Chagas Disease: History of a Continent's Scourge
This book offers a comprehensive overview of Chagas disease, including its vectorial and congenital transmission, and molecular diagnosis, which is essential for screening, and developing and providing timely, effective anti-trypanosomal ...
In: Stanberry, L.R., Barrett, A.D. (Eds.), Vaccines for Biodefense and Emerging and Neglected Diseases. Academic Press, New York. Bonney, K.M., Engman, D.M., 2008. Chagas heart disease pathogenesis: one mechanism or many? Curr. Mol.
In: Stanberry, L.R., Barrett, A.D. (Eds.), Vaccines for Biodefense and Emerging and Neglected Diseases. Academic Press, New York. Bonney, K.M., Engman, D.M., 2008. Chagas heart disease pathogenesis: one mechanism or many? Curr. Mol.
Important Helminth Infections in Southeast Asia: Diversity, Potential for Control and Prospects for Elimination Ju ̈rg Utzinger, Robert Bergquist, Remigio Olveda, and Xiao-Nong Zhou Escalating the Global Fight Against Neglected Tropical ...
Important Helminth Infections in Southeast Asia: Diversity, Potential for Control and Prospects for Elimination Ju ̈rg Utzinger, Robert Bergquist, Remigio Olveda, and Xiao-Nong Zhou Escalating the Global Fight Against Neglected Tropical ...
This book contains 11 chapters of significant and updated materials on what we know and what we lack and need in better understanding of Trypanosoma cruzi - a parasite that never dies - and the consequences of Chagas disease as one of the ...
This book provides a comprehensive resource on various aspects of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and the neglected tropical disease Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis), the disorder resulting from infection with the parasite.
In Chagas Disease: History of a Continent's Scourge, Francois Delaporte describes how the interaction of public health policy with medical knowledge and epistemological transformations in the period 1900-1935 can account for the discovery ...
The book goes on to discuss the history of nifurtimox and benznidazole, two drugs used in an effort combat Chagas disease. Additionally, the chapter addresses new therapies in clinical research to develop new treatments for Chagas' disease.