Chagas disease, a parasitic illness, is the new AIDS of the Americas, say experts

…hrough blood transfusions or, less commonly, from mother to child. All blood banks in the U.S. and Latin America screen for traces of the disease. Most blood banks in the U.S began screening for it in 2007. Chagas disease is usually transmitted from the bite of blood-sucking insects that release a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi into the person’s bloodstream. Chagas disease, a little-know…




































