Acute Chagas Disease Outbreak among Military Personnel, Colombia, 2021

We report an acute Chagas disease outbreak among soldiers in Colombia. Trypanosoma cruzi infection was confirmed through parasitology, serology, and molecular methods. Among 9 affected soldiers, 2 died; 7 were hospitalized and received benznidazole treatment, which produced favorable outcomes. Perso...

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Autores principales: Vergara, Hernán Darío, Gómez, Carlos H., Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A., Herrera, Ana Catalina, López, María José, Camacho, Camila, Muñoz, Lilian, Cruz-Saavedra, Lissa, Hernández, Carolina, Ramírez, Juan David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37610186
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230886

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37610186
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230886

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