The microbe attacks the myocardium and the nervous systems. Ninety percent of cases have a spontaneous remission. Ten percent of cases hospitalized die during the acute phase because of heart failure. Several antiprotozoan drugs such as aminoquinoline and nifurtimox are effective in treating Chagas. Chagas is a flagellated protozoan .
Protozoans are unicellular animals that are motile.
But in vertebrate hosts it forms a nonflagellate form called amastigote. V. A 22 year old college student, while studying abroad in Nigeria, noticed a red bump on her leg and decided to go and have it looked at. On her way to the clinic she was stricken with a headache and began to feel very drowsy. After a nap, the student decided to take a hot bath to relax. Upon getting out of the bathtub she noticed a rash had developed on her chest and abdomen area.