CHAGAS DISEASE – DISCOVERY AND CURRENT SCENARIO

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CHAGAS DISEASE – DISCOVERY AND CURRENT SCENARIO
Student: Luciane de Freitas Firmino
Etiologic agent: Trypanosoma cruzi
Vector: Barber (bug) 
	
This is a traditional form of infection
Carlos Chagas discovered in 1909 the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi
About 7 million to 8 million people worldwide are estimated to be infected with T. cruzi. (WHO, 2013)
The endemic areas are Latin American countries, but with the migration, the disease spreads to countries in Europe, Australia, Japan and Canada. 
Fonte: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v465/n7301_supp/full/nature09221.html 
TREATMENT
In Brazil, the pacients can be treated with Benznidazole, having greater chances curing in acute and indeterminate phase of the disease. In not receiving the medication in these phases decrease the chances of cure or there isn’t cure.
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