Novartis AG has synthesized cyanotrizole compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of leishmaniasis, American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).

Antiparasitic treatment should not be considered in patients with chronic infection who have developed cardiac or gastrointestinal symptoms. 10 Management of patients exhibiting cardiac, ...

Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease; it is caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), which is harbored by many different wild animals in the Americas, including the ...

Chagas disease has been called “the most neglected of the neglected diseases” and it’s been estimated to have affected anywhere from about 300,000 to as many as 1.7 billion people around the world.

It's called the "kissing bug disease." Its already an endemic in 21 other countries and eight states in the U.S. are reporting cases including Missouri and very prominently in Texas. According to the ...

Daisy Hernández’s journey to understand the history and devastating toll of Chagas disease began in her aunt’s hospital room. The following is an excerpt from The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family ...

Chagas disease, an infectious parasitic disease spread by insects known as “kissing bugs,” is becoming increasingly prominent in the United States, according to a recent report by the Centers for ...

US health officials are sounding the alarm on Chagas disease, an illness caused by a parasite that is transmitted by kissing bugs (also known as "assassin bugs"). Initially limited to Latin America, ...

An alternative approach for developing and testing new small molecular drug targets and candidates would be to develop and test a therapeutic vaccine, which could be administered as an immunotherapy ...