Chagas disease: changes in knowledge and management

FX Lescure, G Le Loup, H Freilij… - The Lancet infectious …, 2010 - thelancet.com
More than 100 years after the discovery of human American trypanosomiasis by Carlos
Chagas, our knowledge and management of the disease are profoundly changing …

Accelerating the development of a therapeutic vaccine for human Chagas disease: rationale and prospects

E Dumonteil, ME Bottazzi, B Zhan… - Expert review of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Chagas disease is a leading cause of heart disease affecting approximately 10 million
people in Latin America and elsewhere worldwide. The two major drugs available for the …

Identification of vaccine targets in pathogens and design of a vaccine using computational approaches

K Rawal, R Sinha, BA Abbasi, A Chaudhary, SK Nath… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Antigen identification is an important step in the vaccine development process.
Computational approaches including deep learning systems can play an important role in …

Cruzain: the path from target validation to the clinic

M Sajid, SA Robertson, LS Brinen… - Cysteine proteases of …, 2011 - Springer
Cruzain is the major papain-like cysteine protease of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological
agent causing Chagas' disease in humans in South America. Cruzain is indispensable for …

The Immune Response to Trypanosoma cruzi: Role of Toll‐Like Receptors and Perspectives for Vaccine Development

MM Rodrigues, AC Oliveira… - Journal of Parasitology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In the past ten years, studies have shown the recognition of Trypanosoma cruzi‐associated
molecular patterns by members of the Toll‐like receptor (TLR) family and demonstrated the …

A Human Type 5 Adenovirus-Based Trypanosoma cruzi Therapeutic Vaccine Re-programs Immune Response and Reverses Chronic Cardiomyopathy

IR Pereira, G Vilar-Pereira, V Marques… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Chagas disease (CD), caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is a prototypical
neglected tropical disease. Specific immunity promotes acute phase survival. Nevertheless …

Advances and challenges towards a vaccine against Chagas disease

I Quijano-Hernandez, E Dumonteil - Human vaccines, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Chagas disease is major public health problem, affecting nearly 10 million people,
characterized by cardiac alterations leading to congestive heart failure and death of 20-40 …

The case for the development of a Chagas disease vaccine: why? How? When?

E Dumonteil, C Herrera - Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease is a major neglected tropical disease, transmitted predominantly by
triatomine insect vectors, but also through congenital and oral routes. While endemic in the …

Experimental vaccines against Chagas disease: a journey through history

O Rodríguez-Morales… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, which is caused by the protozoan parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi, is primarily a vector disease endemic in 21 Latin American countries …

Recombinant Yellow Fever Viruses Elicit CD8+ T Cell Responses and Protective Immunity against Trypanosoma cruzi

RT Nogueira, AR Nogueira, MCS Pereira… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Chagas' disease is a major public health problem affecting nearly 10 million in Latin
America. Despite several experimental vaccines have shown to be immunogenic and …