The authors of the paper argued that the spread of Chagas throughout the Western hemisphere
closely resembles the early spread of HIV. Just like AIDS, Chagas
disease has a lengthy incubation period it is next to impossible to
cure, the authors said. ~ Articles – Videos
In a recent editorial published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Disease, experts from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have highlighted the ‘dangerous spread’ of Chagas disease, the New York Times reported.
Being hailed by the researchers as “the new AIDS of the Americas,” Chagas is caused by parasites that are transmitted to humans by insects that suck blood.
The paper noted that nearly 8 million people contract the disease in the Americas, mostly in Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia and Central America. However, the New York Times reported that as many as 30,000 people living in the United States have the disease, most of them immigrants.
The authors of the paper argued that the spread of Chagas throughout the Western hemisphere
closely resembles the early spread of HIV. Just like AIDS, Chagas
disease has a lengthy incubation period it is next to impossible to
cure, the authors said.
Also known as American trypanosomiasis
– because the transmitted parasites are single-celled trypanosomes,
Chagas disease can also be transmitted through blood infusions or from
mother to child, according to the Times.
The disease leads to enlarged
hearts or intestines, that can potentially burst and lead to sudden
death!
In order to treat Chagas disease, a victim must be diagnosed very early on and take harsh drugs for up to three months.
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Chagas
called the A little bug that is like a mosquito and it can fly and land
on you, Bite you and when you scratch it it injects a poison thats
toxic that will infect you and its almost impossible to cure you. I dont
want to scare you but this disease depends on the insect.
The the
disease can be spread tru pregnancy or blood transfusion like aids
eventually 25% of the people begin to develop Enlarged Heats, or
Intestines, or Lungs Which then eventually can Burst! because your
little body can’t take huge organs your not evolved yet.The organs can
suddenly Burst or fail causing sudden death. Scary
(This disease for
some maybe called a cure like Giants!!) SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR
KIDS OUTSIDE THEY ARE THE MAIN CONCERN.
Treatment involves harsh drugs
taken for up to three months and works only if the disease is caught
early. Try to keep them inside studying and learning how to survive in
this future apocalyptic world. In not kidding you don’t have to believe
me im not a dr i make no factual claim this is real so I wont get sued.
This is mostly in South America but its migrating with alot of people
getting infected and spreading this awful apocalyptic disease. It can
get passed on even tru pregnancy!
A new study dubbes Chagas disease the “new AIDS of the Americas.”
Chagas disease, which is caused by parasites transmitted to humans by
blood-sucking insects, is spreading throughout the continent in a
similar way the HIV/AIDS pandemic did early on.
The parasitic infection is also hard to detect and has a long incubation
period before symptoms emerge, according to the study in the PLos Neglected Tropical Diseases published Tuesday.
About 10 million people live with Chagas disease mostly in South and
Central America in countries such as Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia and
Central America. However due to immigration, an estimated 300,000 people
infected live in the U.S.
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Scientist accused of playing God after creating artificial life by making designer microbe from scratch – but could it wipe out humanity?
Scientists today lined up to air their fears over a genome pioneer’s
claims that he has created artificial life in the laboratory.
In a world first, which has alarmed many, maverick biologist and billionaire entrepreneur Craig Venter, built a synthetic cell from scratch.
The creation of the new life form, which has been nicknamed ‘Synthia‘, paves the way for customised bugs that could revolutionise healthcare and fuel production, according to its maker.
But there are fears that the research, detailed in the journal Science, could be abused to create the ultimate biological weapon, or that one mistake in a lab could lead to millions being wiped out by a plague, in scenes reminiscent of the Will Smith film I Am Legend.
Kiss of Death: Research Targets Lethal Chagas’
Disease Spread by Insect That Bites Lips
It makes your skin crawl — a bug that crawls onto your lips while you
sleep, drawn by the exhaled carbon dioxide, numbs your skin, bites,
then gorges on your blood. And if that’s not insult enough, it promptly
defecates on the wound-and passes on a potentially deadly disease.
Now Jean-Paul Paluzzi, a PhD candidate in biology at the University of Toronto Mississauga,
believes that manipulating physiology to prevent the insects from
leaving their messy calling card represents the best hope for stopping
the transmission of the illness, known as Chagas’ disease.
“This is a disease of the poor,” says Paluzzi, who has visited parts
of the world affected by the illness.“The bugs are found in makeshift
homes with mud walls and palm tree-like ceilings. Unfortunately, the
people of Central and South America that this affects don’t have
sufficient voice to get help.Given that there are roughly 15 to 19
million people that are infected-a substantial proportion of that area’s
population-it’s a disease that’s been neglected.”
Chagas’ disease is one of the major health problems in South and
Central America and is spread by reduvid bugs, also known as “kissing
bugs” because of their fondness for lips.
The disease they transmit is
caused by Trypanosoma cruzi,
a parasite that lives in their gut.
In the initial acute stage,
symptoms are relatively mild, but as the disease progresses over several
years, serious chronic symptoms can appear, such as heart disease and
malformation of the intestines. Without treatment, it can be fatal.
Currently, insecticide sprays are used to control insect populations,
and anti-parasitic drugs are somewhat successful at treating acute
infections. Once the disease is chronic, it cannot be cured.
To make matters worse, kissing bugs are particularly “bloodthirsty.”
In mosquitoes, which go through four distinct stages of development,
only adult females feed on blood (and potentially transmit disease).
This means that pest control methods need to target only one out of
eight stages (when you include both sexes). But in kissing bugs, each
sex feeds on blood through all fives stages of development.
“So you have
about a ten-fold greater chance of infection just because of the number
of times that these insects have to feed,” says Paluzzi.
His research focuses on insect diuresis-more specifically, the genes and peptides that control how the kissing bug
eliminates excess fluid in its gut after it gorges on blood. For the
insect, the real prize in its meal is the red blood cells, while the
water and salt is “excess baggage.” After they feed, the bugs are
bloated and sluggish, and must jettison the waste so they can make their
escape.
Here’s how it happens:
When the kissing bug finds a snoozing victim
and feeds, its levels of serotonin and diuretic hormones rise sharply,
targeting the insect’s midgut and Malpighian tubules
(the equivalent of kidneys), and triggering the release of waste.About
four hours later, a peptide named CAP2b is released in the insect’s
gut, abolishing the effect of the diuretic hormones.
Paluzzi has identified two genes (RhoprCAPA-alpha and RhoprCAPA-beta)
that carry the chemical recipe for the peptides that stop diuresis.
With that information, he hopes to create a peptide “agonist”-something
that would enhance the activity of the CAP2B peptide and prevent the
insect from leaving waste (and the parasite) on the wound.
In theory,
says Paluzzi, this might be an insecticide-like room spray or topical
lotion that is biologically stable and has no effect on humans or other
insects.
Paluzzi is collaborating with a structural biochemist at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
in Texas, with the ultimate goal of creating a pest control solution,
but he cautions that a market-ready product is many years away.
The research was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
of Canada, through a discovery grant to Professor Ian Orchard of the
Department of Biology and a Canada Graduate Scholarship to Paluzzi.
June 10, 2012 – AfterAmerica
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