ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2024
Chagas Disease: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Review in Current cardiology reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
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22 citing papers in PubMed.
- Antiparasitic Activity of Sesquiterpene γ-Lactones and the Search for New Pharmaceutical Agents.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
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- A Rapid, Antigen-Independent Diagnostic Strategy for Chronic Chagas Disease Based on Serum ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy and Machine Learning.ACS omega · 2026Article
- Ruthenium Complexes Containing Thiobenzamide Act as Potent and Selective Anti-ACS infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Parasitic diseases in heart transplantation: challenges of Toxoplasmosis and Chagas Disease.JHLT open · 2026Review
- Left Atrial Thrombus and Cardioembolic Stroke in Chagas Cardiomyopathy Presenting with Atrial Flutter: A Case Report.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Epidemiology of Acute Chagas Disease in the Amazon: Association between the açaí production chain and case reports in Pará state, Brazil.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2026Article
- Exploring the Antiparasitic Activity of the Sea Cucumber Isostichopus sp. aff. badionotus From the Northern Coast of Colombia Against Trypanosoma cruzi.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2026Article
- Advances and challenges in the search for new treatments for Chagas disease.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2026Review
- Target product profile for the development of pediatric formulations of new drugs for the treatment of children with T. cruzi infection.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Review
- Chagas Disease in the 21st Century: Global Spread, Ecological Shifts, and Research Frontiers.Biology · 2025Review
- Anti-ACS omega · 2025Article
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- Temporizin-1 Meets the Membranes: Probing Membrane Inser-Tion and Disruption Mechanisms.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- The Role of Hematophagous Arthropods, Other than Mosquitoes and Ticks, in Arbovirus Transmission.Viruses · 2025Review
- One Strain Many Compounds Approach for Anti-ACS omega · 2025Article
- Development and Characterization of Innovative Nifurtimox Formulations as Therapeutic Alternative for Chagas Disease.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThis review seeks to describe the updates in the literature - particularly with regards to the epidemiology and diagnosis of Chagas disease. Additionally, this paper describes updates to the antiparasitic treatment for Chagas disease. RECENT
findingsWith regards to changing epidemiology, autochthonous cases are being found within the USA in addition to Latin America. Additionally, there appears to be more intermixing of discrete typing units-meaning, they are not confined to specific geographic regions. Screening for Chagas disease is recommended in persons who lived in areas with endemic Chagas, persons wtih family member diagnosed with Chagas Disease, persons who have lived in homes of natural material in Latin America, and persons with history of kissing bug bites. Treatment for the parasitic infection remains limited to benznidazole and nifurtimox, and the role of these treatments in Chagas cardiomyopathy has not yet been definitively defined. Finally, indications for and management of heart transplant in the setting of Chagas disease are discussed. FUTURE RESEARCH: Use of antiparasitics during chronic chagas disease should be further explored. Additionally, future research identifying other markers of infection would be valuable to defining cure from infection.
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