He was hired in 1962 by the Direction of Transmissive Diseases. In a modest 2-room laboratory, Fatala Chaben was in charge of the diagnosis techniques of the Chagas disease. During June, 1962 while he was working with the T. cruzi, he got the chagasic infection. In July 22, 1962 when he was 26, he died from an acute miocarditis provoked by the same parasite that he was trying to fight.

This happened after his graduation paradoxically, he was paid for the first time by his work being hospitalized at the Ramos Mejia Hospital, two days before his death. Later, the Chagas Institute of Diagnosis and Research, created in 1962 was named after him when Dr. Arturo H Illia was the president . Dr . Illia met Salvador Mazza when he was a student and working in the Railroad Hospital in Cruz del Eje.

Fuentes de Información

• La historia de Fatala Chabén
  Revista Vida y Salud. Año 4, N° 169 - Semana del 28 de Marzo al 3 de Abril de 2002.
  http://www.healthig.com/chagas/salud169p2.pdf

• Rodríguez Leirado, Pablo.
  El Mal de Chagas en Argentina y América Latina: Otro ladrillo para la cárcel de Cristal
  Revista Digital Sitio al Margen
  http://www.almargen.com.ar/sitio/seccion/actualidad/chagas/

More Information

• The Chagas Disease
• Historical Review
      • Dr. Carlos Justiniano Riveiro Chagas (1879-1934)
      • Dr. Salvador Mazza (1886 -1946)
      • Dr. Mario Fatala Chabén (1936-1962)
      • Dr. Oswaldo Cruz (1872-1917)
• Medical Information
      • Epidemiology
      • Mortality
      • Race, sex and age.
      • Modes of Transmission
      • Pathophysiology
      • Clinical Information
      • Diagnosis
      • Other Medical Information
• Prevention and Control
• Frequently Asked Questions