In Brazil, to date, Chagas disease (Chd) is still a major public health problem and a frequent cause of chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC) and stroke. It is still the leading cause of DALYs — disability-adjusted life-years (in 2016, of 141,640), a measure of health loss due to fatal and non-fatal disease burden. Chd is strongly associated with Chagas association-embolic strokes (CAS) with an incidence ranging from 0.56 to 2.67 per 100 person/year. , It is closely related to the presence […]