Historical Person

Berenice

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📍 Brazil

Berenice

Gender: Female

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Carlos Chagas identifies a human case of a new disease

📅 14 April 1909

In Lassance, he found the parasite now called Trypanosoma cruzi in the blood of two-year-old Berenice.

Berenice enters the history of tropical medicine

📅 14 April 1909

The young patient was the first documented human case of the disease later named after Chagas.

A Brazilian investigation links parasite and illness

📅 14 April 1909

Chagas connected a parasitic organism, an insect vector and a human case in his research.

A medical discovery takes place in Minas Gerais

📅 14 April 1909

The 14 April diagnosis preceded later research into the diverse long-term effects of Chagas disease.