American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease, is the result of infection by the Trypanosoma
cruzi parasite. Endemic in Latin America where it is the major cause of death from …

Transfusion transmitted Chagas disease was recognized as a medical problem more than
50 years ago. However, little attention was paid to it by Transfusion Medicine, medical …

Chagas disease (CD), caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) protozoa, is a complicated
parasitic illness with inadequate medical measures for diagnosing infection and monitoring …

More than 10 million people are thought to be infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, primarily in
the Americas. The clinical manifestations of Chagas' disease (CD) are variable, but most …

Background Chagas disease (CD), caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, remains
an important public health issue in many Central and South American countries, as well as …

In this review, we intend to provide a general view of the evolution of experimental studies in
the area of chemotherapy for Chagas disease. We can follow the process of drug …

Background Conventional serological tests, using total soluble proteins or a cocktail of
recombinant proteins from T. cruzi as antigens, are highly sensitive for Chagas disease …

Abstract Background American Trypanosomiasis or Chagas disease is caused by
Trypanosoma cruzi which currently infects approximately 16 million people in the Americas …

Nowadays, the techniques available for chronic Chagas' disease diagnosis are very
sensitive; however, they do not allow discrimination of the patient's clinical stages of the …

BACKGROUND: The absence of a gold standard test for Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies
represents a problem not only for the evaluation of screening tests, but also for appropriate …