Treatment of Chagas Cardiomyopathy

Chagas' disease (ChD), caused by the protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), was discovered and described by the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas in 1909. After a century of original description, trypanosomiasis still brings much misery to humanity and is classified as a neglected tropical dise...

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Main Authors: Fernando A. Botoni, Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro, Carolina Coimbra Marinho, Marcia Maria Oliveira Lima, Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes, Manoel Otávio C. Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/849504