Spoštovani kupci!
Zaradi prenove spletne strani in prehoda na OJS spletna prodaja trenutno ne dela. Prosim, če sporočite, kaj bi radi kupili, na prodaja@medrazgl.si. Dopišite vaše ime in priimek, naslov ter način plačila (s predračunom, ob povzetju ali z gotovino, če prezvamete gradivo v živo v prostorih uredištva v času uradnih ur).
Hvala za razumevanje!
MENU
Anatomy
Anesthesiology
Biochemistry
Biomedical Informatics
Biophysics
Cell Biology
Clinical Cases
Dentistry
Dermatovenerology
Emergency Medicine
Family Medicine
Forensic Medicine
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Histology and Embryology
History of Medicine
Human Genetics
Hygiene
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
Medical Deontology and Philosophy
Medical Psychology
Microbiology and Immunology
Neurology
Occupational Medicine
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Otorhinolaryngology
Pathology
Pathophysiology
Pediatrics
Pharmacology and Experimental Toxicology
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Physiology
Psychiatry
Radiology
Social Medicine
Surgery
Toxicology
Research papers
Clinical research paper
Preclinical research paper
Sponsored articles
Archive » 2011 » 1 » | Archive » Medical field » Fields » Infectious Diseases »

American Trypanosomiasis – Chagas Disease

 
Abstract:

This post is also available in: English Slovenščina (Slovenian)

It has been a century since the Brazilian physician Carlos R. J. Chagas first described the basic morphology and life cycle of the American trypanosome, a parasite which causes Chagas disease. Chagas disease is a zoonosis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Trypanosoma cruzi is found mostly in blood-sucking triatomine insects and small mammals in areas ranging from the southern and southwestern United States to central Argentina and Chile. The acute phase of the infection usually passes unnoticed because it is symptom free or exhibits only mild, nonspecific symptoms and signs. After a latent period, 10–30% of patients develop signs of chronic infection with cardiac and gastrointestinal complications. Up to the mid-20th century, the epidemiology of the disease was closely linked to the extreme poverty of the peasant population and to their housing. In recent decades, however, the migration of people from the countryside to towns has resulted in the urbanisation of this rural disease. The increasing number of international travelers urges us to be alert to Chagas disease also in non-endemic regions.

Authors:
Bizjak Tina, Saletinger Rajko

Keywords:
Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, cardiomyopathy, megacolon, megaesophagus

Cite as:
Med Razgl. 2011; 50: 9–16.

Download PDF >>
© 2024 Društvo Medicinski razgledi | Na vrh strani / To top ↑