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ReviewInfectious diseases of poverty2015

Preventing the transmission of American trypanosomiasis and its spread into non-endemic countries.

Qin Liu, Xiao-Nong Zhou

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Review in Infectious diseases of poverty, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Targeting Trypanosoma cruzi with silver and gold-based N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: insights into parasite death and trypanothione reductase interaction.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2025
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  9. Funding for Chagas Disease: A 10-Year (2009-2018) Survey.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2020
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  11. Preparedness for Chagas disease spreading worldwide.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2020
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  18. Anti-Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPR · 2019
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  20. Nanoparticulate drug delivery systems for the treatment of neglected tropical protozoan diseases.The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Qin LiuNational Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health;, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, 200025, P. R. China.
Xiao-Nong ZhouNational Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health;, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, 200025, P. R. China. zhouxn1@chinacdc.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

American trypanosomiasis, commonly known as Chagas disease, is caused by the flagellate protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. An estimated eight million people infected with T. cruzi currently reside in the endemic regions of Latin America. However, as the disease has now been imported into many non-endemic countries outside of Latin America, it has become a global health issue. We reviewed the transmission patterns and current status of disease spread pertaining to American trypanosomiasis at the global level, as well as recent advances in research. Based on an analysis of the gaps in American trypanosomiasis control, we put forward future research priorities that must be implemented to stop the global spread of the disease.

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Chagas DiseaseCoinfectionComorbidityGeography, MedicalGlobal HealthHumansResearchTrypanosoma cruzi

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PMID26715535
PMCPMC4693433

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