Chagas Disease: Diagnosing, Treating, Preventing and Control

Chagas disease is named after the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, who discovered the disease in the year 1909. The disease is caused by the parasite, 'Trypanosoma cruzi,' which is transmitted to both animals and people by insect vectors and is found on in the Americas, mainly in rural areas of Latin America where poverty is widespread. Chagas disease is also referred to as, 'American trypanosomiasis.'
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