| possible oral transmission of acute chagas' disease in brazil. | in october 1986, 7 to 22 days after a meeting at a farm in paraíba state, 26 individuals presented with a febrile illness associated with bilateral eyelid and lower limb edema, mild hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy and, occasionally a skin rash. a 11-year-old boy exhibited atrial premature complexes and a 74-year-old patient developed acute heart failure. in two patients hospitalized in são paulo city, acute chagas' disease was diagnosed by the demonstration of circulating trypanosoma cruzi. ... | 1991 | 1844961 |