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Chagas' disease, disease of South and Central America caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. It usually affects children and young adults and is transmitted by the feces of infected insects, typically the assassin bug assassin bug, common name for members of the family Reduviidae, one of the largest and most varied groups belonging to the order Hemiptera (suborder Heteroptera).
..... Click the link for more information. . Most of those infected have mild symptoms, such as fever and swelling and redness around the eyes, but from 10% to 30% develop chronic disease that may result in serious or fatal inflammation of the brain and heart tissues. There is no vaccine and no satisfactory treatment. The incidence of Chagas' disease in the United States has increased since the 1970s, possibly because of increased immigration from Mexico and Central America, where the incidence is very high. In immunosuppressed patients (see AIDS AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, fatal disease caused by a rapidly mutating retrovirus that attacks the immune system and leaves the victim vulnerable to infections, malignancies, and neurological disorders.
..... Click the link for more information. ) Chagas' disease can form a mass in the cranial cavity that mimics a tumor, presumably because the lymphocytes that guard against the parasite are the same that are depleted by the AIDS virus. See also trypanosome trypanosome , microscopic, one-celled protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, typically living as an active parasite in the bloodstream of a vertebrate; hundreds of species are known. A trypanosome is long and pointed and possesses a flagellum.
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Chagas' disease [′shäg·əs di‚zēz]

(medicine)

An acute and chronic protozoan disease of humans caused by the hemoflagellateTrypanosoma(Schizotrypanum)cruzi. Also known as South American trypanosomiasis.

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Epidemiology of the first autochthonous case of Chagas' disease recorded in Belem, Para, Brazil [in Portuguese].

Oral transmission of Chagas disease by consumption of acai palm ... by Nobrega, Aglaer A.; Garcia, Marcio H.; Tatto, Erica; Obara, Marcos T.; Costa, Elenild; Sobel, Jeremy / Emerging Infectious Diseases

Reactivation of Chagas' disease leading to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Alteracoes morfologicas do sistema nervoso central induzidas em ... by Ribeiro da Mata, Fabiana; Rodrigues de Souza, Márcio Christian; Roberto da Mata, João; Chaves de Oli / Acta Scientiarum Health Sciences (UEM)

Food and Drug Administration last week approved a new test to screen blood donors for a blood-borne parasite that causes Chagas' disease, a serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection.

FDA Approves Screening Test for Chagas' Disease by Transplant News