American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas' Disease) in a Canadian Immigrant Infant

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-268
Author(s):  
Lucy D. C. Montalvo-Hicks ◽  
Cynthia L. Trevenen ◽  
James Nixon Briggs
Keyword(s):  
Trypanosoma Cruzi ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Clinical Picture ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Acute Myocarditis ◽  
American Trypanosomiasis

A case of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) is reported. A 13-month-old Mennonite girl who immigrated to Canada from Paraguay, died at the Children's Centre in Winnipeg from an acute myocarditis due to infection with Trypanosoma cruzi. This diagnosis should be considered when a patient from an endemic area presents with a clinical picture of myocarditis.

scholarly journals American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) in conventional and germfree rats and mice

1987 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 284-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo E. Silva ◽  
Elizio A. Evangelista ◽  
Jacques R. Nicoli ◽  
Eduardo A. Bambirra ◽  
Enio C. Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Trypanosoma Cruzi ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Cardiac Failure ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
American Trypanosomiasis ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats ◽  
Rats And Mice ◽  
Germfree Rats

Germfree (GF) and conventional (CV) CFW (LOB) mice and Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats were infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. The disease was more severe in the GF than in the CV animals as revealed by: (1) an earlier and more intense parasitemia; (2) a more precocious mortality; (3) a twice enlarged spleen: (4) a more intense cell and tissue parasitism; (5) visceral signs of cardiac failure.

scholarly journals Genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi in a hyper-endemic area of Colombia reveals an overlap among domestic and sylvatic cycles of Chagas disease

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Mejía-Jaramillo ◽  
Luz Agudelo-Uribe ◽  
Juan Dib ◽  
Sylvia Ortiz ◽  
Aldo Solari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trypanosoma Cruzi ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Endemic Area

scholarly journals The reception by French physicians of Chagas' discovery of Trypanosoma cruzi and American trypanosomiasis (1909-1925)

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 35-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Gachelin ◽  
Annick Opinel
Keyword(s):  
Trypanosoma Cruzi ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
First World War ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
World War ◽  
American Trypanosomiasis ◽  
Active Research ◽  
First World

As soon as they were published early in 1909, Chagas's articles on Trypanosoma cruzi and American trypanosomiasis became the topic of discussions in France. The description of T. cruzi and Chagas disease was added to parasitology textbooks as early as 1912, and elicited active research, particularly on the part of French parasitologist Emile Brumpt. He contributed towards eluciding the lifecycle of T. cruzi and the different ways it could infect humans. Laboratory research on T. cruzi was interrupted by First World War and was not resumed afterwards on the same scale, although interest in the epidemiology of Chagas disease continued.

American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease; Trypanosoma cruzi)

2011 ◽  
pp. 1193-1198.e1
Author(s):  
Edsel Maurice T. Salvana ◽  
Laila Woc-Colburn ◽  
Robert A. Salata
Keyword(s):  
Trypanosoma Cruzi ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
American Trypanosomiasis

scholarly journals The control of Latin American trypanosomiasis

1997 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 521-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip D. Marsden
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Trypanosoma Cruzi ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
American Trypanosomiasis ◽  
Triatomine Bugs ◽  
Latin America Countries

The author presents his personal point of view on the present situation of Chagas' disease control in Latin America countries. He compares the situation with African trypanosomiasis. He comments on the existence of cases in other Continents. He emphazises the success of the fighting against domiciliated triatomine bugs by using residual inseticides. He discusses other forms of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission.

scholarly journals Biological behavior of different Trypanosoma cruzi isolates circulating in an endemic area for Chagas disease in the Gran Chaco region of Argentina

Acta Tropica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula G. Ragone ◽  
Cecilia Pérez Brandán ◽  
Angel M. Padilla ◽  
Mercedes Monje Rumi ◽  
Juan J. Lauthier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trypanosoma Cruzi ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Biological Behavior ◽  
Gran Chaco ◽  
Chaco Region

Antibody isotypes profiles against Trypanosoma cruzi acidic antigens in two Amerindian populations from a Chagas' disease endemic area

Acta Tropica ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia C. Motran ◽  
Horacio M. Serra ◽  
Susana E. Gea ◽  
Carlos M. Vullo ◽  
Elsa Vottero-Cima
Keyword(s):  
Trypanosoma Cruzi ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Antibody Isotypes

scholarly journals Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose, Triatoma sanguisuga (LeConte) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

EDIS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Capinera
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South America ◽  
Trypanosoma Cruzi ◽  
Central America ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Trypanosomiasis ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Blood Meals

The eastern bloodsucking conenose belongs to the subfamily Triatominae, known as the kissing bugs. Despite their affectionate vernacular name, they are particularly threatening “assassin bugs” who require blood meals to survive and reproduce. They are a known vector of American trypanosomiasis (or Chagas Disease) in South America, a debilitating illness caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. This disease is a problem in South and Central America and has been detected in the United States, but has not been found in Florida. This 4-page fact sheet was written by John L. Capinera, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, November 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1018

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