Morbidity of Chagas heart disease in the microregion of Rio Negro, Amazonian Brazil: a case-control study

A case-control study on the morbidity of Chagas heart disease was carried out in the municipality of Barcelos in the microregion of the Rio Negro, state of Amazonas. One hundred and six individuals, who were serologically positive for Trypanosoma cruzi infection, as confirmed by at least two techniq...

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Main Authors: Jose Rodrigues Coura, Pedro Albajar Vinas, Lucia Maria Brum-Soares, Andrea Silvestre de Sousa, Sergio Salles Xavier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000801009&lng=en&tlng=en