Chagas disease: current epidemiological trends after the interruption of vectorial and transfusional transmission in the Southern Cone countries
Chagas disease, named after Carlos Chagas who first described it in 1909, exists only on the American Continent. It is caused by a parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, transmitted to humans by blood-sucking triatomine bugs and by blood transfusion. Chagas disease has two successive phases, acute and chronic...
Main Author: | Alvaro Moncayo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2003-07-01
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Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000500001 |
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