Invisible burden: Prevalence of Chagas disease in Latin American migrants in Turin, North-Western Italy - A STROBE compliant-cross-sectional study.

Objectives: Chagas disease (CD), or American trypanosomiasis, is a parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, primarily transmitted by triatomine bugs. Increased travels and migrations introduced CD to non-endemic regions, including Europe. In Italy, the disease has raised public attention mainly in northern regions, where Latin American migrant population is larger.

A case of histological diagnosis of myositis in a person living with HIV.

We report the case of a 58-year-old male with a recent diagnosis of HIV infection admitted for progressive muscular weakness and psychomotor impairment. Cerebrospinal examination documented a mild hyperproteinorrachia, with normal cells count and reduced glycorrhachia. Brain gadolinium-enhanced MRI showed bilateral T2 and FLAIR hyperintensities in the nucleo-capsular region and irregular contrast-enhancement of the and the right putamen.