Current epidemiological trends for Chagas disease in Latin America and future challenges in epidemiology, surveillance and health policy
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, which is transmitted to humans by blood-sucking triatomine bugs and via blood transfusion. Chagas disease has two successive phases: acute...
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2009-07-01
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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=S0074-02762009000900005 |