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Chagas (Trypanosomiasis-American)

Other Names: American Trypanosomiasis, New World Trypanosomiasis, South American Trypanosomiasis, Mal de Chagas, Chagas-Mazza disease
Chagas disease is a parasitic disease transmitted primarily by triatomine insects and can cause heart disease, megaesophagus, and megacolon among humans. I can also affect a variety of mammals.
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  • Trypanosoma cruzi
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chagas: Dog, heart. There are multiple white linear streaks on the surface of the right and left ventricles corresponding to myocardial necrosis and myocarditis.
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