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MEDBOX Issue Brief no.35: The first issue brief on the NTD Toolbox contains general strategies, roadmaps, key treatment guidelines, reports, and training material on Buruli ulcer, Chagas, and Leishmaniasis.
Chagas is a parasitic disease that affects over 6 million people in the
world. As the disease typically remains asymptomatic for years, new cases
often go unnoticed and unreported, and most people with the disease
are unaware of their condition. Less than 10% of people affected are
diagnosed and...
Chronic manifestations of Chagas disease present as disabling and life-threatening conditions affecting mainly the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal systems. Although meaningful research has outlined the different molecular mechanisms underlying Trypanosoma cruzi’s infection and the host-parasit...
Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is, together with geohelminths, the neglected disease that causes more loss of years of healthy life due to disability in Latin America. Chagas disease, as determined by the factors and determinants, shows that different contexts require different actions, ...
A través de la investigación, la formación y la creación de sinergias con otros centros y organizaciones, buscamos dotar de mayor visibilidad y recursos la lucha contra esta enfermedad desatendida.
Esta publicación tiene como objetivo fundamental, presentar en lenguaje claro y objetivo, informaciones actualizadas sobre las formas de transmisión de la
enfermedad, sus vectores, su ciclo biológico y métodos de control. Su contenido
se dirige, principalmente, a los técnicos y profesionales ...
[Presentación] El presente libro, elaborado por integrantes de múltiples generaciones
de técnicos e investigadores salvadoreños dedicados a la enfermedad de Chagas, refleja claramente su actual situación epidemiológica, la evolución
histórica de la misma y los retos y perspectivas que la...
[Antecedentes] En el año 2005, un brote registrado en un área turística del sur de Brasil, concitó la atención internacional en función de haber afectado a un grupo de turistas internacionales y haber registrado alta morbilidad y mortalidad. La importancia que reviste este tema emergente, y la...
Objetivo general: Delinear las recomendaciones para la atención médica de niños, adolescentes y adultos infectados por el T. cruzi, en cualquiera de sus fases y formas clínicas. Se espera de esta forma optimizar el uso de recursos y mejorar la calidad de atención de los pacientes, con el fin de...
Durante muchos años, la enfermedad de Chagas ha sido una entidad olvidada en nuestro medio, pese a que Colombia posee las condiciones apropiadas para que esta infección se desarrolle y se perpetúe en el tiempo.
Esto se refleja en el poco conocimiento de la enfermedad y en la existencia de muchos...
Congenital transmission of Chagas disease has not been extensively studied in Colombia, and there are no standardized processes in the health system regarding
the specific diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of this disease. To generate recommendations on congenital Chagas disease and Chagas in wom...
Website last accessed on 09.04.2023
Youtube Video - Documentário Doença de Chagas
Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. It is a significant public health problem, affecting millions of people worldwide. And although it was described 110 years ago, only two old nitroheterocyclic drugs, benznidazole and nifurtimox, are cu...
Kinetoplastid parasites have caused human disease for millennia. Significant achievements have been made toward developing new treatments for leishmaniasis (particularly on the Indian subcontinent) and for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Moreover, the sustained decrease in the incidence of HAT...
Website last accessed on 10.04.2023
The Chagas disease is frequently referred to as the effects that the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) has on people’s health. However, from our perspective, Chagas is much more than that: it is a complex socioenvironmental health problem in which elemen...
