Chagas Disease: From Discovery to a Worldwide Health Problem

• Main Authors: Kárita Cláudia Freitas Lidani (Author), Fabiana Antunes Andrade (Author), Lorena Bavia (Author), Flávia Silva Damasceno (Author), Marcia Holsbach Beltrame (Author), Iara J. Messias-Reason (Author), Thaisa Lucas Sandri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Carlos Chagas discovered American trypanosomiasis, also named Chagas disease (CD) in his honor, just over a century ago. He described the clinical aspects of the disease, characterized by its etiological agent (Trypanosoma cruzi) and identified its insect vector. Initially, CD occurred only in Latin...