An estimated 18 million people worldwide are infected with the chronic form of Chagas disease, resulting in 50,000 deaths each year. Ischaemic stroke is a growing but neglected and unrecognised ...

April 28, 2010 — Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke, and many patients are unaware they are infected until after they ...

Following the largest historical cohort study ever conducted in Brazil, which suggested a link between Chagas disease and ischemic stroke, researchers from the Federal Fluminense University have ...

hemorrhagic stroke that result from vasculitic or cardioembolic mechanisms (Box 1). Some of these infectious conditions are of notable importance in developing countries; for example, Chagas ...

A tropical parasitic disease is becoming an increasingly common cause of stroke, experts say. Some 18m people worldwide have Chagas disease, caused by an infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.

Chagas cardiomyopathy results from the combined effects of persistent parasitism, ... Carod-Artal, F. J. & Gascon, J. Chagas disease and stroke. Lancet Neurol. 9, 533–542 (2010).

The CDC estimates more than 300,000 people in the U.S. live with Chagas disease. One in 3 people develop the chronic stage of the disease, which can lead to heart attack, stroke or sudden death.

Chagas’ disease remains an important cause of illness and premature death. Better drug regimens and rigorously conducted drug trials are needed to enable the effective management of chronic T.

stroke, life threatening ventricular arrhythmias (heart rhythm abnormalities) and cardiac arrest. In the Americas, Chagas disease is responsible for more than seven times as many disability ...

Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases. Chagas, a parasitic disease, is the latest invisible killer infection to be recognized as a growing threat here. The infection is ...

Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a potentially life-threatening illness caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Named after the Brazilian physician Carlos ...

Efforts to eliminate Chagas disease require active and effective vector control measures in response to a change of the principal triatomine vector species. Osaka Metropolitan University ...