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The Kiss of Death
Chagas' Disease in the Americas
Joseph William Bastien
THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PRESS
SALT LAKE CITY

title:The Kiss of Death : Chaga's Disease in the Americas
author:Bastien, Joseph William.
publisher:University of Utah Press
isbn10 | asin:0874805597
print isbn13:9780874805598
ebook isbn13:9780585106977
language:English
subjectChagas' disease--Bolivia--Epidemiology, Chagas' disease--Latin America--Epidemiology, Chagas' disease--Social aspects--Bolivia, Chagas' disease--Social aspects--Latin America, Chagas' disease--Bolivia--Prevention, Chagas' disease--Latin America--Preventio
publication date:1998
lcc:RA644.C26B37 1998eb
ddc:614.5/33
subject:Chagas' disease--Bolivia--Epidemiology, Chagas' disease--Latin America--Epidemiology, Chagas' disease--Social aspects--Bolivia, Chagas' disease--Social aspects--Latin America, Chagas' disease--Bolivia--Prevention, Chagas' disease--Latin America--Preventio
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1998 by The University of Utah Press
All rights reserved
Printed on acid-free paper
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Bastien, Joseph William, 1935
The kiss of death: Chagas' disease in the Americas / Joseph
William Bastien.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87480-559-7 (alk. paper)
1. Chagas' diseaseBoliviaEpidemiology. 2. Chagas'
diseaseLatin AmericaEpidemiology. 3. Chagas' dis
easeSocial aspectsBolivia. 4. Chagas' diseaseSocial
aspectsLatin America. 5. Chagas' diseaseBolivia
Prevention. 6. Chagas' diseaseLatin AmericaPreven
tion. 7. Housing and healthBolivia. 8. Housing and
healthLatin America. 9. Public health surveillance
Bolivia. 10. Public health surveillanceLatin America.
I. Title.
RA644.C26B37 1998
614.5'33dc21 98-18279
Page v
For my father
WILLIAM JOSEPH BASTIEN
1887-1964
who spent the twilight of his life crippled in bed with a chronic disease that is now curable.
He and those with Chagas' disease are the inspiration of this book.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xiii
Chapters
1. Discovering Chagas' Disease
1
2. Early Andean Disease
19
3. Jampiris and Yachajs: Andean Ethnomedicine
30
4. The Crawling Epidemic: Epidemiology
46
5. Clico Miserere: Enlarged colon
65
6. Bertha: Mal de Corazon
78
7. Culture and Political Economy of Homes
88
8. Pachamama Snatched Her: Getting Involved
107
9. Sharing Ideas
124
10. Culture Context Model for Chagas' Control
134
Oscar Velasco, Coauthor
11. Solutions
146
Appendices
1. Trypanosoma cruzi
159
2. Strains of T. cruzi
163
3. Immunization against T. cruzi
166

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4. Triatoma infestans
173
5. House Infestation in Bolivia
179
6. House Infestation in Latin America
184
7. Vector species of T. cruzi in the Americas
186
8. Hosts for T. cruzi
194
9. Acute Chagas' Disease
196
10. Chronic Heart Disease
203
11. Immune ResponseGeorge Stewart, coauthor
205
12. Diagnostic Tests
217
13. Chemotherapy
220
14. Baseline Studies in Chuquisaca
226
Notes
228
Glossary
238
Abbreviations
251
References
253
Index
289

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