Argentine province declares state of emergency Dec 19, 2007
The Toba is suffering from food shortages as wells as diseases associated with poverty including tuberculosis and Chagas disease, the governor said. The governor called for assistance from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund and the Argentine Red Cross. (Xinhuanet, China)
Give the gift of life Dec 10, 2007
Now 6 High 24 Low 11. LOADING Dec 10, 2007 - 05:41:46 CST By SAMANTHA STOCKMAN/Bismarck Tribune During the holidays, people are busy with vacations and family, purchasing gifts while there are still patients in need of the most important gift of all - the gift of life, the donation of someone else's blood. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Illegals Bring Diseases Across Border Nov 30, 2007
Chagas disease, known as the kissing bug disease, for which there is no known cure. Dengue fever. (Newsmax)
New Drug Combination Shows Promise For African Sleeping Sickness Nov 20, 2007
The new trial, by Gerardo Priotto (Epicentre, Paris, France) and colleagues at MSF and Epicentre, reports on a series of 48 patients treated with a novel combination of nifurtimox (a drug registered for Chagas disease) and eflornithine. Seventeen patients were recruited as part of a terminated randomized trial (previously published in PLoS Clinical Trials) and 31 in a subsequent case series study. (Science Daily)
There are many posts about Bush, religion, the war, illegal aliens, all with differing opinions. We can take some simple facts and leave out the hateful rhetoric. 1--Bush is the most ignorant President in our history. 2--Religion should keep out of the state. It is a private personal belief. 3--The illegal alien invasion is real. It is against the law to sneak across the border. Illegals should be deported. More... Nov 8, 2007
" bvv wrote on Nov 6, 2007 9:12 AM:" In response to "of course it is race posted 11/6/07 809am" Please see the LA Times website and search on key word "Chagas disease". You will see that LA County [largest immigrant population in the nation] has opened a clinic for treatment of Chagas Disease, which is endemic in Latin America ... "A Los Angeles County hospital has opened the first clinic in the country devoted to studying and treating Chagas disease, a deadly parasitic illness that has long... (North County Times)
Latin American scourge turning up in U.S. immigrants Nov 7, 2007
" Like Lyme disease or malaria, Chagas is a vector-borne illness, meaning that it is transmitted by insects, not person-to-person contact. For Chagas, the insect is a winged, blood-sucking creature commonly called a conenose, or kissing bug, because it feeds at night, often on uncovered faces. An estimated 8 million to 11 million people in Central and South America and Mexico are infected, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chagas is most common in poor, rural... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Chagas disease, a growing health threat in America Nov 7, 2007
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chagas disease, a deadly parasitic illness, has prompted U.S. health officials to take steps to cope the growing threat ... As part of efforts to curtail the illness spread, a Los Angeles County hospital has opened the U.S. first clinic devoted to studying and treating Chagas disease. (Xinhuanet, China)
First clinic treating Chagas disease opens in LA Nov 6, 2007
Chagas disease is responsible for as many as 50,000 deaths each year in parts of Mexico and Central and South America ... "If we can block the progression to full-blown Chagas disease and heart failure, we'd be doing a huge service."Treatment, so far, has posed a problem for doctors. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Intriguing Approach To Developing Treatments For Chagas Disease Found Nov 5, 2007
4, 2007) Mexican researchers highlight a novel approach to discovering drugs for Chagas disease in a laboratory study reported in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases ... Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects about 18 million people in the American continent ... 28, 2006) Researchers in Argentina have determined that night blindness is a new clinical symptom of Chagas disease. (Science Daily)
Argentina's divisions clear to see Oct 27, 2007
They are suffering from tuberculosis and Chagas disease - illnesses with their roots in poverty. Toba land is disappearing as loggers clear forests. (BBC News)
Blood Donations in U.S. Testing Positive for Chagas' Disease Oct 21, 2007
Blood Safety Experts Investigating New Cases of Chagas' Disease Transmission via Bug Bites Transfusions ANAHEIM, Calif. Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In the ten months since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration licensed the first blood-screening test for Chagas' disease, some 241 blood donations in the United States have tested positive, indicating donor exposure to the parasite known to cause this serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection, according to data released today at the annual... (PR Newswire)
Seattle research institute gets $250K grant Oct 21, 2007
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Infectious Disease Research Institute Receives Grant for Acquisition of Core Research Equipment from M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Oct 19, 2007
IDRI projects enabled under the Murdock grant are focused on chronic infections resulting in leishmaniasis, tuberculosis, trachoma, Buruli ulcer, leprosy, and Chagas disease ... -- Chagas disease, caused by Typanosoma cruzi infection, is endemic in 21 countries in Latin America. (PR Newswire)
UGA not releasing biosafety records Oct 7, 2007
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Upstream Biosciences CEO to Unveil Promising New Approach to Treating Sleeping Sickness at International Trypanosomiasis Conference Oct 2, 2007
These parasites, which belong to a family of protozoa species that include Chagas disease and malaria, infect millions of individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. Current treatments are toxic, ineffective, inconvenient and expensive. (Canada Newswire)
Original ArgentinesRavaged descendants of the people of the Impenetrable Forest Sep 28, 2007
Many look much older than they are, and are suffering from tuberculosis or the effects of Chagas disease, caused by a parasitic insect. These are illnesses with their roots in poverty and all the patients are much thinner than they should be, many too emaciated to be operated on. (BBC News -- Americas)
Funding for research on parasites Aug 17, 2007
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Census: Skyrocketing numbers without medical coverage reflect migration Jul 18, 2007
Madeleine Pelner Cosman, author of is particularly concerned with increases in multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis, chagas disease, dengue fever, polio, hepatitis A, B, and C, she told Lou Dobbs on CNN in June. "Certain diseases that we thought we had vanquished years ago are coming back, and other diseases that we've never seen or rarely seen in America, because they've always been the diseases of poverty and the Third World, are coming in now," she said. (WorldNetDaily)
Blood bank is running on empty Jul 11, 2007
30-day news archives. ""The July 4 holiday week struck us particularly hard," said Pat Michaels, the nonprofit organization's public relations director. "We need at least 1,200 units a day for the whole region, and we've been running only at 900 to 1,000 units -- way below normal. (Florida Today)
Global Partners Launch Renewed Battle Against Chagas the 'Kissing Bug' Disease Jul 4, 2007
Strategy Set Out to Eliminate Disease GENEVA, July 3 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- A new effort to eliminate Chagas disease by 2010 will be launched tomorrow at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting of disease experts and partners. The strategy is designed to answer key questions about the treatment and control of Chagas disease, and to coordinate global efforts toward the prevention of transmission through a new Global Network for Chagas Elimination ... (Logo: ) ''The establishment of the WHO... (PR Newswire)
Veterans news Jun 19, 2007
Many illegal aliens harbor fatal diseases that American medicine fought and vanquished long ago, such as drug-resistant tuberculosis, malaria, leprosy, plague, polio, dengue and Chagas disease. According to a New York Times report, 900 cases of leprosy were reported in the U. S. in the 40 years prior to 2000. (Moberly Monitor-Index, MO)
Infectious Disease Research Institute and Chembio to Develop Tests for Leishmaniasis and Leprosy May 31, 2007
ABOUT IDRI The Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, is a 501(c)(3) "non-profit biotech" that develops vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics for neglected diseases, including tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, leprosy, Chagas disease and others ... The Company also manufactures rapid tests for veterinary Tuberculosis and Chagas disease. (PR Newswire)
A population study of Trypanosoma cruzi minicircles: predicting guide RNAs in the absence of empirical RNA editing May 25, 2007
The nuclear and maxicircle genomes have been sequenced and assembled for Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, however the complement of 1. 4-kb minicircles, carrying four guide RNA genes per molecule in this parasite, has been less thoroughly characterized. (BioMed Central)
Mosquito bacteria identified in malaria battle May 16, 2007
Daffonchio said research into modifying bacteria like Asaia was being conducted to battle the deadly Chagas disease. Chagas, spread by a beetle, can lead to a range of problems from heart disease to digestive tract malfunctions, and kills tens of thousands of people a year in Latin America. (AlertNet)
WHO, Bayer join hands to combat parasitic disease Chagas Apr 16, 2007
Bayer HC has provided funds to expand WHO's Chagas disease elimination efforts along with 2 ... For decades, Chagas disease largely affected people living in rural areas of Latin America ... In recent years, large-scale migrations of people from Latin America to other parts of the world have turned Chagas disease into a global problem. (DailyIndia.com)
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The Siouxland Community Blood Bank recently implemented a new test for Chagas Disease which has placed the blood bank on the cutting edge in the implementation of this test among blood centers across the country. The Siouxland Community Blood Bank recently implemented a new test for Chagas Disease which has placed the blood bank on the cutting edge in the implementation of this test among blood centers across the country ... "In testing for Chagas disease, we are taking a preventative step to... (Sioux City Journal)
LI FINANCIAL WATCH Apr 2, 2007
The company cited increased sales of its rapid HIV and Chagas disease tests for the spike in revenue. Performers. (Newsday -- Business)
Insect-Transmitted Chagas Disease Comes to U.S. Mar 9, 2007
A Brief Summary of Chagas Disease and its Natural Transmission in the U.S. ... Chagas disease is caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi ... Did you know that Chagas disease is a leading cause of heart disease in Latin America. (Newsmax)
Parasitic disease found in blood near border (Joyce Howard Price) Feb 23, 2007
Parasitic disease found in blood near border - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper. February 23, 2007 Nation/Politics. (Washington Times, DC)
Bitter pills Feb 14, 2007
Sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease, along with malaria, tuberculosis and HIV, account for 90 per cent of the world's disease burden, yet attract just 10 per cent of health research efforts, says the aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres. One of the final frontiers in providing access to safe, effective and affordable medicines are generic brands. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Leeches Ferry Infection Among Newts Feb 3, 2007
The findings could also lead to a better understanding of diseases affecting humans, such as malaria, chagas disease and sleeping sickness. All these diseases are transmitted through a vector, an organism that spreads disease from one animal to another. (Science Daily)
Rising price of blood puts squeeze on hospitals Feb 1, 2007
In December, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new test for Chagas disease, a potentially fatal malady that affects an estimated 11 million people in Mexico and Central and South America. The disease can be blood-borne, and is a concern because of an influx of immigrants from the region. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Commentary: Improving the health of neglected populations in Latin America Jan 24, 2007
The burden of disease associated to neglected diseases in this region is mainly expressed through diseases such as malaria, dengue, intestinal parasitic infections, Chagas disease, and many others. These maladies have burdened Latin America throughout centuries and have directly influenced their ability to develop and become competitive societies in the current climate of globalization. (BioMed Central)
New Form Of Sleeping Sickness Discovered In India Stems From Deficiency In Natural Immunity Protein Jan 23, 2007
Human trypanosomiases are commonly known as sleeping sickness in Africa and Chagas disease in South America ... Human trypanosomiases are endemic in Africa and South America : respectively sleeping sickness caused by the parasites Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or T. b. rhodiense, and Chagas disease induced by T. cruzi ... An insect vector is involved in transmission of both sleeping sickness and Chagas disease (3). (Science Daily)
Hospitals squeezed by rising cost of blood-safety tests Jan 22, 2007
In December, the approved a test for Chagas disease, a potentially fatal malady that affects an estimated 11 million people in Mexico and Central and South America. Linked to a parasite, the disease can be blood-borne. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
First Case Of Insect Transmission Of Chagas Parasite In Louisiana Jan 19, 2007
Because Dr. Dorn is known in this area as the expert on Chagas disease and her ongoing international research in this field, she was contacted to administer the test for the Chagas parasite and further investigate this situation ... Dr. Dorn has spent 14 years studying Chagas disease, mostly in Guatemala ... For a brief summary of Chagas disease and its natural transmission in the United States go to the following link on Dr. Dorn s website. (Science Daily)
New Program Aims to Treat World's Most Devastating Diseases UCSF, Jan. 04 Jan 5, 2007
UC NewsWire -- New Program Aims to Treat World's Most Devastating Diseases. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 04, 2007 University of California San Francisco. (University of California Newswire, CA)
The Neglected Tropical Diseases Dec 22, 2006
Science & Technology at Scientific American. CURRENT ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS. (Scientific American)
FDA CAPSULES Dec 22, 2006
December 19, 2006 NEW TEST TO SCREEN BLOOD FOR CHAGAS DISEASE. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test to screen blood donors for a blood-borne parasite that causes Chagas disease, a serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection. The test detects antibodies to the Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) parasite and is the first such test approved by FDA. It is estimated that up to 11 million people are infected by T. cruzi, most commonly in parts of Mexico, Central and South... (Newsday -- Health)
FDA approves test for tropical parasite Dec 14, 2006
Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which affects millions of people in parts of Mexico and Central and South America. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is kills 50,000 people a year. (MSNBC -- Health)
Glick: Lou Dobbs Dec 11, 2006
In his chapter on health care, he refers to "the rising fear that once-eradicated diseases are now returning to this country through our open borders ... diseases we thought had been consigned to our history books." He quotes a Dr. Madeleine Cosman on the "horrendous diseases that are being brought into America by illegal aliens ... such as Chagas disease, leprosy, malaria." ... - in his chapter on health care does Dobbs even touch upon the idea that the United States should lead a world... (Zmag.org)
ANTHONY S. FAUCI: Global health trajectories Dec 10, 2006
Parasitic diseases such as hookworm, schistosomiasis, leishmanias, trypanosomiasis, filariasis, and Chagas disease -- unknown to many people in rich countries but epidemic in poor ones -- collectively result in hundreds of thousands of deaths each year and widespread suffering in developing nations. Enlightened self-interest: Western societies have long felt an altruistic and humanitarian obligation to help people throughout the world live longer and healthier lives. (Washington Times)
Bioprospecting not biopiracy Dec 8, 2006
"Only a small proportion of bioactive substances make it to the product development stage. If that happens, the proceeds come back to Panamabut the success of this project doesn't depend on that happening. Also, research on malaria, leishmaniasis, dengue and Chagas disease is of great national importance, even though treatments for such diseases are unlikely to generate large financial benefits," adds Todd Capson, the in-country program coordinator, who worked closely with Panama's Environment... (EurekAlert!)
A Risk Score for Predicting Death in Chagas’ Heart Disease Dec 7, 2006
NEJM -- A Risk Score for Predicting Death in Chagas' Heart Disease. Please for full text and personal services. (New England Journal of Medicine)
philanthropyA road map for philanthropists.Sebastian Mallaby Nov 17, 2006
A road map for philanthropists. - By Sebastian Mallaby - Slate Magazine. (Slate)
Spin-out company seeks medicines from South American rain forests Nov 2, 2006
New drugs are also being sought for tropical diseases which occur in Brazil, such as hepatitis C, Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis. In a separate deal, e-Therapeutics is joining forces with CURA, a pharmaceutical consortium backed by the Brazilian Government, which is establishing a cluster of drug discovery, development and marketing industries in North East Brazil. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
'Alias' Actress Raises Disease Awareness Oct 10, 2006
She is trying to bring awareness about Chagas disease, which infects about 12 million people in Central and South America. Chagas disease can cause high fever, swelling, enlargement of the spleen, liver and lymph nodes, and inflammation of the heart ... Also called American trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease is an infection caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, according to the Centers for Disease Control Web site. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Argentine actress Maestro leads fight against deadly disease Oct 8, 2006
She is trying to bring awareness about Chagas disease, which infects some 20 million people, chiefly in Latin America, and kills an estimated 50,000 a year. The disease, spread by a bloodsucking bug, may lie dormant for years but eventually can cause inflammation of the heart and possibly death. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Blood Transfusion-transmitted Infections: A Global Perspective Oct 1, 2006
(October 16, 2002) -- Chagas disease, a parasitic disease that is nearly epidemic from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, may have met its match in a simple solution of dyes, a UC Irvine study has. . (Science Daily)
How The Body's T Cells React To Parasitic Diseases Aug 30, 2006
This study is the first to show that one parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas Disease, elicits a T cell response focused on a few peptides, despite having some 12,000 genes capable of generating hundreds of thousands of potential targets for T cells ... Chagas Disease is a tropical parasitic disease that sickens as many as 18 million people a year, mostly in the Americas, and kills 50,000 of those ... The importance of the new research, however, isn t in specifically what happens in... (Science Daily)
Scientist finds cure for African sleeping sickness Aug 29, 2006
cn 2006-08-28 16:08:30. SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- South Korean scientist Lee Soo-hee found a new way of treating parasitic disease, including the African sleeping sickness, the Korean Times reported Monday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Predicting Death in Chagas’ Heart Disease Aug 24, 2006
NEJM -- Development and Validation of a Risk Score for Predicting Death in Chagas' Heart Disease. Please for full text and personal services. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Chagas’ Disease — Can We Stop the Deaths? Aug 24, 2006
NEJM -- Chagas' Disease -- Can We Stop the Deaths. Please for full text and personal services. (New England Journal of Medicine)
IDRC announces a new research program on communicable diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean Aug 23, 2006
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Rare disease reported in transplants Jul 29, 2006
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Rare disease reported in transplant recipients Jul 28, 2006
Two patients died this year; donors not screened for tropical infection. Updated: 2:46 p.m. ET July 27, 2006. (MSNBC -- Health)
Killer claims responsibility for 48 slayings Jul 28, 2006
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DRC: Forgotten killer is back Jul 20, 2006
The second protocol uses Eflornithine infusions twice a day over seven days, in combination with Nifurtimox tablets that are taken orally and have been used successfully for years to treat Chagas disease in South America. This protocol is preferred by MSF, because it reduces treatment time and is cheaper, using less medical equipment, such as gloves and catheters. (IRINnews.org)
Balancing act: Deciding who can donate blood Jul 10, 2006
At the same time, concern is growing that a second parasitic infection from abroad the Chagas disease rampant in parts of Latin America increasingly threatens donated blood. Both infections are rare here, but theres no way to test donated blood for either one. (MSNBC -- Health)
Blood Banks Push for Better Safeguards Jul 5, 2006
Leiby's research in the late 1990s estimated one in 25,000 donors overall may carry Chagas disease, but as many as one in 5,400 in Los Angeles with its high Hispanic population. No one knows how many carriers actually harbor enough parasite in their blood to infect someone. (Newsmax)
Nasty bugs can come from donor tissue Jun 12, 2006
Chagas Disease - April 2001. Three people caught this parasite, common in Latin America, from organ transplants from a common donor. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Summary for Patients May 16, 2006
Long-Term Cardiac Outcomes of Treating Chronic Chagas Disease with Benznidazole versus No Treatment: A Nonrandomized Trial -- Viotti et al. 144 (10): 724 -- Annals of Internal Medicine ... Long-Term Outcomes of Treating Nonacute Chagas Disease with Benznidazole ... The summary below is from the full report titled "Long-Term Cardiac Outcomes of Treating Chronic Chagas Disease with Benznidazole versus No Treatment. A Nonrandomized Trial." It is in the 16 May 2006 issue of Annals of Internal... (Annals of Internal Medicine)
Firm's tests help in fight against AIDS Apr 29, 2006
We have a test for tuberculosis under development and are marketing a test for Chagas disease, a parasitic disease transmitted by a bug in Latin America. -- At Work With regularly appears in The Advocate and Greenwich Time. (Stamford Advocate)
Healing the World Apr 19, 2006
Malaria, Chagas disease, diarrheal diseases, leprosy, river blindness, sleeping sickness, and others all take their toll among populations that can't afford preventive measures or cures. Given her industry background, Ms. Hale knew that formulations for effective drugs were available to treat many of them, but drug companies didn't necessarily invest the money to develop these medicines. (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Genzyme Launches Initiative to Assist the Development of Treatments for Neglected Diseases Apr 11, 2006
These could include malaria, tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, sleeping sickness and other diseases. Genzyme will focus on projects where it can play a defined role in the process of moving potential new treatments from discovery toward clinical testing. (PR Newswire)
