Directory of Chagas Disease Resources

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Disease caused by the protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi) transmitted by bites of blood-feeding Assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae, subfamily Triatominae). Occurs in northern South America, Central America, and Mexico.

Resources in This Category

• CDC Travelers' Health: American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease)

  http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2016/infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/trypanosomiasis-american-chagas-disease
  Advice for travelers on this infection including mode of transmission, occurrence, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, and the preventative measures that can be taken.

• CDC: Chagas Disease

  http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/
  Detailed information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• Chagas Disease

  http://apps.who.int/tdr/svc/diseases/chagas
  Information from the World Health Organization.

• Chagas Disease

  http://chagasdiseasebiotech.blogspot.com/
  Blog on this disease which presents a serious public health challenge for Latin America and elsewhere.

• MedicineNet: Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)

  http://www.medicinenet.com/chagas_disease/article.htm
  Provides information on this disease caused by a protozoan parasite, its history, cause, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment and the research being undertaken.

• MedlinePlus: Chagas Disease

  https://medlineplus.gov/chagasdisease.html
  Directory of news, articles, and factsheets.

• PAHO: Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)

  http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_topics&view=article&id=10&Itemid=40743
  Provides information on surveillance in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras and the prevention and control activities currently being carried out there.

• The Kiss of Death: Chagas' Disease in the Americas

  http://www.uta.edu/chagas/
  A study of the disease by Dr. Joseph Bastien.

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