Chagas disease, resulting from the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is an important cause of heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Traditionally regarded as a tropical disease found only in ...

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

Bugs found in 29 states, primarily Florida and Texas, may be invading homes and spreading a deadly parasite responsible for a ...

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

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

Chagas disease— which is spread by blood-sucking kissing bugs — has a secure foothold in the U.S. and warrants more preventative measures.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is continuing efforts to update scientific advice on foodborne parasites. A meeting at FAO’s headquarters ...

Here we use cryogenic electron microscopy to determine the structure of TbAQP2 from Trypanosoma brucei, bound to either the substrate glycerol or to the sleeping sickness drugs, pentamidine or ...

Researchers at the University of Georgia's Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases have developed the first test to ...

If untreated, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense infection is usually fatal within several years. The symptoms caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense become severe more quickly than the symptoms caused by ...

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 ...

Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which spreads via a subspecies of blood-feeding insects commonly known as “kissing bugs” because they tend to bite people on the ...