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Clinical Study of Chagas' Disease (Trypanosomiasis cruzi)

Authors: J. JUSTIN OLDER, MD

Abstract

Though only two indigenous cases of this disease of the Latin American countries have been reported in the United States, the insect vector lives in a number of southern states. Some inhabitants of the South have been found to have complement fixing antibodies against the infecting agent, indicating they may have had subclinical infections. The author comments that the index of suspicion should include this disease in diagnosis if clinical features are compatible.

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