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

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 ...

The cell biology of Trypanosoma brucei has garnered extensive interest due to its unique architecture and its role as the causative agent of African trypanosomiasis. The parasite is distinguished ...

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

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 ...

The mitochondrial genome of Trypanosoma brucei is uniquely organised as a kinetoplast, a highly complex network composed of thousands of minicircles and a smaller number of maxicircles. This ...

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

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

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