Chagas Antibody Test

Chagas Antibody Test

Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an acute and chronic infection caused by the protozoan hemoflagellate, Trypanosoma cruzi is endemic in many areas of South and Central America. The parasite is usually transmitted by the bite of reduviid (or "kissing") bugs of the genus Triatoma but may also be transmitted by blood transfusion, organ transplantation, vertically from mother to fetus, and food ingestion.