Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) constitute a group of infectious diseases prevalent in
countries with tropical and subtropical climate that affect the poorest individuals and produce
high chronic disability associated with serious problems for the health system and
socioeconomic development. Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is included on
the NTDs list. However, even though this disease affects more than 10 million people, mostly
in Latin America, causing the death of over 10,000 people every year, only two drugs are …