The Chagas Disease Foundation

Chagas disease is a debilitating and often fatal disease resulting from infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The infection affects up to 20 million people in Mexico, Central America, and South America, making Chagas disease the highest impact infectious disease in Latin America. In addition to being a disease of poverty, Chagas disease is also poverty-promoting in striking hardest in young adults. Chagas disease has recently gained some notoriety in the United States due to both endogenous ("home-grown") and imported cases, prompting concern about the safety of blood and organ/tissue donations. Although 2009 marks the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of Chagas disease, the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of this infection are all highly inadequate. The battle against Chagas disease begins with information and education. More about Chagas Disease

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The Chagas Research Map Repository seeks to catalog global research efforts on Chagas disease. Use the orientation tools to identify sites in particular areas, or launch the full map and use search terms to find sites of interest. Browse individual research groups to learn more about their interests and needs.

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Lab. of Biology and Genetics of Trypanosomes (LBGT), FCEyN-UBA
Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina

The main goal of our work is to provide interesting therapeutic targets with emphasis in the differential mechanisms such as the "trans-spliceosome" complex and a WW domain protein interaction map using post-genome technologies.

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News

Travel health: chaga's disease - Examiner.com

Flowers flourishing and grasses browning - Akron Beacon Journal

Merck collaborates on tropical disease treatments - Forbes

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MSF Frontline Reports - Doctors Without Borders

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Recent Studies

Timing of expression of inflammatory mediators in skeletal muscles from mice acutely infected with the RA strain of Trypanosoma cruzi.
Cutrullis RA, Postan M, Petray PB, Corral RS

Health assessment of free-ranging three-banded (Tolypeutes matacus) and nine-banded (Dasypus novemcinctus) armadillos in the Gran Chaco, Bolivia.
Deem SL, Noss AJ, Fiorello CV, Manharth AL, Robbins RG, Karesh WB

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