America'S hidden epidemic

• Autores: Debora MacKenzie
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2947, 2013, págs. 8-9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • An estimated 330,000 US citizens, and possibly as many as a million, carry the parasite that causes Chagas disease. It is a chronic, silent infection that leads to lethal heart or gut damage in 40% of cases. It is the most common parasitic disease in the Americas, and it can be treated--if the doctor is aware of it. Most US doctors aren't. Here, MacKenzie discusses tropical diseases millions of the US citizens have that most doctors have barely heard of.