. I learned about this in veterinary school more than 35 years ago.

Chagas disease is categorized as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) by the World Health Organization (WHO). 2,000 to 4,000 people in Switzerland affected.

Chagas disease infects more than 4 million dogs in the U.S. with almost 650,000 in Texas alone. But many people have never heard of it.

Doctors, researchers, and patient advocates say the U.S. could be doing far more to combat Chagas, which causes serious heart disease in an estimated 30% of infected people and can also lead to ...

To combat the disease, doctors familiar with Chagas recommend testing pregnant women from at-risk communities and urge earlier treatments. They also advocate screening all transplant organs.