Beneficial effects of benznidazole in Chagas disease: NIH SaMi-Trop cohort study.

Beneficial effects of benznidazole in Chagas disease: NIH SaMi-Trop cohort study.

BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of anti-parasite treatment with benznidazole in the chronic Chagas disease (ChD) remains uncertain. We evaluated, using data from the NIH-sponsored SaMi-Trop prospective cohort study, if previous treatment with benznidazole is associated with lower mortality, less advanc...

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Main Authors: Clareci Silva Cardoso, Antonio Luiz P Ribeiro, Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Lea Campos Oliveira, Ariela Mota Ferreira, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, José Luiz Padilha Silva, Enrico Antonio Colosimo, João Eduardo Ferreira, Tzong-Hae Lee, Michael P Busch, Arthur Lawrence Reingold, Ester Cerdeira Sabino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-11-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6211620?pdf=render

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