Article: Recent findings in Chagas disease immunology described by E. Castro and colleagues.

Researchers detail in 'Chagas' disease: lessons from routine donation testing,' new data in Chagas disease. According to recent research from Madrid, Spain, "American Trypanosomiasis, or Chagas' disease, is a parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. It is endemic in a large area of the American continent, extending from Mexico to Argentina."

"Imported Chagas' disease is now appearing as a new threat to non-endemic countries, mostly because of a steady increase of foreign residents from Latin America. Chagas' disease becomes chronic in the vast majority of infected individuals. This finding gives rise to problems for blood transfusion ...

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