Chagas's disease

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• Chagas-Cruz disease — South American sleeping sickness …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

• Chagas-Cruz disease — n. form of trypanosomiasis occurring in tropical regions of Central and South America, potentially fatal bacterial infection transmitted by insect or animal bites (characterized by high fever and edema) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Chagas' disease — n. [Carlos Chagas, a physician in Brazil, 1879 1934] a form of trypanosomiasis caused by infection with {Trypamosoma cruzi}, found principally in South America. It is transmitted by certain species of reduviid bugs, and has natural reservoirs in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Chagas disease — Classification and external resources …   Wikipedia

• chagas' disease — (also Chagas s disease) n. a kind of sleeping sickness caused by a protozoan transmitted by blood sucking bugs. Etymology: C. Chagas, Braz. physician d. 1934 …   Useful english dictionary

• Chagas' disease — [shä′gəs] n. [after Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician who identified it (1909)] a type of trypanosomiasis, common in Central and South America, caused by a parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi) that is carried by reduviid insects, and characterized by… …   English World dictionary

• Chagas: Time to Treat campaign — The Chagas: Time to Treat Campaign is an international campaign started by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative to advocate for increased research and development of treatments for Chagas disease. Chagas is a potentially fatal neglected… …   Wikipedia

• Chagas: Campaña ¡Es la hora de tratar! — La campaña contra la enfermedad de Chagas: ¡Es la hora de tratar! es una campaña internacional lanzada por la Iniciativa Medicamentos para Enfermedades Olvidadas (DNDi) con el objeto de aumentar la investigación y desarrollo de tratamientos… …   Wikipedia Español

• Chagas-Krankheit — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 B57 Chagas Krankheit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Chagas' disease — Cha·gas disease shäg əs (əz ) n a tropical American disease that is caused by a protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma (T. cruzi) transmitted by reduviid bugs esp. of the genus Triatoma, that has an acute form primarily affecting children and marked… …   Medical dictionary