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Trypanosoma cruzi infection is often not detected early on or actively diagnosed, partly because most infected individuals are either asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic. Moreover, in most places, neither blood banks nor healthcare units offer diagnostic confirmation or treatment access. By the time pa...

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Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2008-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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