Electrocardiographic findings in Mexican chagasic subjects living in high and low endemic regions of Trypanosoma cruzi infection

Electrocardiographic findings in Mexican chagasic subjects living in high and low endemic regions of Trypanosoma cruzi infection

In México the first human chronic chagasic case was recognized in 1940. In spite of an increasing number of cases detected since that time, Chagas disease in México has been poorly documented. In the present work we studied 617 volunteers subjects living in high and low endemic regions of Trypanosom...

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Main Authors: Francisca Sosa-Jurado, Miguel Mazariego-Aranda, Nidia Hernández-Becerril, Verónica Garza- Murillo, Manuel Cárdenas, Pedro A Reyes, Kenji Hirayama, Victor M Monteón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2003-07-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
electrocardiogram alterations
seroprevalence
polymerase chain reaction
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