CHAGAS DISEASE

Can chaga disease be the new HIV/aids of  the united states?

   Chagas disease is a tropical illness that is transmitted by biting insects this may pose a  unseen threat to poor populations in the Americas and Europe.Chagas disease is called the new HIV/aid because there is no possible cure for desiese.While HIV/AIDS attacks the body's immune system, Chagas afflicts the heart and digestive organs Chagas disease can include inflammation of the heart, esophagus and colon, as well as irregular heartbeat and heart failure. According to The New York Times, one quarter of people that contract Chagas disease eventually develop enlarged organs that can potentially burst, causing sudden death. The disease already afflicts about 10 million people in Central and South America, and researchers are concerned that the disease could spread to the United States.

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FUN FACT!!!!!!!!!!!

SCIENTISTS SAID THAT CHAGA'S DISEASE MOST LIKELY IS WHAT KILLED CHARLES DARWIN ON IS VOYAGE.

BY SHAVORN COOPER.