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From the Americas to the world: the challenge of Chagas disease globalization

Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and can be transmitted to humans by a triatomine vector (only in Latin America), from mother to child, transfusion, transplant or orally. After an acute phase of several weeks, the disease progresses asymptomatically for decades. Approximately 40 % of the subjects in this phase progress to the chronic phase, which is characterized by progressive heart ...