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Chagas disease  

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  • Chagas disease, also known as American trypanomyiasis, is the most important parasitic disease of Latin America, affecting 10 to 20 million people or more. Of these, 1 million will die prematurely as a result of the disease. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Chagas Disease]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-BDQ33S84-Z

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