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Chagas Disease

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In some ways, the comparison of Chagas to AIDS is unfortunate.Unlike HIV, the AIDS virus, Chagas parasites cannot be spread via sex. Untreated HIV...
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Prevention of Chagas disease focuses on spraying insecticide to kill off triatomine bugs, improved housing, and the use of bed nets.Since 2007, most...
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Children and adults under age 50 should be treated as soon as possible after infection with Chagas parasites. For adults 50 and older, treatment...
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People with acute-phase Chagas disease may not have any symptoms at all. Mild symptoms of acute Chagas disease are similar to other...
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Chagas disease is caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi. The parasites multiply within cells of the body. Infected cells burst...
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There are several ways Chagas disease is spread.The most common way is through the bite of a family of blood-sucking insects called triatomes...
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Chagas disease was first recognized in the modern era by Brazilian doctor Carlos Chagas in 1909. But the disease has been around for 9,000 years...
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