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Reward: Chagas Disease

Chagas disease is caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite and transmitted through contaminated food, blood transfusions, organ transplants, or kissing bugs. Symptoms include swelling at the bite site or around the eyes. It is diagnosed through PCR or immunoassays and treated with anti-parasitic drugs.

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Reward: Chagas Disease

Chagas disease is caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite and transmitted through contaminated food, blood transfusions, organ transplants, or kissing bugs. Symptoms include swelling at the bite site or around the eyes. It is diagnosed through PCR or immunoassays and treated with anti-parasitic drugs.

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Chagas Disease
Causative agent: Trypanosoma cruzi
Vector: Triatomine bug (kissing bug)
Mode of Transmission:
• Contaminated food
• Blood transfusion
• Organ transplant
• Kissing bug vector (dominant)
• Mother to child
Symptoms:
• Chagoma- happens at the bite site
• Romaña’s sign- happen around the eyes that can cause eyelid swelling.
Diagnosis:
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Immunoassays (differentiate varied Trypanosoma cruzi stains)
Treatment: Anti-parasitic drugs, Nifurtimox and Benznidazole
Prevention & Control: Vector control, Transfusion control and Mother-child transmission
control

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Brock Microbiology of Microorganisms 14th Edition
Chapter 32- Eukaryotic Pathogens: Fungal and Parasitic Diseases
Page 957

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