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World Chagas Disease Day 2024 - April 14
April 18 , 2024
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- Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi discovered by Carlos Chagas in 1909.
- Also known as American trypanosomiasis, it is a potentially life-threatening illness caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.
- It is named after Carlos Chagas, a Brazilian physician and researcher who on 14 April 1909 diagnosed the disease in a person for the first time.
- This disease is primarily transmitted to humans through the bite of infected triatomine bugs, also known as "kissing bugs."
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