Month: February 2019

What is Brugios? Brugios (lat. Brugia – a genus of helminotes filarias) is a parasitic disease caused by filamentous worms – filars, the larvae of which circulate in the blood, and adults infect the lymphatic

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What is Chagas Disease? Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is a disease caused by trypanosomes of the species Trypanosoma cruzi (simple colorless organisms having a spindle-shaped form). Chagas disease, first discovered a century ago by Dr.

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What is Kreuzfeldt-Jakob Disease? Kreuzfeldt-Jakob Disease (synonyms: spastic pseudosclerosis, corticotriospinal degeneration syndrome, transmissible spongioformal encephalopathy, mad cow disease) – progressive dystrophic disease of the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia and spinal cord. It is considered the

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