In Origin of Species, Charles Darwin states that he and his fellow shipmates often played a game with the assassin bug, or reduvius, in which several of them would tempt the bug by putting their hands in front of one and seeing which of the sailors would be bitten. Darwin suffered with breathlessness later in life. Some medical historians think his breathlessness might have been the result of heart failure. Which of the following parasitic diseases-responsible for heart failure-might Darwin have caught from a bite delivered by reduvius?

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A popular website (www.darwinawards.com) honors "those who improve the species by eliminating themselves from it." Tempting an assassin bug to bite you, a form of "Russian roulette," might have earned a Darwin Award for Charles Darwin himself, if such an award were offered when he was still alive. The assassin bug is a vector for

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