by Luciana Constantino, FAPESP Microscope image of cells from patients with Chagas: mitochondria are stained red, cell nuclei blue and cytoplasm green. Credit: Edécio Cunha-Neto Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects some 8 million people worldwide. More than a third develop severe heart or digestive problems with a heightened risk of...
by Leigh Beeson, University of Georgia The new drug works by targeting the parasite that causes Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, which is carried by kissing bugs like the one shown above. Credit: CDC Researchers from the University of Georgia have discovered a potential treatment for Chagas disease, marking the first medication with promise to successfully...
This strategy would facilitate the diagnosis of chronically infected individuals in endemic regions with poorly equipped laboratories BARCELONA INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH (ISGLOBAL) The combined use of two commercially available rapid diagnostic tests is effective for accurately diagnosing chronic Chagas disease in the field, according to a study funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)...
IMAGE: RURAL COMMUNITY IN COCHABAMPA, BOLIVIA CREDIT: ISGLOBAL The combined use of two commercially available rapid diagnostic tests is effective for accurately diagnosing chronic Chagas disease in the field, according to a study funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by “la...
