Article: Chagas Disease
World of Microbiology and Immunology;      700+ words ...Chagas disease Chagas disease is a human infection ... Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, who described in 1909 ... to North, South, and Central America. Reflecting this, and ... the African continent, Chagas disease has also been dubbed ...

Article: Blood Donations in U.S. Testing Positive for Chagas' ...
PR Newswire;  October 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... state of Arizona have made Chagas' a "reportable" disease ... American trypanosomiasis, Chagas' disease is an infection caused ... million people in Mexico, Central America and South America have Chagas' disease. (1) Most do not ...

Article: Chembio Receives $1.2 Million Order for Chagas ...
Business Wire;  January 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... 000 deaths per year. The Chagas STAT-PAK(TM) assay is ... Microbiology reported that the Chagas STAT-PAK(TM) assay had ... different blood centers in Central America. ABOUT CHEMBIO Chembio Diagnostics ... including HIV, Tuberculosis and Chagas Disease. References to Chembio ...

Article: Blood Donations in U.S. Testing Positive for Chagas' ...
U.S. Newswire;  October 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... state of Arizona have made Chagas' a "reportable" disease ... American trypanosomiasis, Chagas' disease is an infection caused ... million people in Mexico, Central America and South America have Chagas' disease. (1) Most do not ...

Article: Pathogens & People: Chagas: Disease rising with ...
Capital (Annapolis);  July 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... apparently come from South and Central America, and Mexico. Many of these ... hemisphere. This is called Chagas and the parasite is Trypanosoma ... care, but most people with Chagas don't even know they have it. Chagas, which can persist for years ...

Article: New Chagas disease findings from A. Moncayo and co-authors ...
Blood Weekly;  October 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... prevalence and distribution of Chagas disease improved in quality ... countries, the transmission of Chagas disease by vectors and via ... the Andean countries and in Central America and rapid progress has been ... interrupting the transmission of Chagas disease, as requested by a ...

Encyclopedia entry: Chagas' disease
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      386 words ...Chagas' disease disease of South and Central America caused by the parasite ... The incidence of Chagas' disease in the United ... immigration from Mexico and Central America, where the incidence ... patients (see AIDS ) Chagas' disease can form ...