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  • And one of the things we're interested in now is a disease called "chagas" which is kills 50,000 Latin Americans every year, and it's starting to kill Americans.

    CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2002 2002

  • There's plague yes, bubonic plague, i.e. the Black Death; chagas disease, which can cause life-threatening heart and digestive system disorders; and cat-scratch disease, which can also come from being licked by infected cats.

    Sleeping next to pets could be harmful, study says 2011

  • There's plague yes, bubonic plague, i.e. the Black Death; chagas disease, which can cause life-threatening heart and digestive system disorders; and cat-scratch disease, which can also come from being licked by infected cats.

    Sleeping next to pets could be harmful, study says 2011

  • The findings could also lead to a better understanding of diseases affecting humans, such as malaria, chagas disease and sleeping sickness.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • Vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, schistosomiasis, and chagas disease, could expand their ranges as temperature and rainfall patterns change.

    Environmental change and socioeconomic factors in Africa 2008

  • The chagas bug is not a likelihood if she is living in a modern dwelling, but if it is an adobe house or one with a dirt floor, it could be.

    insect bites? help 2004

  • There is a whole litany of possibilities, some serious, some not: fleas, chagas bugs, or our old friend, the bed bug.

    insect bites? help 2004

  • Old adobe structures often harbor the chagas bug, which can cause Chagas disease, something you really don't want to have.

    looking for adobe 2004

  • Old adobe structures often harbor the chagas bug, which can cause Chagas disease, something you really don't want to have.

    looking for adobe 2004

  • Old adobe structures often harbor the chagas bug, which can cause Chagas disease, something you really don't want to have.

    looking for adobe 2004

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