Chagas Disease: A 2014 World Cup Yellow Card
May 22, 2014 | Peter J. Hotez

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Peter J. Hotez
Fellow in Disease and PovertyAs the most expensive World Cup ever is set to begin in Brazil, Peter Hotez, fellow in disease and poverty, writes that a "yellow card" warning must be raised about one of Latin America's most serious public health threats: Chagas disease. Today, three-quarters of the world's Chagas disease patients live in the nine Latin American countries that will be represented in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
By Peter Hotez and Bernard Pécoul
Read the full blog in the May 22, 2014, edition of Huffington Post.