UGA sees NBAF as hub for research Sep 24, 2008
A test for Chagas disease costs about $250, a price that's out of reach for the poverty-stricken Latin Americans who are most susceptible to the insect-borne parasite that causes it. Tarleton, a University of Georgia cellular biologist, has devoted much of his career to finding a cheaper test for the chronic infection, which can cause fatal heart problems. (Athens Banner-Herald)
The Crisis in Healthcare in Rural B... Aug 5, 2008
--Sucking Blood or snatching fat: Chagas disease in Bolivia. In Medical pluralism in the Andes. (Suite101.com)
Blood donor learns he's first Bay Area West Nile case of the year Aug 2, 2008
They are also screened for HIV, hepatitis B and C, and syphilis, and Chagas disease. After a human has been infected with the virus, it can take anywhere from three to 12 days for symptoms of the disease to show up. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Best mosquito control Jul 2, 2008
Chagas Disease or American trypanosomiasis is caused by a parasite and spread by reduvid bug or Kissing bug ... In our clinic alone, we have had 63 dogs test positive for the Chagas disease ... I lost my own Labrador Retriever to the Chagas disease two days before duck season two years ago. (New Iberia, LA)
This is your donated blood circulating to needy recipient Jul 2, 2008
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The "DNDi Project of the Year": The Development of Fexinidazole to Treat "Sleeping Sickness" Jun 27, 2008
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US poor most at risk from disease Jun 25, 2008
Poor people in the United States are increasingly at risk from tropical diseases such as dengue fever and Chagas disease, says a new report. Researchers blame climate change and increasing poverty for the increased spread of these infectious illnesses. (BBC News -- Americas)
Worms, parasites afflict the poorest in U.S. Jun 25, 2008
And "diseases of neglect" associated with the developing world, such as dengue fever and Chagas disease, may become a bigger problem for the United States as the climate changes, said Dr. Peter Hotez of George Washington University and the Sabin Vaccine Institute in Washington ... Increased threat after Hurricane KatrinaChagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, infects as many as 8 to 11 million people in Latin America and may become a U.S. threat, Hotez said ... "In Louisiana,... (MSNBC -- Health)
America's poor besieged by worms, parasites Jun 25, 2008
And "diseases of neglect" associated with the developing world, such as dengue fever and Chagas disease, may become a bigger problem for the United States as the climate changes, said Dr. Peter Hotez of George Washington University and the Sabin Vaccine Institute in Washington. "The message is a little tough because they are not killer diseases they impact on child development, intellectual development, hearing and sometimes even heart disease," Hotez said in a telephone interview. (Xinhuanet, China)
Analysis: U.S. poor are vulnerable to 'neglected' diseases Jun 24, 2008
Analysis: U.S. poor are vulnerable to 'neglected' diseases - USATODAY.com. Analysis: U.S. poor are vulnerable to 'neglected' diseases. (USA Today)
First Method For Testing, Assessing Drug Treatments For Chagas' Disease Identified Apr 23, 2008
28, 2006) Researchers in Argentina have determined that night blindness is a new clinical symptom of Chagas disease ... 24, 2001) Keeping chickens and especially dogs out of bedrooms could help reduce the risk of deadly Chagas disease infection in rural areas of Central and South America, according to a new report in the 27. (Science Daily)
Skeeter control debate resumes Apr 22, 2008
The parasite causing Chagas disease occurs naturally in wild animals like armadillos, raccoons and opossums throughout the southern U.S. So yes, it is present in Louisiana, but we rarely see human cases ... Furthermore, Dengue Fever does not occur in Louisiana and has never occurred in Iberia Parish, and Chagas disease is strictly a disease of Central and South America and is not a threat to humans in the U.S.. (New Iberia, LA)
Research identifies first method for testing, assessing drug treatments for Chagas' disease Apr 21, 2008
Public release date: 20-Apr-2008. Contact: Kim Osborne. (EurekAlert!)
Guest Comment: Misplaced compassion regarding illegals (2) Mar 30, 2008
Chagas Disease: Has no known cure and kills over 50,000 annually of the estimated 18 million infected. It takes nearly 20 years to manifest itself and then those infected have less than two years to live. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Bug Guts Map Brings Scientists Closer To Understanding Different Bugs' Role In The Body Feb 9, 2008
8, 2008) Scientists have made a major step towards understanding precisely which bugs in the gut are involved in which processes in the body, by mapping the different species of bugs living in seven members of the same Chinese family. Bugs in the gut are known as gut microbes and trillions live symbiotically inside the human body. (Science Daily)
Blood pressure Feb 5, 2008
Blood is tested for major infectious diseases and a few rare ones that can be deadly: HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis, West Nile virus and Chagas disease. (The Red Cross will notify blood donors if tests show they may be unhealthy. (Albany Times Union)
Why 'superbugs,' TB, leprosy and other pestilences are invading U.S. Feb 5, 2008
" Avian influenza or "bird flu" has caused such concern at the highest level of the U.S. government that in 2005, the Congressional Budget Office reported that a severe pandemic of avian flu hitting the U.S. would kill 2 million Americans and throw the country into a major recession. Other diseases once virtually unknown in America, like Chagas disease and Dengue fever, are cropping up in southern border areas, while old and much-feared plagues like polio and malaria are also on the upswing.... (WorldNetDaily)
Study Shows New Way to Fight Chagas Disease Dec 29, 2007
LONDON (Reuters) - A new, low-cost screening strategy could make it easier for poor countries to target and treat Chagas disease, a deadly parasite-borne condition found mainly in Latin America, according to a new study. Fighting the disease has traditionally focused mainly on spraying campaigns to kill the bug that carries the single-cell parasite causing Chagas disease, which affects an estimated 11 million people in the Americas ... But a team of U.S. researchers showed they could use... (MEDLINEplus)
Company's aim: better drugs for world's poor Dec 27, 2007
CHAGAS DISEASE: An estimated 18 million people in Central and South America, most of them women, are infected by the parasite, which is transmitted through insect bites, blood transfusion or from mother to newborn. The disease can cause irreversible damage to the heart, digestive system and brain. (News & Observer)
New screening strategy for detection of chagas disease in children Dec 26, 2007
A new targeted screening strategy could make the diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease more feasible in low-resource settings, concludes a new study, publishing on December 26, 2007, in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Trypanosoma cruzi, the single-cell parasite that causes Chagas disease, is transmitted by triatomine bugs that infest houses in poor communities ... Chagas disease control programs have traditionally focused on interrupting the transmission of T. cruzi... (EurekAlert!)
Argentine province declares state of emergency Dec 19, 2007
The Toba is suffering from food shortages as wells as diseases associated with poverty including tuberculosis and Chagas disease, the governor said. The governor called for assistance from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund and the Argentine Red Cross. (Xinhuanet, China)
Give the gift of life Dec 10, 2007
Now 6 High 24 Low 11. LOADING Dec 10, 2007 - 05:41:46 CST By SAMANTHA STOCKMAN/Bismarck Tribune During the holidays, people are busy with vacations and family, purchasing gifts while there are still patients in need of the most important gift of all - the gift of life, the donation of someone else's blood. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Illegals Bring Diseases Across Border Nov 30, 2007
Chagas disease, known as the kissing bug disease, for which there is no known cure. Dengue fever. (Newsmax)
New Drug Combination Shows Promise For African Sleeping Sickness Nov 20, 2007
The new trial, by Gerardo Priotto (Epicentre, Paris, France) and colleagues at MSF and Epicentre, reports on a series of 48 patients treated with a novel combination of nifurtimox (a drug registered for Chagas disease) and eflornithine. Seventeen patients were recruited as part of a terminated randomized trial (previously published in PLoS Clinical Trials) and 31 in a subsequent case series study. (Science Daily)
There are many posts about Bush, religion, the war, illegal aliens, all with differing opinions. We can take some simple facts and leave out the hateful rhetoric. 1--Bush is the most ignorant President in our history. 2--Religion should keep out of the state. It is a private personal belief. 3--The illegal alien invasion is real. It is against the law to sneak across the border. Illegals should be deported. More... Nov 8, 2007
" bvv wrote on Nov 6, 2007 9:12 AM:" In response to "of course it is race posted 11/6/07 809am" Please see the LA Times website and search on key word "Chagas disease". You will see that LA County [largest immigrant population in the nation] has opened a clinic for treatment of Chagas Disease, which is endemic in Latin America ... "A Los Angeles County hospital has opened the first clinic in the country devoted to studying and treating Chagas disease, a deadly parasitic illness that has long... (North County Times)
Latin American scourge turning up in U.S. immigrants Nov 7, 2007
" Like Lyme disease or malaria, Chagas is a vector-borne illness, meaning that it is transmitted by insects, not person-to-person contact. For Chagas, the insect is a winged, blood-sucking creature commonly called a conenose, or kissing bug, because it feeds at night, often on uncovered faces. An estimated 8 million to 11 million people in Central and South America and Mexico are infected, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chagas is most common in poor, rural... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Chagas disease, a growing health threat in America Nov 7, 2007
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chagas disease, a deadly parasitic illness, has prompted U.S. health officials to take steps to cope the growing threat ... As part of efforts to curtail the illness spread, a Los Angeles County hospital has opened the U.S. first clinic devoted to studying and treating Chagas disease. (Xinhuanet, China)
First clinic treating Chagas disease opens in LA Nov 6, 2007
Chagas disease is responsible for as many as 50,000 deaths each year in parts of Mexico and Central and South America ... "If we can block the progression to full-blown Chagas disease and heart failure, we'd be doing a huge service."Treatment, so far, has posed a problem for doctors. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Intriguing Approach To Developing Treatments For Chagas Disease Found Nov 5, 2007
4, 2007) Mexican researchers highlight a novel approach to discovering drugs for Chagas disease in a laboratory study reported in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases ... Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects about 18 million people in the American continent ... 28, 2006) Researchers in Argentina have determined that night blindness is a new clinical symptom of Chagas disease. (Science Daily)
Argentina's divisions clear to see Oct 27, 2007
They are suffering from tuberculosis and Chagas disease - illnesses with their roots in poverty. Toba land is disappearing as loggers clear forests. (BBC News)
Blood Donations in U.S. Testing Positive for Chagas' Disease Oct 21, 2007
Blood Safety Experts Investigating New Cases of Chagas' Disease Transmission via Bug Bites Transfusions ANAHEIM, Calif. Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In the ten months since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration licensed the first blood-screening test for Chagas' disease, some 241 blood donations in the United States have tested positive, indicating donor exposure to the parasite known to cause this serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection, according to data released today at the annual... (PR Newswire)
Seattle research institute gets $250K grant Oct 21, 2007
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Infectious Disease Research Institute Receives Grant for Acquisition of Core Research Equipment from M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Oct 19, 2007
IDRI projects enabled under the Murdock grant are focused on chronic infections resulting in leishmaniasis, tuberculosis, trachoma, Buruli ulcer, leprosy, and Chagas disease ... -- Chagas disease, caused by Typanosoma cruzi infection, is endemic in 21 countries in Latin America. (PR Newswire)
UGA not releasing biosafety records Oct 7, 2007
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Upstream Biosciences CEO to Unveil Promising New Approach to Treating Sleeping Sickness at International Trypanosomiasis Conference Oct 2, 2007
These parasites, which belong to a family of protozoa species that include Chagas disease and malaria, infect millions of individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. Current treatments are toxic, ineffective, inconvenient and expensive. (Canada Newswire)
Original ArgentinesRavaged descendants of the people of the Impenetrable Forest Sep 28, 2007
Many look much older than they are, and are suffering from tuberculosis or the effects of Chagas disease, caused by a parasitic insect. These are illnesses with their roots in poverty and all the patients are much thinner than they should be, many too emaciated to be operated on. (BBC News -- Americas)
Funding for research on parasites Aug 17, 2007
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Census: Skyrocketing numbers without medical coverage reflect migration Jul 18, 2007
Madeleine Pelner Cosman, author of is particularly concerned with increases in multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis, chagas disease, dengue fever, polio, hepatitis A, B, and C, she told Lou Dobbs on CNN in June. "Certain diseases that we thought we had vanquished years ago are coming back, and other diseases that we've never seen or rarely seen in America, because they've always been the diseases of poverty and the Third World, are coming in now," she said. (WorldNetDaily)
Blood bank is running on empty Jul 11, 2007
30-day news archives. ""The July 4 holiday week struck us particularly hard," said Pat Michaels, the nonprofit organization's public relations director. "We need at least 1,200 units a day for the whole region, and we've been running only at 900 to 1,000 units -- way below normal. (Florida Today)
Global Partners Launch Renewed Battle Against Chagas the 'Kissing Bug' Disease Jul 4, 2007
Strategy Set Out to Eliminate Disease GENEVA, July 3 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- A new effort to eliminate Chagas disease by 2010 will be launched tomorrow at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting of disease experts and partners. The strategy is designed to answer key questions about the treatment and control of Chagas disease, and to coordinate global efforts toward the prevention of transmission through a new Global Network for Chagas Elimination ... (Logo: ) ''The establishment of the WHO... (PR Newswire)
Veterans news Jun 19, 2007
Many illegal aliens harbor fatal diseases that American medicine fought and vanquished long ago, such as drug-resistant tuberculosis, malaria, leprosy, plague, polio, dengue and Chagas disease. According to a New York Times report, 900 cases of leprosy were reported in the U. S. in the 40 years prior to 2000. (Moberly Monitor-Index, MO)
Infectious Disease Research Institute and Chembio to Develop Tests for Leishmaniasis and Leprosy May 31, 2007
ABOUT IDRI The Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, is a 501(c)(3) "non-profit biotech" that develops vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics for neglected diseases, including tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, leprosy, Chagas disease and others ... The Company also manufactures rapid tests for veterinary Tuberculosis and Chagas disease. (PR Newswire)
A population study of Trypanosoma cruzi minicircles: predicting guide RNAs in the absence of empirical RNA editing May 25, 2007
The nuclear and maxicircle genomes have been sequenced and assembled for Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, however the complement of 1. 4-kb minicircles, carrying four guide RNA genes per molecule in this parasite, has been less thoroughly characterized. (BioMed Central)
Mosquito bacteria identified in malaria battle May 16, 2007
Daffonchio said research into modifying bacteria like Asaia was being conducted to battle the deadly Chagas disease. Chagas, spread by a beetle, can lead to a range of problems from heart disease to digestive tract malfunctions, and kills tens of thousands of people a year in Latin America. (AlertNet)
WHO, Bayer join hands to combat parasitic disease Chagas Apr 16, 2007
Bayer HC has provided funds to expand WHO's Chagas disease elimination efforts along with 2 ... For decades, Chagas disease largely affected people living in rural areas of Latin America ... In recent years, large-scale migrations of people from Latin America to other parts of the world have turned Chagas disease into a global problem. (DailyIndia.com)
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The Siouxland Community Blood Bank recently implemented a new test for Chagas Disease which has placed the blood bank on the cutting edge in the implementation of this test among blood centers across the country. The Siouxland Community Blood Bank recently implemented a new test for Chagas Disease which has placed the blood bank on the cutting edge in the implementation of this test among blood centers across the country ... "In testing for Chagas disease, we are taking a preventative step to... (Sioux City Journal)
LI FINANCIAL WATCH Apr 2, 2007
The company cited increased sales of its rapid HIV and Chagas disease tests for the spike in revenue. Performers. (Newsday -- Business)
Insect-Transmitted Chagas Disease Comes to U.S. Mar 9, 2007
A Brief Summary of Chagas Disease and its Natural Transmission in the U.S. ... Chagas disease is caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi ... Did you know that Chagas disease is a leading cause of heart disease in Latin America. (Newsmax)
Parasitic disease found in blood near border (Joyce Howard Price) Feb 23, 2007
Parasitic disease found in blood near border - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper. February 23, 2007 Nation/Politics. (Washington Times, DC)
Bitter pills Feb 14, 2007
Sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease, along with malaria, tuberculosis and HIV, account for 90 per cent of the world's disease burden, yet attract just 10 per cent of health research efforts, says the aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres. One of the final frontiers in providing access to safe, effective and affordable medicines are generic brands. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Leeches Ferry Infection Among Newts Feb 3, 2007
The findings could also lead to a better understanding of diseases affecting humans, such as malaria, chagas disease and sleeping sickness. All these diseases are transmitted through a vector, an organism that spreads disease from one animal to another. (Science Daily)
Rising price of blood puts squeeze on hospitals Feb 1, 2007
In December, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new test for Chagas disease, a potentially fatal malady that affects an estimated 11 million people in Mexico and Central and South America. The disease can be blood-borne, and is a concern because of an influx of immigrants from the region. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Commentary: Improving the health of neglected populations in Latin America Jan 24, 2007
The burden of disease associated to neglected diseases in this region is mainly expressed through diseases such as malaria, dengue, intestinal parasitic infections, Chagas disease, and many others. These maladies have burdened Latin America throughout centuries and have directly influenced their ability to develop and become competitive societies in the current climate of globalization. (BioMed Central)
New Form Of Sleeping Sickness Discovered In India Stems From Deficiency In Natural Immunity Protein Jan 23, 2007
Human trypanosomiases are commonly known as sleeping sickness in Africa and Chagas disease in South America ... Human trypanosomiases are endemic in Africa and South America : respectively sleeping sickness caused by the parasites Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or T. b. rhodiense, and Chagas disease induced by T. cruzi ... An insect vector is involved in transmission of both sleeping sickness and Chagas disease (3). (Science Daily)
Hospitals squeezed by rising cost of blood-safety tests Jan 22, 2007
In December, the approved a test for Chagas disease, a potentially fatal malady that affects an estimated 11 million people in Mexico and Central and South America. Linked to a parasite, the disease can be blood-borne. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
First Case Of Insect Transmission Of Chagas Parasite In Louisiana Jan 19, 2007
Because Dr. Dorn is known in this area as the expert on Chagas disease and her ongoing international research in this field, she was contacted to administer the test for the Chagas parasite and further investigate this situation ... Dr. Dorn has spent 14 years studying Chagas disease, mostly in Guatemala ... For a brief summary of Chagas disease and its natural transmission in the United States go to the following link on Dr. Dorn s website. (Science Daily)
New Program Aims to Treat World's Most Devastating Diseases UCSF, Jan. 04 Jan 5, 2007
UC NewsWire -- New Program Aims to Treat World's Most Devastating Diseases. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 04, 2007 University of California San Francisco. (University of California Newswire, CA)
