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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…
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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