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Chagasi tõbi; ameerika trüpanosomiaas | |||
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A disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi a type of protozoa. Chagas disease is most commonly transmitted when people come into contact with the feces of an infected riduviid bug, a blood¬ sucking insect that feeds on humans and animals. In the earliest stage of infection, Chagas disease usually has few signs or symptoms. However, if untreated, the disease becomes a lifelong infection. In people with HIV, reactivation of chronic Chagas disease infection can cause inflammation of the brain and meninges meningoencephalitis. see also opportunistic infection |
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