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Chagas disease has been an issue in the western countries and has been largely denied the
publicity it needs. Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a tropical
parasitic disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, also known as a kissing
bug. In the article, Continuing evidence of Chagas disease along the Texas-Mexico border, the
arising problem has led to the need of educating those living in this area (Nolan MS, Continuing
evidence of Chagas disease along the Texas-Mexico border). To have publicity and teach about
preventative care and the signs of chagas disease to those that live in this area is detrimental to
improve the health and well-being of the public. Teaching about the symptoms you can catch
chagas disease early by getting blood tests done this would improve the chances of the treatment
working early on(Nolan MS, Continuing evidence of Chagas disease along the Texas-Mexico
border).
Right now, chagas disease is trending and becoming more of an issue due to current time
issues. Due to an increase on immigrants movement towards the US there are more cases of
chagas disease being diagnosed along the border (Agudelo Higuita , Chagas disease and
domestic medical screening guidance for newly arrived individuals under a humanitarian-based
immigration status: A call for action). Those who are coming from South America and Central
America are traveling through common environments of the chagas bug and or eating
contaminated food that contains the parasite. (Agudelo Higuita , Chagas disease and domestic
medical screening guidance for newly arrived individuals under a humanitarian-based
immigration status: A call for action)
Another factor is increasing cases of chagas happens to be climate change I have stayed
in the frontiers article; climate change could possibly enhance and speed up the transmission of
the parasite (Esteve-Gassent, Pathogenic Landscape of Transboundary Zoonotic Diseases in the
Mexico-US Border Along the Rio Grande). Not only that but those that live along the border
tend to live in poor conditions and because of improper data and knowledge on the chagas bug
action has not been taken to combat the issue. Right now, studies are being done to better
understand how to deal with the crisis at hand.
The correlation between all three articles is the fact that chagas is becoming more and
more of an issue. There is not enough publicity being done to educate the public about the
importance of recognizing these symptoms of chagas disease an understanding they should see a
specialist immediately. The Texas Mexico border is currently experiencing a crisis of pinpointing
chagas data with the public unwillingly wanting to help. It is also difficult to help in low-income
areas that don't see this as a priority or are unaware of what's happened.
Works Cited
Agudelo Higuita, N. I., Franco-Paredes, C., Henao-Martínez, A. F., Beatty, N. L., Manne-
Goehler, J., & Forsyth, C. J. (2022). Chagas Disease and Domestic Medical Screening
Guidance for Newly Arrived Individuals Under a Humanitarian-Based Immigration
Status: A Call for Action.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
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(5), 960–963. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0309
Esteve-Gassent, M. D., Pérez de León, A. A., Romero-Salas, D., Feria-Arroyo, T. P., Patino, R.,
Castro-Arellano, I., Gordillo-Pérez, G., Auclair, A., Goolsby, J., Rodriguez-Vivas, R. I.,
& Estrada-Franco, J. G. (2014). Pathogenic Landscape of Transboundary Zoonotic
Diseases in the Mexico-US Border Along the Rio Grande.
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Nolan MS, Aguilar D, Brown EL, GunterSM, Ronca SE, Hanis CL, et al. (2018) Continuing
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