Chagas Disease is Now Endemic in Parts of the US

Chagas disease has been called “the most neglected of the neglected diseases” and it’s been estimated to have affected anywhere from about 300,000 to as many as 1.7 billion people around the world. Globally, about 7 million people are infected every year, and the disease causes about 10,000 deaths annually.

Chagas is also known as American trypanosomiasis. The disease is usually caused by Trypanosomiasis cruzi, a parasitic protozoan species…