04 July 2015

Harvard ProMed & Proc Biol.Sci.2015 Jul 7;282 LEVY MZ et al.Trypanosoma cruzi and Guinea Pigs.

Smoked Guinea pigs eaten in S. America.. Guinea pigs are reservoirs of T.cruzi.. Infect Triatome insects which deposit T.cruzi in faeces after feeding. 

7 million affected with Chagas disease.Causes  cardiomegaly and heart block. Also mega-oesophagus and mega-colom.

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