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Chagasova choroba
Record number d014355 Date 06.06.2025 Type M - MESH Topical term Chagasova choroba Other term English (Pseudonym) Trypanosomiasis, South American
Slovak (Pseudonym) trypanozomiáza americká
Slovak (Pseudonym) trypanozomiáza juhoamerická
UDC C01.610.752.300.900.200C01.920.625 Note Infection with the protozoan parasite TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI, a form of TRYPANOSOMIASIS endemic in Central and South America. It is named after the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, who discovered the parasite. Infection by the parasite (positive serologic result only) is distinguished from the clinical manifestations that develop years later, such as destruction of PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLIA; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; and dysfunction of the ESOPHAGUS or COLON. subject heading
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