Clinical and nutritional profile of individuals with chagas disease

Chagas disease (CD), caused by the protozoan Trypanossoma cruzi, affects approximately 18 million individuals in the Americas, 5 million of which live in Brazil. Most chronic sufferers have either the indeterminate form of the disease, without organic compromise, or the cardiac or digestive forms. D...

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Main Authors: Juliana Geraix, Lidiane Paula Ardisson, Jussara Marcondes-Machado, Paulo Câmara Marques Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000400008&lng=en&tlng=en