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.

The Tarleton research group hopes to reduce a deadly parasite's toll on humans by vaccinating dogs against the parasite that causes Chagas disease.

Dr. Tarleton is recognized for his research on Chagas disease and its cause, the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.

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.