The other drug available for Chagas, nifurtimox, also has these limitations. Research funds continue to be scarce for this disease. I’ve come a long way from thinking that my auntie ate a ...

This study shows that none of two ELISAs and a rapid immunochromatographic test (Stat-Pak®) reverted to negativity three years after nifurtimox ... the chronic stage of Chagas disease living ...

The advantages of a therapeutic Chagas disease vaccine compared with benznidazole alone (the current major competing product in clinical use) could include the following: Three recent ...

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, ...