These bugs come out at nighttime, and attacking victims, they silently kill or leave them with a lifelong infection | September 13, 2024
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As a young child Emiliana RodrĂguez recalls watching friends play a nighttime game of soccer, where one of the players suddenly dropped dead on the field. Not knowing what had happened, the Bolivian-born RodrĂguez grew fearful of the night, afraid of the silent killer called Chagas, the “monster” she was told only comes out at night.
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Chagas is a different kind of monster, a “silent and silenced disease,” transmitted by nocturnal bugs that infect up to 8 million people each year, and RodrĂguez’ friend was one of 12,000 people killed each year.