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The burden of congenital Chagas disease and implementation of molecular diagnostic tools in Latin America
It is estimated that between 8000 and 15 000 Trypanosoma cruzi infected babies are born every year to infected mothers in Chagas disease endemic countries. Currently, poor access to and performance of the current diagnostic algorithm, based on microscopy at birth and serology at 8–12 months after de...
Autores principales: | Picado, Albert, Cruz, Israel, Redard-Jacot, Maël, Schijman, Alejandro G, Torrico, Faustino, Sosa-Estani, Sergio, Katz, Zachary, Ndung’u, Joseph Mathu |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195131/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364393 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001069 |
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