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Title: Chagas disease: control and elimination
[ The final resolution on Chagas, adopted by the World Health Assembly in May, 2010 ]
Source: WHO   Country: 
Author: Unavailable Date:  5/21/2010
Title: Outlook: Chagas Disease
Source: Nature   Country: United Kingdom
Author: Unavailable Date:  6/24/2010
Title: El Chagas se convierte en el principal problema de salud importado en España
[ Desde el 2002 no ha parado de crecer el número de afectados por esta enfermedad ]
Source: La Vanguardia   Country: Spain
Author: Raquel Quelart Date:  6/21/2010
Title: Venezuela: the hidden Chagas disease
[ A little-known illness is on the rise in Venezuela ]
Source: Global Post   Country: USA
Author: Charlie Devereux Date:  6/11/2010
Title: New WHO Resolution on Chagas: pros and cons (In spanish)
Source: SciDev.Net   Country: United Kingdom
Author: Eva Aguilar Date:  6/2/2010
Title: WHA resolution on Chagas' disease should not ignore diagnosis and treatment, say charities
Source: BMJ   Country: United Kingdom
Author: Peter Moszynski Date:  5/19/2010
Title: Con críticas se discuten las medidas contra enfermedad de Chagas
Source: Toronto Correo Canadiense   Country: Canada
Author: Unavailable Date:  5/18/2010
Title: Chagas disease threatens 6 million people in Venezuela
Source: El Universal   Country: Venezuela
Author: Giuliana Chiappe Date:  5/11/2010
Title: White House needs to tackle all diseases
Source: Centre Daily Times   Country: United States of America
Author: Unavailable Date:  5/5/2010
Title: Globalisation helps spread 'exotic' diseases
[ Infectious diseases now more common in Europe ]
Source: The Irish Times   Country: Ireland
Author: Unavailable Date:  5/4/2010
Title: Novel way to fight 'kissing bugs'
Source: Thaindian   Country: Thailand
Author: Unavailable Date:  4/30/2010
Title: New initiatives: is the pharmaceutical industry showing more interest in the infectious diseases of poverty?
Source: TropIKA.net   Country: International
Author: Paul Chinnock Date:  4/23/2010
Title: Topics that journalists should not forget (In spanish)
Source: Critica de la Argentina   Country: Argentina
Author: Unavailable Date:  4/3/2010
Title: Call for treatment of neglected diseases (In spanish)
[ Experts from around the world are trying to call the attention to diseases which are little known and neglected by the major pharmaceutical companies such as visceral leishmaniasis, sleep diseases and Chagas. ]
Source: Inter Press Service (IPS)   Country: International
Author: Unavailable Date:  3/31/2010
Title: Chagas disease: palm trees can be an important reservoir of infection
Source: TropIKA   Country: International
Author: Abad-Franch et al Date:  4/14/2010
Title: Parasite 'a growing stroke risk'
[ A tropical parasitic disease is becoming an increasingly common cause of stroke, experts say ]
Source: BBC   Country: United Kingdom
Author: Unavailable Date:  4/14/2010
Title: DNDi's Chagas Clinical Research Platform
Source: DNDi Latin America   Country: Brasil
Author: Flavio Pontes Date:  3/24/2010
Title: XXI century - No more neglect (in portuguese)
[ Research brings hope against Chagas disease, which continues without alternatives forms of treatment ]
Source: Gazeta de Ribeirão   Country: Brasil
Author: Renato Vital Date:  4/9/2010
Title: The other chagas of Chagas (in portuguese)
Source: Veja Magazine   Country: Brasil
Author: Adriana Dias Lopes Date:  2/24/2010
Title: Lack of Profitability prevents research on Chagas disease
Source: NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs   Country: South America
Author: Andres Gaudin Date: 
Title: Chemotherapy of Chagas' Disease: State of the Art and Perspectives for the Development of New Drugs (In portuguese)
Source: Química Nova   Country: Brasil
Author: Luiz C. Dias and Marco A. Dessoy Date:  11/10/2009
Title: UCSF may have cure for deadly disease Chagas
Source: San Francisco Chronicle   Country: United States of America
Author: Carol Lloyd Date:  2/14/2010
Title: A kiss you don't want on Valentine's Day
Source: YumaSun   Country: United States of America
Author: Stephanie A. Wilken Date:  2/13/2010
Title: Study: 40% of 'kissing bugs' in Tucson carry deadly parasite
Source: The Arizona Republic   Country: USA
Author: Bob Christie Date:  2/11/2010
Title: Challenge: Potential Drug Targets for Kinetoplastid Infectious Diseases
Source: SciDev.Net   Country: United Kingdom
Author: Unavailable Date:  4/16/2010
Title: City of Amazonas registered outbreak of Chagas disease (In portuguese)
Source: O Globo   Country: Brasil
Author: Unavailable Date:  1/12/2010
Title: Brazil is one of the countries that most invest in treatment of neglected diseases (In Portuguese)
Source: Agência do Rádio   Country: Brasil
Author: Felipe Linhares Date:  1/15/2010
Title: New discovery may help end sleeping sickness
Source: Yahoo News India   Country: India
Author: Unavailable Date:  1/16/2010
Title: Bike marathon highlights 'neglected' tropical diseases
Source: BBC News   Country: England
Author: Jane Elliott Date:  1/11/2010
Title: Congenital Chagas Disease: Estimating the Potential Risk in the United States
Source: AJTMH   Country: USA
Author: Zaida Yadon and Gabriel Schmunis Date: 
Title: Chagas Disease, Migration and Community Settlement Patterns in Arequipa, Peru
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases   Country: USA
Author: Angela M. Bayer et. al Date:  12/15/2009
Title: News in the centenary year of Chagas disease (in Spanish)
Source: Diario Pregón   Country: Argentina
Author: Unavailable Date:  12/30/2009
Title: The tragedy of neglected diseases (in Portuguese)
Source: Portal SESCSP   Country: Brasil
Author: André Campos Date:  11/1/2009
Title: Trial renews interest in Chagas' disease
Source: The Lancet   Country: USA
Author: Anastasia Moloney Date:  10/31/2009
Title: Program of the Chagas meeting on pediatric aspects in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Source: Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutierrez   Country: Argentina
Author: Unavailable Date:  10/30/2009
Title: 49th Directing Council - 61st Session of the Regional Commitee
[ Elimination of neglected diseases and other poverty-related infections ]
Source: PAHO   Country: USA
Author: Unavailable Date:  7/10/2009
Title: A Century After Chagas Disease Discovery, Hurdles to Tackling the Infection Remain
Source: JAMA   Country: USA
Author: Rebecca Voelker Date:  10/6/2009
Title: Eisai teams up with non-profit group
Source: Financial Times   Country: Brazil
Author: Andrew Jack Date:  9/29/2009
Title: Testes clínicos de nova droga contra doença de Chagas começam em 2010
[ Doença mata mais que malária e está se alastrando, alerta OMS. ]
Source: G1   Country: Brazil
Author: Unavailable Date:  Unavailable
Title: Mais uma tentativa
[ Terapia de medicamentos já existentes pode ser a nova arma contra o Trypanosoma cruzi ]
Source: FAPESP   Country: Brazil
Author: Neldson Marcolin Date:  9/1/2009
Title: The Kissing Bug
Source: Speaking of Medicine Blog   Country: United States
Author: Unavailable Date:  7/27/2009
Title: Neglected diseases still kill 1 million per year in the world
Source: FINEP Magazine   Country: Brazil
Author: Unavailable Date:  Unavailable
Title: Chagas disease is the most neglected
Source: Parana Online   Country: Brazil
Author: Unavailable Date:  7/28/2009
Title: Chagas disease is ignored
Source: Correio do Brasil   Country: Brazil
Author: Unavailable Date:  7/22/2009
Title: Vera Holtz: embaixatriz da Doença de Chagas
[ Vera Holtz participou do lançamento de uma campanha das organizações DNDi (Iniciativa de Medicamentos para Doenças Negligenciadas) e MSF (Médicos Sem Fronteiras) ]
Source: O Globo online   Country: Brazil
Author: Patricia Kogut Date:  7/11/2009
Title: Simpósio de Chagas: organizadores destacam pluralidade do evento
[ Ação simbólica na praia de Copacabana para sensibilizar a comunidade sobre a doença de Chagas ]
Source: Fiocruz Website   Country: Brazil
Author: Gutemberg Brito Date:  7/9/2009
Title: Mal de Chagas é a mais ignorada das negligenciadas
[ Doença mata 14 mil ao ano na América Latina; só existem duas drogas antigas para o tratamento ]
Source: O Globo   Country: Brazil
Author: Roberta Jansen Date:  7/16/2009
Title: Mal de Chagas há um século à espera de cura
[ Organizações lançam campanha em prol do desenvolvimento de remédios eficazes para combater o mal de Chagas ]
Source: Correio Braziliense   Country: Brazil
Author: Paloma Oliveto Date:  7/10/2009
Title: Chagas Disease - Kiss and kill
[ A deadly and neglected plague ]
Source: The Economist   Country: England
Author: Oliver Yun Date:  4/8/2009
Title: Piden a gobiernos iberoamericanos no olvidar a los enfermos de Chagas
Source: AFP   Country: Spain
Author: Unavailable Date:  7/9/2009
Title: Lanzan en Brasil campaña mundial contra el Mal de Chagas
Source: Spanish.china.org   Country: China
Author: Unavailable Date:  7/10/2009
Title: Exigen mayor visibilidad para el Mal de Chagas, que mata 14.000 personas al año
[ Varias organizaciones lanzaron hoy una campaña internacional para exigir mayor visibilidad e inversión de los Gobiernos en la lucha contra el Mal de Chagas... ]
Source: Terra and Telecinco   Country: Mexico and Spain
Author: Unavailable Date:  7/9/2009
Title: Ato público em Copacabana lembra descoberta da doença de Chagas
[ Velas foram acesas no dia em que Carlos Chagas comemoraria aniversário. Manifestação foi realizada pela organização Médicos Sem Fronteiras. ]
Source: Globo G1   Country: Brazil
Author: Unavailable Date:  7/10/2009
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