In the Brazilian Amazon, the suspected source of infection in an outbreak of acute Chagas disease involving 10 patients was Euterpe oleracea (açaí berry) juice. Patient blood and juice samples contained Trypanosoma cruzi TcIV, indicating oral transmission of the Chagas disease agent.
Keywords: Brazil; Brazilian Amazon; Chagas disease; Euterpe oleracea; Triatominae; Trypanosoma cruzi; açaí juice; disease outbreak; food safety; oral transmission; parasites.