Mortality Related to Chagas Disease and HIV/AIDS Coinfection in Brazil

Chagas disease in patients with HIV infection represents a potentially serious event with high case fatality rates. This study describes epidemiological and clinical aspects of deaths related to Chagas disease and HIV/AIDS coinfection in Brazil, 1999–2007. We performed a descriptive study based on m...

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Main Authors: Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo, Alberto Novaes Ramos, Carlos Henrique Alencar, Jorg Heukelbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/534649