Chagas' disease has only recently been recognised as the most serious parasitic disease of the Americas; their social & economic impacts outweigh the combined effects of other parasitic diseases such as Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Leishmaniasis [5]. In 1991 a program, known as the "Southern Cone Initiative", was created and it is the organisation currently responsible for eliminating transmission of the parasite responsible for transmission. Figure 1 shows which are the Southern Cone Countries, and gives us a clue to how widespread the disease is. [2] & [3]

Carlos Chagas, who discovered the disease in 1909, knew that;

1. People living in poor housing conditions

Most cases of transmission of Chagas' disease via an organ transplant has occurred with kidney transplants. Other cases recorded include heart, pancreas and bone marrow transplant. This mode of transmission not only accounts for a small of % infected by Chagas' every year, but can be eradicated completely using simple pre-surgery serology tests of both recipient and donor. A good idea would be testing for the same other diseases as suggested they test for in controlling transfusional transmission. If infection does occur, one can treat patients as non-acute patients.

Via an organ transplant Kidney <1% 4

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