Clinical Outcomes of Thirteen Patients with Acute Chagas Disease Acquired through Oral Transmission from Two Urban Outbreaks in Northeastern Brazil

BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of orally transmitted Trypanosoma cruzi continue to be reported in Brazil and are associated with a high mortality rate, mainly due to myocarditis. METHODS: This study is a detailed report on the disease progression of acute Chagas disease in 13 patients who were infected durin...

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Autores principales: Bastos, Claudilson J. C., Aras, Roque, Mota, Gildo, Reis, Francisco, Dias, Juarez Pereira, de Jesus, Robson Silva, Freire, Miralba Silva, de Araújo, Eline G., Prazeres, Juliana, Grassi, Maria Fernanda Rios
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20559542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000711

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