ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHAGAS' DISEASE
Named after Carlos Chagas (1879–1934), Brazilian physician who first described it.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHAGAS' DISEASE»
Discover the use of
Chagas' disease in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Chagas' disease and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The kiss of death: Chaga's
disease in the Americas
This first book-length treatment in English reveals that an examination of Chagas' disease is a warning of what happens as a result of environmental destruction and is an example of what might be done to prevent such tragedies in other ...
Joseph William Bastien, 1998
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American Trypanosomiasis:
Chagas Disease One Hundred Years ...
This book provides a comprehensive overview of Chagas disease and discusses the latest discoveries concerning the three elements that compose the transmission chain of the disease: The host: human and mammalian reservoirs The insect vectors ...
Jenny Telleria, Michel Tibayrenc, 2010
This thematic volume provides authoritative, up-to-date reviews addressing recent advances as well as an overview for the research and clinical communities on the endemic infection of Chagas disease.
4
Emerging
Chagas Disease
The book focuses on a global problem challenging the health systems.
Antonio Teixeira, Marina Vinaud, Ana Maria Castro, 2011
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Chagas Disease:History of a Continent's Scourge: History of ...
In Chagas Disease: History of a Continent's Scourge, Francois Delaporte describes how the interaction of public health policy with medical knowledge and epistemological transformations in the period 1900-1935 can account for the discovery ...
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An Appraisal of the Status of
Chagas Disease in the United ...
This title reviews old and new literature, helping to create greater awareness of the disease in the US.
Rodrigo Zeledon, Charles B. Beard, J. C. Pinto Dias, 2012
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Chagas Disease: New Insights for the Healthcare ...
Chagas Disease: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyPaper™ that delivers timely, authoritative, and intensively focused information about Chagas Disease in a compact format.
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Control of
Chagas Disease: Second Report of the WHO Expert ...
This report of a WHO Expert Committee reviews current knowledge of Chagas disease and its pathogenesis discusses the causative parasite the triatomine vectors and the natural reservoirs of infection and considers the epidemiology and ...
World Health Organization, 2002
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Molecular Mechanism of
Chagas'
Disease: Lymphocyte ...
Polyclonal lymphocyte activation and hypergammaglobulinemia characterize the acute phase of Chagas' disease, a debilitating condition caused by Trypanosoma cruzi.
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Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: with special reference to ...
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CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHAGAS' DISEASE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Chagas' disease is used in the context of the following news items.
Poor Health Systems Hamper Fight Against Tropical Diseases
They include leprosy, river blindness, Chagas' disease and sleeping sickness. Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, the coalition ... «SciDev.Net, Jul 15»
Drug delivery failure blunts neglected disease fight
They include leprosy, river blindness, Chagas' disease and sleeping sickness. Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, the coalition ... «SciDev.Net, Jul 15»
Renal sympathetic denervation may reduce arrhythmic burden in …
Six patients had underlying Chagas' disease, two had nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and two had cardiomyopathy. The researchers ... «Healio, Jun 15»
Investing in future drugs to defeat disease
Its remit is to tackle neglected tropical diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, African sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis and Chagas' disease and ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»
What's the World's Deadliest Creature?
12,000 Assassin Bugs: The assassin bug carries Chagas' disease, which damages the heart and nervous system. 3,250 Scorpions. «TIME, Jun 15»