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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Chagas Disease in the United States: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 11:tpmd230361. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0361. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChagas disease affects approximately 300,000 patients in the United States. We evaluated a multicenter U.S.-based network to obtain clinical characteristics and outcomes of chronic Chagas disease by disease forms. This was a U.S.-based, multicenter, population-based, retrospective cohort study. We queried TriNetX, a global research network, to identify patients with dual-positive IgG serology for Trypanosoma cruzi. We captured outcomes of interest for up to 5 years. We found 429 patients with evidence of dual-positive T. cr...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - September 11, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Andr és F Henao-Martínez Christian Olivo-Freites Nelson I Agudelo Higuita Carolina Ferraz Carlos Franco-Paredes Jose Tuells Laila Woc-Colburn Salvador Villalpando-Carri ón Daniel B Chastain Anis Rassi Source Type: research
Anxiety, depression, and memory loss in Chagas disease: a puzzle far beyond neuroinflammation to be unpicked and solved
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2023 Apr 3;118:e220287. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760220287. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTMental disorders such as anxiety, depression, and memory loss have been described in patients with chronic Chagas disease (CD), a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Social, psychological, and biological stressors may take part in these processes. There is a consensus on the recognition of an acute nervous form of CD. In chronic CD patients, a neurological form is associated with immunosuppression and neurobehavioural changes as sequelae of stroke. The chronic nervous form of CD ...
Source: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - April 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Joseli Lannes-Vieira Glaucia Vilar-Pereira Leda Casta ño Barrios Andrea Alice Silva Source Type: research
