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Chagas' disease

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Cha·gas' disease  (shägs)
n.
A South American form of trypanosomiasis caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi that is characterized by fever and enlargement of the spleen and lymph nodes.
[After Carlos Chagas (1879-1934), Brazilian physician.]
Chagas' disease [ˈʃɑːgəs]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a form of trypanosomiasis found in South America, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, characterized by fever and, often, inflammation of the heart muscles Also called (South) American trypanosomiasis Compare sleeping sickness
[named after Carlos Chagas (1879-1934), Brazilian physician who first described it]


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