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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e
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Chapter 213. Chagas' Disease and Trypanosomiasis
Sections: Chagas' Disease and Trypanosomiasis: Introduction, Chagas' Disease, Sleeping Sickness, Further Readings.
Topics Discussed: chagas disease; parasitic diseases; parasitology; trypanosomiasis.
Excerpt:"Although the genus Trypanosoma contains many species of protozoans, only T. cruzi, T. brucei gambiense, and T. brucei rhodesiense cause disease in humans. T. cruzi is the etiologic agent of Chagas' disease in the Americas; T. b. gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense cause African trypanosomiasis...."
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