Chagas disease

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Diagnosis
History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Staging | Laboratory tests | Electrocardiogram | X Rays | CT | MRI Echocardiography or Ultrasound | Other images | Alternative diagnostics

Treatment
Medical therapy | Surgical options | Primary prevention | Secondary prevention | Financial costs | Future therapies

Recent news and events

 * Chagas' disease parasite found in desert blood samples
 * Chagas Control in the Southern Cone Countries: History of an International Initiative, 1991/2001, PAHO. (Full text e-book)
 * Genome Sequencing Project
 * Parasites' genetic code 'cracked' From BBC
 * Catholic Relief Services. Housing Improvement and Chagas' Disease Prevention Project
 * 2006: Nature.com / Scott M. Landfear: Flagella are whip-like structures that power the movement of certain cells. Analysis of a single-cell parasite, the African trypanosome, reveals that flagella are also essential for viability in this organism. (restricted commercial access now)
 * Science Magazine Search Results: Chagas

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