Sexual transmission of American trypanosomiasis in humans: a new potential pandemic route for Chagas parasites
BACKGROUND: The Trypanosoma cruzi infection endemic in Latin America has now spread to several countries across four continents; this endemic involves triatomine vector-free protists. We hypothesised that the sexual transmission of T. cruzi contributes to the ongoing spread of Chagas disease. OBJECT...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5446233/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28591404 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760160538 |