Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is one of the most important yet neglected parasitic infections in the world.

Bugs in the southeastern US may be spreading deadly, disease-causing parasites, experts warn. Researchers in Florida and Texas spent 10 years tracking the transmission of Chagas disease, a dangerous ...

(NEXSTAR) – Right now in some areas the southern U.S, a significant percentage of dogs are infected with a potentially life-threatening disease — and many of their owners are likely not even aware.

New insight on how a parasite can resist current therapies has been published today in the open-access eLife journal. An infection with Chagas disease is only possible in Latin America since the ...

The Chagas disease has been found in 5 states. — -- A rare parasitic infection called Chagas disease has been gaining headlines in recent weeks after cases of the infection were reported in at ...

Researchers have mapped how the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi forms new variants that are more effective at evading the immune system and causing disease. Their findings can give rise to new methods for ...

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