NewsDesk @bactiman63 More than 50,000 people in Spain live with Chagas , of which 613 are children, according to estimates from an analysis led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal),...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Chagas disease is also known as “American Trypanosomiasis.” It’s caused by a blood parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted by kissing bugs. Chagas disease affects...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health together with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) presented the first National Action Plan for entomological surveillance and vector control Costa Rica...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Colombian Army reported an outbreak of the parasitic disease, Chagas disease, which infected a number of soldiers at a military base in Cesar, in northern...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Colombian National Army confirmed that the disease that affected several soldiers who provided security at the Jagua de Ibirico military base in Cesar had Chagas...

A clinical trial has been launched in Argentina to see if a shorter regimen of the drug benznidazole has the potential to become a new standard treatment for Chagas disease to treat adult patients in the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In search of treatment for Chagas disease, which kills thousands each year, Cal State Fullerton infectious disease researchers have discovered an important new mechanism...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Wednesday was World Chagas Disease Day and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) discussed in a press release a number of data of the parasitic disease in the Americas. One...

Animal toxins are research targets owing to their therapeutic and biotechnological potential. Researchers at the Federal University of the ABC (UFABC), Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and Federal...

By Robert Herriman  @bactiman63 Most years, I put out an end of year list of the Top 10 infectious disease news stories; however, this year is different with COVID-19. Instead, I want to do a Top 10 list...