Currently only two drugs to combat Chagas disease: benznidazole and nifurtimox. Both were developed over 35 years and research is not specifically aimed at Chagas' disease. Today, neither is suitable for use in children or pregnant women. Cure rates at nearly 100% in [...]

What is Chagas disease? How is it transmitted? Diagnosis.

Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is an infectious disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Endemic in several Latin American countries, there are cases rurarles areas, indigenous communities and poor suburbs, from Mexico to Argentina, including the Caribbean. The disease causes 14,000 deaths each year ...