Carlos Chagas
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Bust of the Brazilian physician. Part of nine busts in the Museu de Microbiologia in Sao Paulo.
Waymark Code: WM1APQ
Location: Brazil
Date Posted: 03/17/2007
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Chagas was a Brazilian physician. He discovered Chagas disease, also called American trypanosomiasis in 1909, while working at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro. Chagas’ work is unique in the history of medicine, because he was the only researcher so far to describe completely a new infectious disease: its pathogen, vector (Triatominae), host, clinical manifestations and epidemiology.
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