Abstract
Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, was described by Carlos Ribeiro Justiniano das Chagas in 1909 in Lassance, MG. It is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and is transmited to humans by hemipterans insects commonly known as "kissing bugs" which are the most important genera is Panstrongylus, Rhodinus and Triatoma. This zoonosis affects 10 milion people mainly i…