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11-07-2007, 10:22 AM #1
Latin American scourge turning up in U.S. immigrants
Latin American scourge turning up in U.S. immigrants
In L.A., nation’s first clinic opens to treat deadly insect-borne Chagas disease
Mary Engel
A Los Angeles County hospital has opened the first clinic in the country devoted to studying and treating Chagas disease, a deadly parasitic illness that has long been the leading cause of heart failure in Latin America and is now being seen in immigrant communities in the United States.
Unless Chagas is treated early, little can be done to halt its advance. Yet because 10 to 20 years can pass before heart or gastrointestinal complications develop, many people don’t realize they’re infected with what has been called a silent killer.
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11-07-2007, 10:23 AM #2
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