01532nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001260004000042653001600082653001400098653001800112100001100130700001200141245006600153856006700219300001400286490000700300520101600307022001501323       2015                            d  bThe Juntendo Medical SocietyaJapan10aTransfusion10aMigration10aInsect vector1 aNARA T1 aMIURA S00aCurrent situation of Chagas disease in non-endemic countries.  uhttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jmj/61/4/61_389/_article   a389 - 3950 v613 a<p>Editor's Abstract:</p>

<p>Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is caused by the parasitic protist <em>Trypanosoma cruzi</em>. 10 million people are estimated to live with this disease. Chagas disease is endemic to the Americas, which corresponds to the distribution of the insect vectors, blood-sucking triatomine bugs. The presence of many mammalian species as reservoir hosts and the occurrence of a long asymptomatic phase of infection that may last more than 10 years make control difficult. In the United States, domestic transmissions from triatomines to humans are rarely reported, but it is estimated that there are 300,000 people living with Chagas disease among Latin American immigrants. Patients with Chagas disease are also found outside the Americas, as well as in Japan, via international migration. Thus, there is a growing need to understand the current situation in non-endemic countries in terms of establishing better preparedness against the incursion of Chagas disease.</p>
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