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Mashup Score: 1Case-fatality From Orally-transmitted Acute Chagas Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis - 2 year(s) ago
In this systematic review including 2470 patients, the case-fatality rate of orally-acquired acute Chagas disease was 1.0% in the first year after infection and
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Mashup Score: 1Treatment of Chagas Disease in the United States - 2 year(s) ago
Chagas disease (CD) is endemic to much of Latin America, but also present in the United States (U.S.). Following a lengthy asymptomatic period, CD produces serious cardiac or gastrointestinal complications in 30–40% of people. Less than 1% of …
Source: PubMed Central (PMC)Categories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
6/ #Chagas’ disease Rx Treatment should be prescribed as soon as possible to improve chance of survival and/or cure. Choices: 1. #Benznidazole (first choice) 2. #Nifurtimox https://t.co/aGaftRPaXW
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The incidence of Chagas cardiomyopathy in the U.S. increased from 2002 to 2017, particularly among individuals who emigrated from Central and South America, and was associated with risk for arrhythmia and HF, researchers reported. According to a prior report published in Circulation in 2016, Chagas disease is caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted by biting insects
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Incidence of #chagas cardiomyopathy increased in the US from 2002-2017, researchers say. @CardiologyToday @ScottBuzby: https://t.co/lxVuktA1PJ
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Mashup Score: 4NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals - 3 year(s) ago
NEJM Journal Watch reviews over 250 scientific and medical journals to present important clinical research findings and insightful commentary
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Titers against T. cruzi can serve as quantitative markers of #Chagas disease activity, progression to cardiomyopathy, and consideration for antitrypanosomal therapy. https://t.co/44bkuBCVAM https://t.co/Xjm239725N
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It's TOMORROW on #ISHLTv! September's webinars come from the #HeartTx & #PVD Interdisciplinary Networks, and explore #PH Management in End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease and #Chagas Disease in Heart Transplantation. There's still time to register: https://t.co/bsuvIAcQer https://t.co/xktgfQuOba
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Mashup Score: 2ISHLT: The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation - September 2021 - Heart - 3 year(s) ago
Six to seven million people in the world live with Chagas disease, a subset of whom will develop Chagas heart disease potentially requiring heart transplantation. In this webinar we will discuss the etiology, pathology, and management of Chagas heart disease, both pre- and post-heart transplantation.Scientific Program Moderators: Gregory A. Fishbein, MD Me-Linh Luong, MD Welcome and…
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#HeartTx people: next week on #ISHLTv features Chagas Disease in Heart Transplantation, including pre- and post-#Tx management of the #Chagas patient. This international panel will include live Q&A. With registration, you get live AND on demand access. https://t.co/AFx4YxvNIh https://t.co/UXRrQE0sNk
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Mashup Score: 1The Lancet Infectious Diseases, August 2021, Volume 21, Issue 8, Pages 1051-1192, e208-e257 - 3 year(s) ago
Peruse the current issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, a monthly journal covering international issues relevant to clinical infectious diseases specialists worldwide
Source: www.thelancet.comCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Our August issue, which celebrates 20 years of publication, is online https://t.co/XeljAzBdUB. Featuring specially commissioned Reviews on #handhygiene and biodefence funding. Articles on #COVID19, #Chagas, #malaria, #polio, #tuberculosis, and much more. https://t.co/eTfkCdJPOl
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Mashup Score: 0News Scan for Apr 14, 2021 - 3 year(s) ago
ED stewardship intervention tied to reduced prescribing for viral infectionsA pilot trial conducted at two emergency departments (EDs) found that audit and feedback with peer-to-peer comparisons reduced antibiotic prescribing for viral acute respiratory infections (ARIs) but not overall antibiotic use, researchers reported today in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.The…
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NEWS SCAN: Emergency room antibiotic stewardship; Funding for antibiotic development; Rising US #STD rates; #Chagas disease in the Americas https://t.co/VYW8xIzNRh #AMR #AntibioticStewardship
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Mashup Score: 1New WHF Roadmap Designed to Help Break the Silence on Chagas Disease - American College of Cardiology - 3 year(s) ago
The World Heart Federation (WHF) has released a new roadmap aimed at reducing the global burden of Chagas disease, a Neglected Tropical Disease that can cause irreversible damage to the heart and other vital organs. The Chagas Disease Roadmap, developed by WHF in partnership with the Inter-American Society of Cardiology (IASC), aims to both help raise awareness of Chagas disease and…
Source: American College of CardiologyCategories: Cardiology News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
The Chagas Disease Roadmap, developed by WHF + IASC, aims to both help raise awareness of #Chagas disease and present a framework for prevention and control efforts at the national, regional and global level 👉 https://t.co/y1Ygj8fmx9 #WorldChagasDay https://t.co/hyP29Xc5ax
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The MultiCruzi assay can be used as a predictive monitoring tool to assess parasitological cure in children. This approach might be a solution to forecast forthcoming seroreversion in treated adults infected with T cruzi, but this requires further investigation.
Source: The Lancet Infectious DiseasesCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Two new research Articles on #Chagas disease. 1) Prediction of parasitological cure in children infected with Trypanosoma cruzi using a novel multiplex serological approach: an observational, retrospective cohort study 🇦🇷 https://t.co/fq30xqdzSr
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5/ Orally transmitted #Chagas disease has considerable lethality in the first year after #Trypanosoma cruzi infection. The lethality in symptomatic cases is similar to that from other routes of infection. https://t.co/TfF3vGyTu9