People in Florida are having to worry about a unique disease-carrying insect known as the kissing bug. New research shows ...

Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their ...

Kissing bugs that carry the parasite for Chagas disease, a potentially serious tropical condition, have established a base in ...

Scientists have identified a new class of compounds capable of partially clearing the tropical parasite that causes Chagas ...

Kissing bugs, also known as triatomine bugs or conenose bugs, are blood-sucking insects that get their nickname from their ...

Researchers at the University of Georgia's Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases have developed the first test to determine whether treatment for Chagas disease was effective. The study is ...

Bed bugs, like the triatomines, can transmit Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease, one of the most prevalent and deadly diseases in the Americas, research has confirmed.

Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is a condition that causes gradual organ damage. Without treatment, it can be fatal. The disease develops due to the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Blood ...

Chagas disease isn’t well-known in America, but it’s been around for thousands of years. A parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) causes it. The disease infects up to 8 million people ...

Under a magnification of 1,000 times, a micrograph reveals Trypanosoma cruzi parasites in a blood smear. This parasite, T. cruzi, is the causative agent for Chagas disease. Dr.

May 10, 2022 — Researchers have mapped how the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi forms new variants that are more effective at evading the immune system and causing disease. Their findings can give ...