- Trypamosoma cruzi
- Chagas' disease Chagas' disease n. [Carlos Chagas, a physician
in Brazil, 1879-1934]
a form of trypanosomiasis caused by infection with
{Trypamosoma cruzi}, found principally in South America. It
is transmitted by certain species of reduviid bugs, and has
natural reservoirs in dogs, armadillos, rodents and other
domestic and wild mammals. --Stedman's Med. Dict.,
--Dorland's Illustr. Med. Dict.
Syn: South Amercian trypanosomiasis, Chagas-Cruz disease. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
