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International Journal of Epidemiology 2008 37(4):694-695; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn149
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2008; all rights reserved.

A new disease entity in man: a report on etiologic and clinical observations

Carlos Chagas

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First, a quick review of the background: while working in a malaria control campaign in the northern section of the state of Minas Gerais, we came across a large bug locally called "bar-beiro," which, like the bedbug, infests homes and attacks man at night, when the lights are out.

Since this was a blood sucking insect and such insects are of importance in human and animal pathology as vectors of disease, we examined "barbeiro" specimens and found in their hindguts a flagellate of crithidial morphology. The next step was to ascertain whether this flagellate was just a parasite of the insect or a stage in the life cycle of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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