Section outline

  • Lecture: Chagas disease

    Faculty:  Caryn Bern

    Location:  Mission Hall 1106

    • Required Reading:

    • Rassi A, Jr., Rassi A, Marin-Neto JA. Chagas disease. Lancet 2010;375:1388-402. File
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    • Gurtler RE. Sustainability of vector control strategies in the Gran Chaco Region: current challenges and possible approaches. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2009;104 Suppl 1:52-9. File
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    • Abad-Franch F, Diotaiuti L, Gurgel-Goncalves R, Gurtler RE. Certifying the interruption of Chagas disease transmission by native vectors: cui bono? Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2013;108:251-4. File
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    • Feliciangeli MD, Campbell-Lendrum D, Martinez C, Gonzalez D, Coleman P, Davies C. Chagas disease control in Venezuela: lessons for the Andean region and beyond. Trends Parasitol 2003;19:44-9. File
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    • Samuels AM, Clark EH, Galdos-Cardenas G, et al. Epidemiology of and impact of insecticide spraying on Chagas disease in communities in the Bolivian Chaco. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2013;7:e2358. File
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    • Bowman NM, Kawai V, Levy MZ, et al. Chagas disease transmission in periurban communities of Arequipa, Peru. Clin Infect Dis 2008;46:1822-8. File
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    • Delgado S, Castillo Neyra R, Quispe Machaca VR, et al. A history of chagas disease transmission, control, and re-emergence in peri-rural La Joya, Peru. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011;5:e970. File
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Clark EH, Sherbuk J, Okamoto E, et al. Hyperendemic Chagas disease and the unmet need for pacemakers in the Bolivian Chaco. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014;8:e2801. File
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    • Molina I, Gomez i Prat J, Salvador F, et al. Randomized trial of posaconazole and benznidazole for chronic Chagas' disease. N Engl J Med 2014;370:1899-908. File
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