ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2015
Evidence of autochthonous Chagas disease in southeastern Texas.
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- Galectin-3 and fibrosis intensity in Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy: a systematic review.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2022Pooled it
- Identification of Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma cruzi in bats captured in El Paso County, Texas.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Chagas Disease in the 21st Century: Global Spread, Ecological Shifts, and Research Frontiers.Biology · 2025Review
- Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived human macrophages as an infection model for Trypanosoma cruzi.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Low risk for locally acquired Chagas disease in California: A review of human cases and triatomine submissions, 2013-2023.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Review
- Mapping the Silent Threat: A Comprehensive Analysis of Chagas Disease Occurrence in Riverside Communities in the Western Amazon.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- ASP-2/Trans-sialidase chimeric protein induces robust protective immunity in experimental models of Chagas' disease.NPJ vaccines · 2023Article
- Prevalence ofVector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Chagas disease in Oklahoma.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2022Review
- Evidence of likely autochthonous Chagas disease in the southwestern United States: A case series of Trypanosoma cruzi seropositive blood donors.Transfusion · 2022Article
- Geospatial analysis as a tool to identify target areas for Chagas disease education for healthcare providers.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Recommendations for Screening and Diagnosis of Chagas Disease in the United States.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Chronic Manifestations in Chagas Disease: A State-of-the-Art Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- High variation in immune responses and parasite phenotypes in naturally acquired Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a captive non-human primate breeding colony in Texas, USA.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Surveillance of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatomine vectors, feral dogs and cats, and wild animals in and around El Paso county, Texas, and New Mexico.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Call to action: A literature review of Chagas disease risk in California 1916-2018.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Review
- The Interconnected Health Initiative: A Smithsonian Framework to Extend One Health Research and Education.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
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- Assessing the effectiveness of Chagas disease education for healthcare providers in the United States.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Autochthonous Chagas Disease in the United States: How Are People Getting Infected?The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
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Abstract
Autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in the United States is rarely reported. Here, we describe five newly identified patients with autochthonously acquired infections from a small pilot study of positive blood donors in southeast Texas. Case-patients 1-4 were possibly infected near their residences, which were all in the same region ∼100 miles west of Houston. Case-patient 5 was a young male with considerable exposure from routine outdoor and camping activities associated with a youth civic organization. Only one of the five autochthonous case-patients received anti-parasitic treatment. Our findings suggest an unrecognized risk of human vector-borne transmission in southeast Texas. Education of physicians and public health officials is crucial for identifying the true disease burden and source of infection in Texas.
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