Chagas’ disease is one of the most prevalent, yet neglected, diseases in the Americas and an emerging disease in other locations throughout America and Europe. It has been compared to the early stages of the HIV/SIDA pandemic. Annual incidence varies from 28,000 to 56,000 individuals, with 10,000 to 14,000 annual deaths (Hotez et al. 2012), affecting 6-11 million individuals (Cucunubá et al. 2016), but with 65 to 100 million at risk (MINSAL 2014, 2016). In Chile, the endemic area is located between the Arica-Parinacota (18º30’S) and Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins (34º36’S) regions, where approximately 900,000 individuals remain at risk (MINSAL 2014)...
