This title critically reviews old and new literature, help to
create greater awareness of the disease in the US and helps in the
evaluation of certain epidemiological and public health issues.
During the first half of the 20th century, Chagas disease was
assumed to be absent from the U.S. and considered an exotic
disease, until the first two indigenous cases were discovered,
almost simultaneously, in Texas, 1955. Since that time four
indigenous cases have been documented in several places in the
country. Although the disease is still considered uncommon in the
US, this disease is not longer an exclusive Latin American
illness.
Physicians in the US are often unaware of the characteristics of
the diseases, and are likely overlooking locally acquired cases.
The influx of an estimated 300,000 Latin American immigrants with
the Chagas parasite means that there is an urgent need for
physicians and public health officials to become aware.
Helps to create greater awareness of Chagas disease in the USAHelps
to evaluate epidemiological and public health issuesFacilitates
accurate and necessary future public health interventions
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