The discovery of Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas disease(1908-1909): tropical medicine in Brazil

This article analyzes the discovery ofChagas disease and the parasite thatcauses it (Trypanosoma cruzi) by CarlosChagas in 1908/1909, with a specialfocus on the scientific and socialcontext in which this occurred. Itsinclusion in the international debateon European tropical medicine –especially with...

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Published in:História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos
Main Authors: Simone Petraglia Kropf, Magali Romero Sá
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2009
Subjects:
Historia
Brazil
Germany
Chagas disease
Trypanosomacruzi
tropical medicine
Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=386138047002
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