Chagas Disease

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Medicine; American trypanosomiasis; annual funding; antimoniate therapy; cardiac allograft rejection; cardiac magnetic resonance; cardiomyopathy; Chagas disease; chagas disease reactivation; Chagas disease reactivation; chagasic cardiomyopathy; clinical research; co-infection; Cohort studies; coprophagy; cost of illness; disease notification; disease progression; Dynamic programming; efficiency; electrocardiogram; epidemiology; genome; global financing; healthcare access; healthcare rights; heart disease; heart transplant; heart transplantation; human illness; inflammation; investments; life expectancy; migration; mucosal leishmaniasis; myocardial fibrosis; myocardial sympathetic denervation; n/a; neglected diseases; Neglected diseases; neglected topical diseases; neglected tropical disease; neglected tropical diseases; One Health; organizational; parasite; parasite prevalence; PET-CT; premature; prevention and control; public health; public policy; radionuclide imaging; risk assessment; SPECT-CT; stroke; sudden death; surveillance; treatment of reactivation; Triatoma infestans; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma cruzi infection
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 Despite being described for the first time more than 110 years ago, Chagas disease (caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi) persists as one of the most neglected tropical diseases. This persistent neglect of those affected by this disease is evidenced by the ongoing scientific evidence gaps, the difficulty of incorporating new diagnostic and treatment technologies into the market, and public health failures to ensure timely access to diagnosis and treatment associated with the development of consistent surveillance and control actions. As a result, there is a high burden of morbidity and mortality, and poor quality of life, poverty, stigma, and a fear of death persist for affected people, both in endemic areas in Latin America, and in non-endemic areas. This book spans a variety of disciplines and contributes significantly to reducing the gap in scientific knowledge on Chagas disease, towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.