Remergence of Chagas Disease in Argentina

A university professor and researcher at the CONICET alerted to the presence of vinchucas contaminated with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes the Chagas-Mazza in different parts of the Central Valley of Catamarca and the provincial capital.

The architect Marta Vigo noted that “Chagas had been quite controlled, but there is a resurgence because people have dropped their guard.”

“The kissing bug like a vector, has its habitat throughout the Northwest, so it is not difficult to find in homes and buildings, but it kills them without carrying them analyze what they deserve,” said the professional, takes forty years researching the problem of housing conditions in the province. Read Article