Chagas disease: pathology
Evidence-based neurology checklist on chagas disease: pathology: Biology This is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi It is transmitted by the faeces of the blood-feeding triatomic bug The trypomastigota invade lymphatic tissue They reach the nervous system via the choroid plexus and…
Biology
- This is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi
- It is transmitted by the faeces of the blood-feeding triatomic bug
- The trypomastigota invade lymphatic tissue
- They reach the nervous system via the choroid plexus and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
Routes of transmission
Other affected organs
Risk factors for re-activation
Synonym
References
- Dzikowiec M, Góralska K, Błaszkowska J. Neuroinvasions caused by parasites. Ann Parasitol 2017; 63:243–253.
- Teixeira AR, Nitz N, Guimaro MC, Gomes C, Santos-Buch CA. Chagas disease. Postgrad Med J 2006; 82:788-798.
- Rassi A Jr, Rassi A, Marcondes de Rezende J. American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease). Infect Dis Clin North Am 2012; 26:275-291.
- Antinori S, Galimberti L, Bianco R, Grande R, Galli M, Corbellino M. Chagas disease in Europe: A review for the internist in the globalized world. Eur J Intern Med 2017; 43:6-15.
