Although treatments derived from the work are still several years away, the sequencing of the genomes of the three parasites--Trypanosoma cruzi, T. brucei and Leishmania major--represents new hope ...

Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi ... in search of molecules that inhibited T. cruzi and its relatives, including T. brucei, which causes sleeping sickness.

Tests then showed the upgrade - codenamed GNF6702 - could treat Trypanosoma brucei, Trypansosoma cruzi and Leishmania infections in mice. Dr Elmarie Myburgh, one of the researchers based at the ...

No single assay for chronic T. cruzi infection has high enough sensitivity and specificity to be used alone; positive results of two tests, preferably based on different antigens (e.g., whole ...

Tests then showed the upgrade - codenamed GNF6702 - could treat Trypanosoma brucei, Trypansosoma cruzi and Leishmania infections in mice. Dr Elmarie Myburgh, one of the researchers based at the ...

A parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) causes it. The disease infects up to 8 million people, mostly in Latin America. The CDC estimates that about 300,000 people in the U.S. have the ...