Tags: Chagas

Chagas disease is the most common cause of congestive heart failure and sudden death in the world. The devastating parasitic infection affects millions of people.
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The Tarleton research group hopes to reduce a deadly parasite's toll on humans by vaccinating dogs against the parasite that causes Chagas disease.
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Dr. Tarleton is recognized for his research on Chagas disease and its cause, the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.
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Graduate student Noelia Lander was awarded a one-year continuation of her predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. Noelia studies polyphosphate metabolism in Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, an endemic and heart failure-inducing disease affecting 10 million people in Latin America.
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