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Chagas disease: The deadly disease you've never heard of is here
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Chagas disease: The deadly disease you've never heard of is here

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Los Angeles Times

Chagas disease is deadly, pervasive and more prevalent in the U.S. than you'd think. It's not just brought here by people from nations where the disease is endemic, but by bloodsucking kissing bugs native to the U.S. And it may be sickening far more people than we know.

The insect that harbors the Chagas parasite at the Faunia zoo in Madrid. It’s one of the most insidious diseases you’ve never heard of, but Chagas is here in California and 29 other states across the U.S. It kills more people in Latin America than ma... [5805 chars]

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Source: Los Angeles Times

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