Can the ingestion of contaminated (poultry, etc) infect the human being?
It is a accidental mechanism that can happen when the food has contact with the feces of an infected vinchuca. It is not very frequent, hence, not very important epidemiologically. Source of Information La Infección Federacion Argentina de Cardiologia Foro de Educación Continua en Cardiologia http://www.fac.org.ar/fec/chagas/fatala/infec.htm La Enfermedad de Chagas Federacion Argentina de Cardiologia Foro de Educación Continua en Cardiologia http://www.fac.org.ar/fec/chagas/fatala/enferm.htm More Information The Chagas Disease Historical Review Dr. Carlos Justiniano Riveiro Chagas (1879-1934) Dr. Salvador Mazza (1886 -1946) Dr. Mario Fatala Chabn (1936-1962) Dr. Oswaldo Cruz (1872-1917) Medical Information Epidemiology Mortality Race, sex and age.