Chagas Disease WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Chagas Disease and compiled helpful research notes below.
- World Health Organization (WHO): Chagas Disease who.int - Chagas Disease
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Chagas Disease
cdc.gov - Chagas Disease
- eMedicine: Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) emedicine.com - Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Chagas Disease nlm.nih.gov - Chagas Disease
- Wikipedia: Chagas Disease en.wikipedia.org - Chagas Disease
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Research Notes on Chagas Disease
Chagas disease is an illness caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, related to the African trypanosome that causes sleeping sickness. It is spread by reduvid bugs and is one of the major health problems in South America, where 20 million people are infected. Due to immigration, approximately 500,000 people in the United States are believed to be infected.
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Fast Facts:
- Chagas is pronounced SHA-gus.
- Named after the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, who discovered it in 1909.
- It is estimated that 8 to 11 million people in Mexico, Central, and South American have Chagas disease, most of them do not realize they are infected.
- In Chagas-endemic areas, the main way Chagas is transmitted through insect vector called triatomine bugs.
- Other ways of becoming infected are: uncooked food contaminated with feces from infected bug, congenital transmission, blood transfusion, organ transplantation and accidental laboratory exposure.
Latest Headlines on Chagas Disease
What is Chagas Disease?
- MedTerms (via MedicineNet): Definition of Chagas Disease
- America's Blood Centers: What is Chagas?
- Medecins Sans Frontiers/Doctors Without Borders: What is Chagas Disease?
- University of Florida: What is Chagas Disease
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Chagas Disease - General Discussion
- U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine: What is Chagas Disease?
What Are The Symptoms of Chagas Disease?
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Chagas Disease - Symptoms
- Seattle Biomedical Research Institute: Chagas Disease - Symptoms
- Mayo Clinic: Chagas Disease - Signs and Symptoms
- U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine: What Are the Symptoms of Chagas Disease and How Are They Treated?
- University of Illinois/University of Buenos Aires: Chagas Disease - Symptoms
What Are The Causes and Complications of Chagas Disease?
- Mayo Clinic: Chagas Disease - Causes | Complications
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Chagas Disease - Causes
- eMedicine: Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) - Clinical: Causes
- CDC: Epidemiology & Risk Factors
- WHO: Causative Agent & Transmission
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Chagas Disease?
- CDC: Chagas Disease - Treatment
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Chagas Disease - Treatment
- eMedicine: Chagas Disease - Treatment | Medication
- Mayo Clinic: Chagas Disease
What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Chagas Disease?
- CDC: Chagas Disease Life Cycle
- WHO: Life-Cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi
- NationMaster: Mortality Statistics - Chagas Diseae (most recent) By Country | Mortality Statistics - Chagas Disease (per capita) (most recent) By Country
How Do You Prevent Chagas Disease?
- CDC: Prevention and Control
- WHO: Prevention and Control
- Mayo Clinic: Chagas Disease - Prevention
Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Chagas Disease
- Rense: Chagas - The Kiss of Death
- Los Angeles Times Blogs: WHO Targets Chagas Disease
- ScienceDaily: New Screening Strategy for Detection of Chagas Disease in Children
Foundations and Support Groups on Chagas Disease
- The Chagas Disease Foundation: Chagas Disease Support and Education
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Chagas Disease
- Journal of the American Medical Association: Chagas Disease
- PubMed Central: Chagas Disease
- Google Scholar: Chagas Disease
Clinical Trials on Chagas Disease
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Chagas Disease
About this WisdomCard
- Contributor: Elisa Carter
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Elisa Carter
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Sleeping Sickness, Shagas disease, Chaga's disease
- Last update: Sep. 12, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
