Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is caused by infection with protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The infection is transmitted by hematophagous reduviid insect vectors through fecal contamination. The majority of infected individuals live in Latin American countries. Chagas disease is characterized by an acute phase followed by a chronic phase, with sustained inflammation that causes cardiomyopathy, digestive disorders, and neuropathies.
Category
Parasitic infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Nonintestinal protozoal diseases
1F53 Chagas disease
H00358 Chagas disease
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Parasitic infections (protists)
Infections caused by Euglenozoa
H00358 Chagas disease
