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What are the chances of a person living in the u.s. getting chagas disease?
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Small: Higher if you live in a rual area close to medican border, where the hygiene and sewage system are lacking.
Answered 5/27/2016
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Estimates below.: “an estimate of the burden of chagas disease in the United States” by c. Bern & s. Montgomery (div. Parasitic diseases, national center for zoonotic, vector-borne & enteric diseases, centers for disease control & prevention) estimated “300, 167 individuals with trypanosoma cruzi infection live in the United States, with 30, 000–45, 000 cardiomyopathy cases & 63–315 congenital infections annually.".
Answered 6/5/2014
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