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Index

A

Accumulation index, for T. infestans in houses, 180

Acquired resistance, to Chagas’ disease, 207-10

Acute Chagas’ disease:

acquired resistance to, 207-10;

pathology of, 196-202

Adaptation:

Aymara and Quechua cultures and environmental, 142-43;

of T. cruzi in Andes and Bolivia, 20, 52-58;

of T. infestans in Bolivia, 52-58, 191

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and T. infestans, 173

Adobe, mechanical compaction of, 121, 235 n. 1-16

Agriculture, and prevention of Chagas’ disease, 148-49. See also Livestock

AIDS:

herbal medicine and, xvii;

meningoencephalitis and T. cruzi infection, 229 n.1;

similarities between Chagas’ disease and, xv, 87;

T-cells and Chagas’ disease, 210. See also HIV

Albo, Xavier, 104, 147

Alcazar, Jose Luis, 229n.6

Allergies, to T. infestans, 56

Allison, M. J., 19

Allopurinol, 223

Alpha-2-macroglobulin (A₂M), 201