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Results 1 - 3 of 3 for Chagas disease
  1. Chagas disease 
    Chagas disease is an illness caused by tiny parasites and spread by insects. The disease is common in ... Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. It is spread by the bite of reduviid bugs, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001372.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Achalasia 
    ... upper stomach, and a parasite infection that causes Chagas disease , which is more common in Mexico and Central ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000267.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Kissing bug (image) 
    Triatomid, the kissing bug, can carry Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis). (Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1244.htm - Medical Encyclopedia