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[[Chagas disease medical therapy|Medical therapy]] | [[Chagas disease surgery|Surgical options]] | [[Chagas disease primary prevention|Primary prevention]] | [[Chagas disease secondary prevention|Secondary prevention]] | [[Chagas disease cost-effectiveness of therapy|Financial costs]] | [[Chagas disease future or investigational therapies|Future therapies]] | [[Chagas disease medical therapy|Medical therapy]] | [[Chagas disease surgery|Surgical options]] | [[Chagas disease primary prevention|Primary prevention]] | [[Chagas disease secondary prevention|Secondary prevention]] | [[Chagas disease cost-effectiveness of therapy|Financial costs]] | [[Chagas disease future or investigational therapies|Future therapies]] | ||
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*[[Tropical disease]] | *[[Tropical disease]] | ||
Revision as of 15:21, 27 January 2012
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| Photomicrograph of Giemsa-stained Trypanosoma cruzi crithidia (CDC) | |
| ICD-10 | B57 |
| ICD-9 | 086 |
| DiseasesDB | 13415 |
| MedlinePlus | 001372 |
| MeSH | D014355 |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Historical Perspective
Pathophysiology
Epidemiology & Demographics
Risk Factors
Screening
Causes
Differentiating Chagas disease
Complications & Prognosis
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Staging | Laboratory tests | Electrocardiogram | X Rays | CT | MRI Echocardiography or Ultrasound | Other images | Alternative diagnostics
Treatment
Medical therapy | Surgical options | Primary prevention | Secondary prevention | Financial costs | Future therapies
See also
- Tropical disease
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative
- Distinguish from: Chaga mushroom
Notes
References
- CDC, Division of Parasitic Diseases. Chagas Disease Fact Sheet. (23 September 2004). Accessed 24 September 2006.
- Dumonteil E, Escobedo-Ortegon J, Reyes-Rodriguez N, Arjona-Torres A, Ramirez-Sierra M (2004). "Immunotherapy of Trypanosoma cruzi infection with DNA vaccines in mice". Infect Immun. 72 (1): 46–53. PMID 14688079.
- CDC, Division of Parasitic Diseases.Chagas Disease(23 October 2007). Accessed 16 August 2007.
- CDC, Division of Parasitic Diseases.Chagas Disease Epidemiology.(23 October 2007). Accessed 16 August 2007.
- CDC, Division of Parasitic Diseases. Treatment(23 October 2007). Accessed 16 August 2007.
Further reading
- Coutinho M (1999). "Ninety years of Chagas disease: a success story at the periphery". Soc Stud Sci. 29 (4): 519–49. PMID 11623933.
- Dias J, Silveira A, Schofield C (2002). "The impact of Chagas disease control in Latin America: a review". Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 97 (5): 603–12. PMID 12219120.
- Kropf S, Azevedo N, Ferreira L (2003). "Biomedical research and public health in Brazil: the case of Chagas' disease (1909–50)". Soc Hist Med. 16 (1): 111–29. PMID 14598820.
- "International Symposium to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the discovery of Chagas disease (Rio de Janeiro, April 11–16, 1999)". Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 94 (Suppl. I). 1999.
- Moncayo A. "Progress towards interruption of transmission of Chagas disease". Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 94 Suppl 1: 401–4. PMID 10677765.
- Prata A. "Evolution of the clinical and epidemiological knowledge about Chagas disease 90 years after its discovery". Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 94 Suppl 1: 81–8. PMID 10677694.
- Franco-Paredes C (2007). "Chagas disease: an impediment in achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America". BMC International Health and Human Rights. 7: 7. PMID 17725836.
- Kevin M. Tyler & Michael A. Miles (ed.). World Class Parasites. Volume 7: American Trypanosomiasis. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 1-4020-7323-2. Amazon review
External links
- VCU Virtual Parasite Project
- All About Chagas Disease, Chagas' disease Information & Prevention, Identification, also in Spanish.
- Chagaspace, also in Spanish.
- ChagMex: Database on-line. UNAM-Instituto de Biología.
- Chagas Disease. PanAmerican Health Organization.
- Disease Information. American Trypanosomiasis or Chagas' Disease. Travel Medicine Program. Health Canada.
- Links to Chagas' Disease pictures (Hardin MD/Univ of Iowa)
- Link to "The Kiss of Death". An anthropological view of Chagas' disease (Joseph Bastien/Univ of Texas at Arlington).
Recent news and events
- Chagas' disease parasite found in desert blood samples
- Chagas Control in the Southern Cone Countries: History of an International Initiative, 1991/2001, PAHO. (Full text e-book)
- Genome Sequencing Project
- Parasites' genetic code 'cracked' From BBC
- Catholic Relief Services. Housing Improvement and Chagas' Disease Prevention Project
- 2006: Nature.com / Scott M. Landfear: Flagella are whip-like structures that power the movement of certain cells. Analysis of a single-cell parasite, the African trypanosome, reveals that flagella are also essential for viability in this organism. (restricted commercial access now)
- Science Magazine Search Results: Chagas
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