Cart is empty Chagas disease affects approximately 6 million people only in Latin America and is one of the leading causes of death in this region. This infectious disease, also called American trypanosomiasis, is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). However, despite being in contact with the parasite, Amazonian populations hardly suffer from Chagas infection. A new study aimed to find out why.
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