These findings provide deep insights into the
stage of the parasite lifecycle that is responsible for causing
severe illness, and could explain how the parasites are able to stay in the human body for so long.
Critical
illness (ANICO has one
of the most generous lists): heart attack, stroke, invasive cancer, end
stage renal failure, major organ transplant, ALS, blindness, paralysis, arterial aneurysms, central nervous system tumors, major multi-system trauma, AIDS,
severe disease
of major organ,
severe central nervous system disease, major burns, loss
of limbs