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<\/a>Carlos Chagas (1879 \u2013 1934), was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist and bacteriologist. He discovered Chagas disease in 1909, while working at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p><\/div>\n
On April 15, 1909, Carlos Chagas (1878-1934), a young researcher at Instituto Oswaldo Cruz announced to the scientific world the discovery of a new tropical disease caused by the protozoan\u00a0Trypanosoma cruzi<\/i>\u00a0(also described by him in 1908) and transmitted by a hematophagous bug, known in English as “barber bug”,\u00a0 that proliferated in the mud walls of typical houses in rural areas.<\/p>\n
The discovery of Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas disease (1908-1909): tropical medicine in Brazil<\/a>\u00a0(HCSM\u00a0vol.16\u00a0\u00a0supl.1 July\u00a02009<\/a>)\u00a0analyzes the discovery of\u00a0the disease with a special focus on the scientific and social context in which this occurred.<\/p>\n Simone Petraglia Kropf and Magali Romero S\u00e1, researchers at Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) also discuss the relevance of Brazilian tropical medicine to\u00a0the international debate.<\/p>\n Man with Chagas disease. Photo: J. Pinto. Fiocruz Archives \/ Brasiliana Fotogr\u00e1fica Digital.<\/p><\/div>\n The discovery of Chagas disease became a decisive aspect in the scientific project that Oswaldo Cruz sought to establish at the institute that bears his name. It was\u00a0known as a symbol of Brazil’s scientific ability to produce knowledge in line with the international scientific agenda, while simultaneously being attuned to the specific problems of the country.<\/p>\n Read in Manguinhos:<\/p>\n Zabala, Juan Pablo.\u00a0Historia de la enfermedad de Chagas en Argentina:\u00a0evoluci\u00f3n conceptual, institucional y pol\u00edtica<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Jul 2009, vol.16, suppl.1, p.57-74. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Gachelin, Gabriel and Opinel, Annick.\u00a0The reception by French physicians of Chagas\u2019 discovery of\u00a0Trypanosoma cruzi<\/i>and American trypanosomiasis (1909-1925)<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i><\/p>\n Lima, N\u00edsia Trindade\u00a0\u00a0and \u00a0Botelho, Andr\u00e9.\u00a0Malaria as a disease and as a cultural perspective in Carlos Chagas\u2019 and M\u00e1rio de Andrade\u2019s travels to the Amazon<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>\u00a0[online]. 2013, vol.20, n.3, pp. 745-763. ISSN 0104-5970.<\/p>\n REZENDE, Joffre M. de.\u00a0The scientific journey taken by Neiva and Penna:\u00a0a blueprint for studies of diseases from the Brazilian hinterland<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>\u00a0[online]. 2009, vol.16, suppl.1, pp. 265-288. ISSN 0104-5970.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Chagas-brasiliana-post-2.jpg\")
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