Chagas disease (also known as American trypanosomiasis)
2024年4月4日 · Chagas disease is an infectious disease caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi). However, this condition is the result of a complex health problem typical …
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) - World Health …
2023年4月13日 · For a long time, Chagas disease was a strictly found in rural areas, plaguing only certain regions of the countryside, usually characterized by poverty and exclusion. To …
Chagas disease - World Health Organization (WHO)
Chagas disease is named after Carlos Ribeiro Justiniano Chagas, a Brazilian physician and researcher who discovered the disease in 1909. In May 2019, following up on decision of the …
Chagas disease - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
2024年9月30日 · Chagas disease is the most prevalent communicable tropical disease in Latin America. The most important vectors are the Triatoma infestans in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, …
Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease
2018年11月21日 · This document focuses on making recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease, an infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan agent …
World Chagas Disease Day - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年4月11日 · Chagas disease: the story of Ruth. Chagas is both a silent and silenced disease. The first feature answers to the specific characteristics of the disease, but the second is the …
Chagas Disease -- Life cycle of the parasite (human stages)
2024年4月11日 · Chagas disease is found mainly in endemic areas of 21 continental Latin American countries, where it is mostly transmitted when humans come into contact with …
World Chagas Disease Day 2024: urging early diagnosis and care …
2024年4月11日 · Chagas disease is often called a “silent disease” because most patients have no symptoms either during the acute or the chronic phases of infection, until damage is too …
World Chagas Disease Day 2024 - PAHO
2024年4月14日 · World Chagas Day aims to raise awareness of Chagas disease, improve early detection, expand diagnostic coverage, and provide equitable access to clinical care. Theme …
World Chagas Disease Day - World Health Organization (WHO)
2020年4月14日 · Chagas disease, also known as "silent or silenced disease", affects mainly poor people without access to health care or people without a political voice. The disease …