Chagas disease
human disease
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Summary
Chagas disease is an infectious disease[1]. It draws 8,783 Wikipedia views per month (infectious disease category, ranking #40 of 279).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Named after: Carlos Chagas[4]
- Subclass of: trypanosomiasis[5], endemic disease[6], disease[7]
- Commons category: Chagas disease[8]
- Symptoms and signs: chagoma[9], Romana's sign[10], cardiomyopathy[11], myocarditis[12], hepatomegaly[13], splenomegaly[14], megacolon[15], diarrhea[16], fever[17], vomiting[18]
- Has cause: Trypanosoma cruzi[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chagas disease[20]
- Medical examination: physical examination[21], optical microscope[22]
- Disease transmission process: insect borne transmission[23]
- Number of deaths: 8000[24]
- ICD-9-CM: 086.2[25]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C84629[26]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[27], parasitology[28]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: benznidazole[29], nifurtimox[30]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12140[31], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:12140[32], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_3386[33]
- Maximal incubation period in humans: 14 day[34]
- Minimal incubation period in humans: 5 day[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[36]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Chagas disease include World Chagas Disease Day[37], a world day[38], founded in 2020[39].
Why It Matters
Chagas disease has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for it include World Chagas Disease Day[37], a world day[38], founded in 2020[39].