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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Autores principales: Araujo, Perla F, Almeida, Adriana B, Pimentel, Carlos F, Silva, Adriano R, Sousa, Alessandro, Valente, Sebastião A, Valente, Vera C, Britto, Manuela M, Rosa, Ana C, Alves, Rozeneide M, Hagström, Luciana, Teixeira, Antonio RL
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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