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Chagas disease, is a form of trypanosomiasis (an infection with a parasite known as a trypanosome), therefore it is most commonly transmitted by a bite (or from the feces of) a bloodsucking insect that carries the parasite.

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they are spread by tsetse flies, found only in Africa.

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Chagas disease is mostly spread through insects known as kissing bugs. It can also be spread through blood transfusion, from a mother to an unborn child and through eating contaminated food.

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How common is chagas disease?

Worldwide, an estimated 16 million to 18 million people are infected with Chagas disease. Of those infected, an estimated 50,000 die each year. -GoldenToast


Chagas disease is caused by the kissing bug?

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Who is Chagas' disease named for?

Chagas' disease is named after Dr. Carlos Chagas


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Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan parasite, causes Chagas disease. It is primarily transmitted to humans by infected triatomine bugs, also known as "kissing bugs."


How many people does Chagas' disease affect?

Worldwide, Chagas' disease affects over 15 million persons, and kills 50,000 each year


What did Dr. Carlos Chagas discover?

Chagas' disease


What disease trypanosomes causes in humans?

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What disease is Charles Darwin now thought to have had?

Chagas Disease.


When was Chagas' disease found?

In the early 1900s


What does T. cruzi cause?

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What disease does a kissing bug carry?

They are potential vectors for Chagas disease


What is nifurtimox?

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