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The Red Cross tests donated blood for a range of diseases, including Chagas, which is caused by a parasite and can develop silently for decades before causing symptoms. The test detected Chagas in her ...

Chagas disease was first recognized in the modern era by Brazilian doctor Carlos Chagas in 1909. But the disease has been around for 9,000 years. Chagas parasites have been found in the remains of ...

As many as seven million people around the world have Chagas disease, a dreadful parasitic illness that often remains undetected for decades before causing severe symptoms and even sudden death.

What is Chagas disease? Chagas disease has an acute phase and a chronic phase, said Bast. The acute phase occurs immediately after infection and can last 8–10 weeks.

(They used a membrane contaminated with MRSA to stand in for human skin.) Research from 2014 showed that bedbugs were capable of spreading to mice the pathogen that causes Chagas disease.

For prevention, A&M Graduate Student Ilana Mosely recommended monitoring any bug bites, good handwashing, and avoiding touching your face after spending time outside. People living in high-risk areas ...