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Chagas Disease Research Program (Site) - Debasish Chattopadhyay's Structural Biology Laboratory is studying the DHFR and PTR enzymes of Trypanosoma cruzi for structure-based design of specific inhibitors of these enzymes. For this purpose, they have determined the crystal structure of substrate and inhibitor complexes of T. cruzi PTR at high resolution.
MedlinePlus: Chagas Disease (Site) - Directory of news, articles, and factsheets.
Division of Parasitic Diseases - Chagas Disease (Site) - Detailed information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Chagas Disease (Site) - Information from the World Health Organization.
The Kiss of Death: Chagas' Disease in the Americas (Site) - A study of the disease by Dr. Joseph Bastien.
Chagas' Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) (Site) - Brief information about Chagas' and other diseases caused by parasites of the Trypanosomatidae family (leishmaniasis and African sleeping sickness).
Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation among Triatomine Vectors of Chagas' Disease (Site) - Full text article by Daniel E Lyman, Fernando A. Monteiro, Ananias A. Escalante, Celia Cordon-Rosales, Dawn M. Wesson, Jean-Pierre Dujardin, and Charles B. Beard.
All About Chagas Disease (Site) - Offers disease information including statistics, risks, medical information on Trypansoma cruzi, the kissing bug. Information and will prepare you to protect your home, children, and pets from this disease.