The bugs defecate on the skin, and the feces, which can contain the parasite, can enter a person’s body through the nose, mouth, or breaks in the skin. Chagas disease affects people primarily in ...

Kissing bugs, also known as triatomine bugs or conenose bugs, are blood-sucking insects that get their nickname from their ...

They defecate on the skin, which allows faeces, which can contain the parasite, to enter a person's body through their nose, mouth or breaks in the skin. Chagas disease mostly affects people in ...

The bugs defecate on the skin, and the feces, which can contain the parasite, can enter a person’s body through the nose, mouth, or breaks in the skin. Chagas disease affects people primarily in ...

When Maira Gutiérrez was diagnosed with Chagas disease in 1997, neither she nor her primary care physician had even heard of the malady. She discovered her illness only by chance, after ...

Chagas disease has an acute phase and a chronic phase, said Bast. The acute phase occurs immediately after infection and can last 8–10 weeks. During this phase, parasites may be found in the ...

Chagas disease symptoms appear in two stages: acute and chronic.In the acute phase, early signs are often mild and may include:- Fever, fatigue or flu-like symptoms- A skin rash or sore at the ...

There are so many illnesses in the world that we just don’t think about here in the United States. One of those is Chagas disease. I learned about this in veterinary school more than 35 years ago.

The bugs defecate on the skin, and the feces, which can contain the parasite, can enter a person’s body through the nose, mouth, or breaks in the skin. Chagas disease affects people primarily in ...

Doctors, researchers, and patient advocates say the nation could be doing far more to combat Chagas, which causes serious heart disease in an estimated 30% of infected people and can also lead to ...

To combat the disease, doctors familiar with Chagas recommend testing pregnant women from at-risk communities and urge earlier treatments. They also advocate screening all transplant organs.