Chagas Disease Heart Damage Underrecognized
(MedPage Today) -- AHA calls for progress on tropical disease that ' s gone global (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - August 21, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Benznidazole Availability for Treatment of Chagas Disease Benznidazole Availability for Treatment of Chagas Disease
With FDA approval of benznidazole for treatment of Chagas disease, the drug is no longer available in the US through the CDC-sponsored IND program. How can it be obtained?Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 17, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Chagas Disease Surveillance Activities -- Seven States, 2017 Chagas Disease Surveillance Activities -- Seven States, 2017
With increased emigration from Latin America, Chagas disease has become a concern in the US. What are states doing in terms of public health surveillance for this potentially life-threatening disease?Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Study describes enzyme's key role in immune response to Chagas disease parasite
(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) A study shows that the expression of PI3Kγ protein increases during infection by T. cruzi, an essential response in avoiding excessive inflammation and controlling parasitemia. Heart tissue analyses involving human patients who developed cardiopathy in the disease's chronic stage also provided results. The next challenge is to devise treatment for Chagas using molecules capable of modulating the cellular signaling pathway mediated by PI3Kγ. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Chagas Disease Surveillance Activities - Seven States, 2017
In 2017, Chagas disease was reportable in six states. Most cases identified, including among blood donors, are chronic cases and are not the result of local vectorborne transmission. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Kissing bugs kiss their hiding spots goodbye, thanks to tiny radio transmitters
(Entomological Society of America) In a new pilot study, researchers in Texas successfully attached miniature radio transmitters to kissing bugs and tracked their movements. Also known as triatomine bugs, kissing bugs transmit the pathogen that causes Chagas disease in humans and animals. They typically move at night and hide during day, and uncovering their secretive movements could play a key role in reducing their impact as a disease vector. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 9, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
International Chagas Day: MSF Launches Campaign to Raise Awareness
Press releaseInternational Chagas Day: MSF Launches Campaign to Raise AwarenessApril 14, 2018The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched the awareness campaign "A big heart is not always a good thing" for International Chagas Disease Day today. The initiative aims to raise public awareness of a neglected disease that affects the health of more than 6 million people around the world, especially in Latin America where it is endemic. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - April 14, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Brienne Prusak Source Type: news
GHIT Fund launches next phase focusing on access & delivery, bringing total investment to US $123 million
(Burness) The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund today announced a total of 1.6 billion yen (US$15.5 million) and 10 partnerships to support product development of new lifesaving drugs, vaccines and diagnostics for malaria, tuberculosis and neglected tropical diseases such as Chagas disease, schistosomiasis and leishmaniasis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 28, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Chagas Disease in Our Own Backyards
April 3, 2018 2:00-3:00pm ET. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - March 22, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
ASE releases updated guidelines for cardiac US agents
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has published updated guidelines...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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ASE offers guide for childhood heart disease (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 2, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
New safety data for the most commonly used drug to treat Chagas disease
(Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) The frequency of adverse reactions to benznidazole is high when treating chronic Chagas patients, although they were mostly mild effects, according to a study led by ISGlobal, in collaboration with the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. The results point to the need of finding drug combinations or dosages in order to maintain efficacy but decrease its toxicity. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 20, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Patients with chagas disease are often infected with an intestinal parasite
(Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) In patients with Chagas Disease, the odds of being infected by the intestinal worm Strongyloides stercoralis increases by two-fold, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The study, published in Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, underlines the potential benefits of performing a combined screening for both infections among Latin American adults living in Europe. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 14, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
ASE releases guide for imaging Chagas disease
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has released a new guide for...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Medical societies celebrate ultrasound awareness
Medical societies expand collaboration on cardiac registry
ASE: Echo protocol finds kids' heart abnormalities
ASE debuts new educational offerings
ASE offers guide for childhood heart disease (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 3, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - December 20, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
