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Researchers See Rise in Chagas Disease
By: Robert Price
It's a deadly disease long associated with Latin America, but local researchers are now seeing a spike in cases right here in south Texas...
...For the past year, Troy Luepke has been setting up traps on public land like military bases and state parks, looking for mammals that may have been infected.
"Wood rats and rabbits to raccoons, feral hogs and white tail deer."
The results from those traps may surprise you.
"60 to 80 percent of the animals we sampled have been infected," says Dr. Lopez.
Lopez says they're still in the very early stages of research...
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Researchers See Rise in Chagas Disease
By: Robert Price
It's a deadly disease long associated with Latin America, but local researchers are now seeing a spike in cases right here in south Texas...
...For the past year, Troy Luepke has been setting up traps on public land like military bases and state parks, looking for mammals that may have been infected.
"Wood rats and rabbits to raccoons, feral hogs and white tail deer."
The results from those traps may surprise you.
"60 to 80 percent of the animals we sampled have been infected," says Dr. Lopez.
Lopez says they're still in the very early stages of research...