The Triatomas, close relatives of the assassin bugs, spread the trypanosome of Chagas' disease, a serious affliction of man in South America (Scientific American).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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
Chagas disease — Cha·gas disease (chahґgəs) [Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro das Chagas, Brazilian physician, 1879–1934] see under disease … Medical dictionary
Chagas'disease — Cha·gas disease (shäʹgəs) n. A South American form of trypanosomiasis caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi that is characterized by fever and enlargement of the spleen and lymph nodes. [After Carlos Chagas (1879 1934), Brazilian… … Universalium
Chagasia — Cha·gas·ia (chə gāsґe ə) [C.J.R. das Chagas] a genus of mosquitoes of the tribe Anophelini, subfamily Anophelinae, native to Central and South America; they are sometimes vectors of disease … Medical dictionary
chagasic — cha·gas·ic (chə gāsґik) pertaining to or due to Chagas disease … Medical dictionary
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