Diagnosis of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) by the new complement fixation test
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American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease).
Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a chronic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan parasite. It is transmitted to human beings mainly through the feces of infected triatomine bugs. The disease affects an estimated 8 to 10 million people in the Americas, putting them at risk of developing life-threatening cardiac and gastrointestinal complications. This artic...
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American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) is an important cause of human heart disease, megaesophagus and megacolon in Latin America, where the causative organism, Trypanosoma cruzi, is endemic. While this organism occasionally causes an acute illness, most people do not realize they are infected until several years or decades later, when some develop a chronic medical condition. Antiparasitic ...
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An estimated 10 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi (the parasite that causes Chagas disease) worldwide, mostly in Latin America. Chagas disease was once entirely confined to the Region of the Americas – principally Latin America – but it has now spread to other continents. Chagas disease is curable if treatment is initiated soon after infection. Up to 30% of chronically infected...
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Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis) is endemic in nearly all Central and South American countries facing the Caribbean basin. Since 1960, reports from the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Jamaica, and Trinidad have confirmed the presence of Trypanosoma cruzi, blood-sucking triatomine bugs, and wild animals infected with the parasite. It was also established that T. cruzi, triatomine bugs, infe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.4.1034-1035.1995