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Chagas disease is a parasitic, systemic, and chronic disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, with risk factors strongly link to low socioeconomic factors. Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease. It is endemic in 21 countries in the Americas, although the migration of in
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Página web de recursos con fichas descriptivas, mapas y cuadros de mando, y recursos relacionados
Resource Website with fact sheets, maps and dashboards, and related resources
Website available in Englisch and Spnish
La Plataforma BeatChagas es el canal que utiliza el Grupo Técnico Nro. 6 en Información, Educación y Comunicación (TG6-IEC Chagas) del Programa de Chagas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para comunicar y compartir herramientas de información, educación y comunicación (IEC) vincul
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WHO guideline on contact tracing
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This practical guideline establishes definitions for “contact”, “contact person”, “contact tracing” and other associated concepts. It allows for improvement of contact tracing strategies and provides recommendations attempting to answer some, though not all, questions that arose during t
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Accessed January 13.2025
Resource Platform
El Centro Colaborador de la OPS/OMS para el Estudio del Dengue y su Control, el Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kouri”, la Sociedad Cubana de Microbiología y Parasitología y el Ministerio de Salud Pública de la República de Cuba, y la Organización Panamericana de la Salud/Organizació
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Accessed January 13, 2025
The Lancet Microbe Volume 5, Issue 10100982October 2024
video: La enfermerdad de Chagas es causada po el parásito Trypanosoma cruzi. Se transmite a través de un insecto llamada chimche o pito, que se alimenta de sangre y deposita sus heces en la picadura que produce; o por transfusiones, durante el embarazo de madre a hijo, trasplantes de órganos o v
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The Lancet Volume 403, Issue 10422p203-218January 13, 2024, Free Download with free registration
The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2024;37: 100881
Published Online 13 September 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2024. 100881
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 disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Infection is transmitted to humans when bitten by Triatominae (reduviid, kissing, or assassin) bugs in South and Central America, Mexico, and very rarely in the US. Less commonly, T. cruzi is transmitted via ingestion of sugar cane juice or food contami
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