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IN a recent paper (Bol. Of. San. Panamericana, 22, 773; 1943), C. Chagas, jun., states that during the thirty-three years since Chagas's disease was discovered in a small area in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, the disease has been found to have spread throughout North and South America. As regards the parasitology, it is now universally accepted that Schizotrypanum is the cause of the disease. Studies are now being made to obtain more complete data regarding insect vectors, prevalence of the disease and animal carriers of the virus. Among domestic animals, cats and dogs take the first place as carriers.
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Chagas's Disease in Brazil. Nature 153, 678 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153678d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153678d0