Chagas' disease

American  

[shah-guhs] / ˈʃɑ gəs /

noun

Pathology.

1. an infectious disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, occurring chiefly in tropical America and characterized by irregular fever, palpable lymph nodes, and often heart damage.

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Chagas' disease British  

/ ˈʃɑːɡəs /

noun

1. Also called: American trypanosomiasis.   South American trypanosomiasis.  a form of trypanosomiasis found in South America, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, characterized by fever and, often, inflammation of the heart muscles Compare sleeping sickness

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Etymology

Origin of Chagas' disease

1910–15; named after C. Chagas (1879–1934), Brazilian physician, its describer

Example Sentences

Guinea pigs may have contributed a trypanosome infection like Chagas’ disease or leishmaniasis to our catalog of woes, but that’s uncertain.

From Literature

Other critical research uncovered the mirror-image DNA among the parasite that causes Chagas’ disease, which can cause irreversible damage to the heart and digestive organs if left untreated.

From Washington Post

Pinotti's goal: 2,500,000 dung-cured homes, the end of Chagas' disease within a generation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Trypanosomiasis, or Chagas' disease, caused by a parasite spread by ticks, bed bugs, pig flies.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1937 Dr. Grigori Roskin of Moscow University casually picked up an article on South America's fatal Chagas' disease, a protozoan infection spread chiefly by an acorn-sized insect, the triatoma.

From Time Magazine Archive