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The "poor's plague" in Latin America - 26 Dec 08

youtube.com 3 mins - Dec 26, 2008 - Uploaded by aljazeeraenglish
Chagas Disease Research Project: Introduction (Part 1 of 6)

youtube.com 5 mins - May 18, 2009 - Uploaded by outropicaldiseaseins
Chagas Disease Educational Video 1 (of 2)

youtube.com 5 mins - Apr 29, 2009 - Uploaded by noreacreen
Norma Andrews (Yale) Part 1: Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas' Disease

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Stubborn Infection, Spread by Insects, Is Called ‘The New AIDS of the Americas’

Source: New York Times

Chagas disease, caused by parasites transmitted to humans by blood-sucking insects, has been named “the new AIDS of the Americas” in a lengthy editorial published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The authors, several of whom are tropical ...
Uruguay is the first country in Latin America free of the insect that transmits Chagas disease

Source: Pan American Health Organization

The Pan American Health Organization certified Uruguay as the only country in Latin America free of Triatoma infestans as a public health problem. The insect that transmits Chagas disease, known as the kissing bug, lives in mud huts, especially ...
Triatomines And Street Lamps: Like Moths To A Flame?

Source: science20.com

As they do so, they may leave behind droppings infested with Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite responsible for Chagas disease. If the parasite comes into contact with victims' blood streams--via the open bite wounds, for instance--it can cause an infection ...