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Bookmark or Share- Enfermedad de Chagas (tripanosomiasis americana)La enfermedad de Chagas es curable si el tratamiento antiparasitario se inicia precozmente, en la fase aguda. En infecciones crónicas, el tratamiento y el seguimiento pueden prevenir o frenar la progresión de la enfermedad y evitar la transmisión, por ejemplo, durante el embarazo y el parto.
- Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Chagas diseaseThis document focuses on making recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease, an infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan agent of a systemic parasitic disease. These clinical practice guidelines were prepared following the WHO handbook for guideline development (5).
- Chagas disease (also known as American trypanosomiasis)Chagas disease is an infectious disease caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi). However, this condition is the result of a complex health problem typical of neglected tropical diseases and socially determined diseases.
- Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) - World Health Organization (WHO)Chagas disease is found mainly in endemic areas of 21 continental Latin American countries, where it is mostly transmitted when humans come into contact with faeces and/or urine of infected blood-sucking triatomine bugs (vector-borne transmission). Chagas disease was once entirely confined to the Region of the Americas.
- 恰加斯病（南美锥虫病） - World Health Organization (WHO)According to official statistics from the Secretary of Health, through the National Chagas Program, 300 thousand people including children and adults are infected with "Chagas disease" transmitted by this species, registering the highest infection rate in western rural areas.
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