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 Carlos Chagas (1879)Chagas was a Brazilian physician who discovered in 1909 what is now called Chagas' disease. Caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the disease of South and Central America usually affects children and is transmitted by the feces of infected insects. Chagas's work is unique in the history of medicine in that he alone completely described a new infectious disease, including its pathogen, vector, host, clinical manifestations, and epidemiology. What insect often transmits Chagas disease? More...
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While it's clearly an honor to have something you discovered named after you, it must be somewhat odd to have your name attached to a horrible disease. It seems like people would always have an negative association with your family name.
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According to the article on Chagas disease it occurs more often than HIV in South America. There are no medicines that can cure it without side affects and even then it is not certain. Something to think about; why do we in America care more about curing HIV in Africa and not at all about Chagas in South America?
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