Spread by the 'kissing bug,' the disease can cause heart failure and cardiac arrest.
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>Chagas disease, a potentially deadly condition transmitted by an insect known as the “kissing bug,” is now endemic in the United States, according to a September report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The disease is already considered endemic in Latin America, where an estimated 8 million people are infected but most don’t know it, the CDC says. Researchers contend that recognizing Chagas disease as endemic here will support more effective education about the condition in medical schools and better prepare physicians to identify it.
Experts estimate about 45,000 people in Los Angeles County are infected — among more than 300,000 in the United States — and fewer than 2% of them know they carry the parasite transmitted by the “kissing bug.”
**Spread by the 'kissing bug,' the disease can cause heart failure and cardiac arrest.**
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>>Chagas disease, a potentially deadly condition transmitted by an insect known as the “kissing bug,” is now endemic in the United States, according to a September report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The disease is already considered endemic in Latin America, where an estimated 8 million people are infected but most don’t know it, the CDC says. Researchers contend that recognizing Chagas disease as endemic here will support more effective education about the condition in medical schools and better prepare physicians to identify it.
Experts estimate about 45,000 people in Los Angeles County are infected — among more than 300,000 in the United States — and fewer than 2% of them know they carry the parasite transmitted by the “kissing bug.”
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