Chagas disease is an infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi ... At the same time they are taking a blood meal, they defecate on your skin. People get infected when the T. cruzi-rich feces ...

Bast warns that these bugs can carry a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi that causes Chagas disease. What is a kissing ... depositing the parasite on the skin, said Bast. The parasite then enters ...

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have successfully tested a faster, more sensitive and reliable way to ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. I grew up believing that my auntie had almost died because she ate an apple in South America. According to the family ...

There are currently 6–7 million cases of Chagas disease worldwide ... Piper jacquemontianum used in traditional treatments for skin ailments looked particularly promising.

Chagas disease is a leading cause of death in Latin America ... triatomine bugs or kissing bugs due to their tendency to bite their unsuspecting host’s face while they sleep. The bugs carry the ...

Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, finds its roots in the intricate web of transmission ...

The principal vector of Chagas disease, a serious public health hazard in Central and South America as well as the southern United States, is also known as triatomine bugs. Controlling the ...

Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi), transmitted by triatomines (kissing bugs), affects by some estimates as many as 9-10 million people around the world. In total, ...