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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...
متن کاملAmerican Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease)
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 ...
متن کاملWHO | Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis)
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...
متن کاملChagas disease ( American trypanosomiasis ) threatens the Americas
Trypanosomiases are human and animal diseases caused by protozoans of the class Zoomastigophora. The causative agents share common characteristics like flagella movements and transmission by arthropods; for instance, African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) is transmitted by the bite of tse-tse fly (Glossina palpalis and Gloossina morsintans). However, there are other mechanisms of transmiss...
متن کاملModeling household transmission of American trypanosomiasis.
American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by blood-feeding triatomine bugs, is a chronic, frequently fatal infection that is common in Latin America. Neither adequate drugs nor a vaccine is available. A mathematical model calibrated to detailed household data from three villages in northwest Argentina shows that householders ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.299.6705.969