The discovery of Chagas disease (1908-1909): great successes and certain misunderstandings and challenges

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The discovery of Chagas disease is one of the most important and resounding successes in the history of parasitic biology and human parasitic pathology. For the first time, a single researcher discovered a new parasite, its vector, experimental animals susceptible to being infected by the parasite, the acute and chronic disease caused by that parasite, and the domestic and wild cycle of the disease 1,2 .

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