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Darwin's illness.

D Adler
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Abstract

Darwin's chronic ill health began after 1838. By his own account he had been exposed to Triatoma infestans, a vector of Chagas' disease, and his symptoms were compatible with Chagas' disease. The case for rejecting a diagnosis of Chagas' disease is reviewed; however, the weight of evidence favors this diagnosis, as originally suggested by Saul Adler.

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D Adler. 1989. Darwin's illness.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2496051/

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