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South American trypanosomiasis
health.	amerikanische Trypanosomiase (nosogenum:Trypanosoma cruxi = Trypanosoma cruzi)
med.	Chagas-Krankheit m; Chagas-Cruz-Krankheit m; Cruz-Trypanosomiasis f; südamerikanische Trypanosomiasis
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South American Trypanosomiasis
med.	A disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi a type of protozoa. Chagas disease is most commonly transmitted when people come into contact with the feces of an infected riduviid bug, a blood¬ sucking insect that feeds on humans and animals. In the earliest stage of infection, Chagas disease usually has few signs or symptoms. However, if untreated, the disease becomes a lifelong infection. In people with HIV, reactivation of chronic Chagas disease infection can cause inflammation of the brain and meninges meningoencephalitis. see also opportunistic infection