Ageing with Chagas disease: an overview of an urban Brazilian cohort in Rio de Janeiro

Ageing with Chagas disease: an overview of an urban Brazilian cohort in Rio de Janeiro

Abstract Background Chagas disease control programmes have decreased the prevalence of Chagas disease in Latin America. Together with migration to urban areas and increase in life expectancy, a new scenario for Chagas disease has emerged in Brazil with most patients currently elderly individuals liv...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Gomes Vizzoni, Margareth Catoia Varela, Luiz Henrique Conde Sangenis, Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno, Pedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do Brasil, Roberto Magalhães Saraiva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Elderly patients
Neglected tropical disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
Geoprocessing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-2929-y

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