Parasitic Infections in HIV-Infected Patients
Summary
- Epidemiology
- Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi
- The disease is endemic in Central and South America and may occur in nonendemic areas because of migration[WHO 2002]
- In endemic areas, transmission usually occurs via a bite from an infected insect
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