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Sunday, 3 June 2012

Protozoan Diseases of the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems


Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas’ disease. The reservoir includes many wild animals. The vector is reduviid, the “kissing bug.” Xenodiagnosis allows for the identification of trypanosomes in the intestinal tract of the reduviid bug, which confirms the diagnosis.                             ...