What is the estimated number of people infected with the Chagas disease in non-endemic countries?
Patient numbers are growing in non-endemic and developed countries due to increased population movements. In 2007, approximately 14 million people from Chagas disease endemic countries were living in non-endemic countries. A 2006 study estimated that between 96,631 and 700,712 people may be infected in Australia, Canada, Spain and the United States alone.