American Trypanomiasis

• American Trypanosomiasis 


  SYNONYMS:

  • Chagas Disease

  INITIAL SYMPTOM:

  • Chagoma (Erythematous nodule) is a swelling tumor

  IF INOCULATION THROUGH OCULAR MUCOSA:

  • Romañas Sign (conjunctivitis and unilateral edema of the eyelids)
• American Trypanosomiasis 


  = Disease may develop enlargement of the heart and/or colon

  = T. cruzi is the main causative agent.