Trypanosomiasis -- Brazil
Large volumes of pooling water from the Amazon River set in motion a chain of events that led to the deaths of 223 horses in Brazil in 2011 and 2012, a study suggests.
The plentiful water from the Amazon during the rainy season on the eastern part of Maraja Island pooled in the fields which, together with hot and humid conditions, created conditions favorable to the rise of blood-sucking insects.
These insects acted as a vector to transmit _Trypanosoma evansi_, a dangerous protozoan, to
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