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Rare card · Science
Chagas disease, a Rare card
Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a tropical parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 200,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Chagas disease quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Chagas disease card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The symptoms change throughout the ______.
Answer
infection. The symptoms change throughout the infection. From the Chagas disease article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Europe. History of Europe 100 · Globalization 93 · Incandescent light bulb 86 · Chagas disease 81 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is spread mostly by insects in the subfamily Triatominae, known as "kissing bugs".
- The symptoms change throughout the infection.
- In the early stage, symptoms are typically either not present or mild and may include fever, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, or swelling at the site of the bite.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Chagas disease article was read about 200,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Chagas disease
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Chagas disease (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dr Graham Beards, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
