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Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas ( Portuguese: [ˈkaʁluz ʒustʃĩniˈɐ̃nu ʁiˈbejɾu ˈʃaɡɐs]; July 9, 1879 – November 8, 1934), was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and microbiologist who worked as a clinician and researcher.
Apr 4, 2024 · Chagas disease is named after Carlos Chagas, a Brazilian physician and researcher who on 14 April 1909 diagnosed the disease in a person for the first time. Today, 14 April marks World Chagas Disease Day. Distribution. Chagas disease was once entirely confined to continental rural areas of the Americas.
May 16, 2022 · The 1909 discovery of American trypanosomiasis by physician and researcher Carlos Chagas, of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/IOC), was a milestone in the history and memory of Brazilian science and has become an internationally recognised emblem of a successful research tradition. In 2020, as the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation ...
Jul 2, 2019 · Discovery of Chagas Disease. CD was named in honor of its discoverer, Carlos Ribeiro Justiniano Chagas , who was born on a coffee farm at Oliveira, Minas Gerais state, in Brazil, on July 9th, 1878 . Chagas graduated in Medicine in 1903 and was invited by Oswaldo Cruz to work as a physician at the Ministry of Public Health and Hygiene in Brazil ...
Parasites - American Trypanosomiasis (also known as Chagas Disease) Chagas disease is named after the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, who discovered the disease in 1909. It is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted to animals and people by insect vectors and is found only in the Americas (mainly, in rural areas of ...
Jun 23, 2010 · The Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas identified T. cruzi as the causative agent of the disease in 1909, and later determined its clinical manifestations, epidemiology and entire life cycle in ...
May 21, 2011 · Carlos Chagas: science, health, and national debate in Brazil. “Health is the right of all and the duty of the State” reads article 196 of Brazil's 1988 Constitution, a document that reflected the country's enthusiasm over the achievement of redemocratisation after the military dictatorship (1964–85). Admittedly, transforming this ...
