called "vinchuca". She moved to Silver Spring, Maryland in 1982 where she had two uneventful pregnancies and deliveries in 1988 and 1990, moving to Miami five years later. While in the United States, the mother never lived in sub-standard housing, rural or sub-urban areas, had contact with potential animal reservoirs, or received blood transfusions. She had been a blood donor prior to the Red-Cross protocol including Chagas' disease screening since 2007 [@bib0025]. Considering that the two sons were diagnosed with CD without a clear known source of infection, she was tested at the blood bank as per her sons' request. The initial blood bank serology was positive (March 2011) and most recently confirmed by the CDC in April 2015. Treatment was offered to the patient, but she neverNew Orleans has elected its first female mayor in the city’s history.

Fox 8 News projected Saturday night that LaToya Cantrell would be elected mayor of New Orleans.

Cantrell, a former New Orleans city council member and a Democrat, defeated opponent Desiree Charbonnet to win the election. She succeeds Mayor Mitch Landrieu.

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"Almost 300 years, my friends, and New Orleans, we're still making history," Cantrell told supporters, according to The Times-Picayune.

Cantrell ran on a platform advocating criminal justice reform, creating an LGBTQ outreach office at city hall and increasing affordable housing in the city, according to her campaign website.



Cantrell’s victory follows a wave of historic mayoral elections in recent weeks, including the city of Seattle electing its first lesbian mayor; Helena, Mont., electing a Liberian refugee as its mayor and the