Around 300,000 people, mostly of immigrant background, already live with Chagas disease in the U.S.,
although awareness of the disease is still rudimentary among the public and physicians.
Not exact matches
Consider: the arsenal
of effective (and less risky) HIV medicines has ballooned, the stigma associated with the
disease has declined (
although, as activists note, much work remains to be done on that front), and
awareness campaigns centered on HIV / AIDS have gone from what was a fringe movement just 30 years ago to a cause championed by top public figures and companies around the world.
Although the
disease was known from other parts
of California, he felt that the discovery warranted a collecting trip to the telescope to establish a causal relationship between the microbe and the
disease and to raise
awareness of the illness.
Although the concept
of judicious use
of antibiotics has been clearly defined3 and recommendations for antimicrobial use in certain companion animal
disease situations have been developed, 4,5 there remain opportunities to promote better
awareness of and alignment with these guidelines.6