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' ...
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: 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: 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: Reports on Chagas disease clinical trial findings from ...
Clinical Trials Week;  December 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... benznidazole to treat chronic Chagas' disease: a systematic review ... European Union from South and Central America means that chronic Chagas' disease is an increasingly ... on the treatment of chronic Chagas' disease with benznidazole ...

Article: Chagas' disease
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      394 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 ...

Article: Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis).(Pamphlet)
Pamphlet by: Centers for Disease Control;  September 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... million people are infected with Chagas disease; of those infected ... will die each year. How is Chagas disease spread? Reduviid bugs ... housing found in South and Central America. Insects become infected after ... animal or person who already has Chagas disease. Infection is spread ...