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Chagas Disease
Infectious Disease · Infectious & Parasitic
Severe
Severity
Approximately 6-7 million infected worldwide; mainly in Latin America
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Infectious Disease
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi
- 2transmitted through bites of infected triatomine bugs (kissing bugs). Also transmitted via blood transfusion
- 3organ transplant
- 4from mother to baby
- 5and contaminated food/drinks.
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