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More intensive, less frequent drug regimen could cure Chagas disease – News-Medical.Net

Researchers in the University of Georgia’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases have found that a more intensive, less frequent drug regimen with currently…

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Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 29 2020
Researchers in the University of Georgia’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases have found that a more intensive, less frequent drug regimen with currently available therapeutics could cure the infection that causes Chagas disease, a potentially life-threatening illness affecting up to 300,000 people in the United States.
Trypanosoma cruzi is a single-celled parasitic organism that causes Chagas disease. At least 6 million people are infected…

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