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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...
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 |
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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 |
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