Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/brazil-...a-state-46007/


Brazil: Two Chagas disease outbreaks reported in Par? state
by News Desk
August 21, 2018

According to a G1 Globo.com report (computer translated), two acute outbreaks of Chagas disease in the municipality of Acar?, in the northeast of Par?. In all, there are 18 cases of disease, and one person died.

According to Evandro Chagas Institute, the victims are 11 from one family and seven from another family, who live nearby. An 88-year-old man died. In the death certificate, Chagas? disease is one of the causes of death. Another 99-year-old man is hospitalized in a private hospital in Bel?m. Other victims are being treated at home...