Chagas Research Worldwide
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Research Spotlight
Behavioural physiology of Chagas disease vectors
Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, Tours
Tours, France
To better understand the physiology and behaviour of Chagas disease vectors.
News
Jewish NGO fights Chagas Disease - Ynetnews
Bolivia: Health officials say one million are infected with Chagas disease - The Global Dispatch
Little known tropical diseases are a growing threat in Louisiana, panelists say - The Advocate
G20's secret shame: ignoring tropical diseases among world's profoundly poor - GlobalPost (blog)
Recent Studies
Evaluation of CD4+CD25+ T lymphocyte response time kinetics in patients with chronic Chagas disease after in vitro stimulation with recombinant Trypanosoma cruzi antigens.
Braz SC, Lorena VM, Melo AS, Cavalcanti MD, Gomes YD
Outbreak of acute Chagas disease associated with oral transmission in the Rio Negro region, Brazilian Amazon.
Souza-Lima RD, Barbosa MD, Coura JR, Arcanjo AR, Nascimento AD, Ferreira JM, Magalhães LK, Albuquerque BC, Araújo GA, Guerra JA
Protection of vascular endothelium by aspirin in a murine model of chronic Chagas' disease.
Molina-Berríos A, Campos-Estrada C, Lapier M, Duaso J, Kemmerling U, Galanti N, Ferreira J, Morello A, López-Muñoz R, Maya JD
Anti-infective potential of marine invertebrates and seaweeds from the brazilian coast.
Bianco EM, de Oliveira SQ, Rigotto C, Tonini ML, da Rosa Guimarães T, Bittencourt F, Gouvêa LP, Aresi C, de Almeida MT, Moritz MI, Martins CD, Scherner F, Carraro JL, Horta PA, Reginatto FH, Steindel M, Simões CM, Schenkel EP
Trypanocidal activity of 1,3,7-trihydroxy-2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-xanthone isolated from Kielmeyera coriacea.
de Oliveira Caleare A, Lazarin-Bidóia D, Cortez DA, Ueda-Nakamura T, Dias Filho BP, de Oliveira Silva S, Nakamura CV
