Enfermedad de Chagas aguda en Colombia, una entidad poco sospechada. Informe de 10 casos presentados en el periodo 2002 a 2005

Enfermedad de Chagas aguda en Colombia, una entidad poco sospechada. Informe de 10 casos presentados en el periodo 2002 a 2005

Introducción. Los casos de enfermedad de Chagas aguda informados en Colombia son esporádicos. Objetivo. Describir 10 casos notificados al Grupo de Parasitología del Instituto Nacional de Salud entre 2002 y 2005. Materiales y métodos. Utilizando información de historias clínicas, fichas epidemiológic...

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Main Authors:	Rubén Santiago Nicholls, Zulma Milena Cucunubá, Angélica Knudson, Astrid Carolina Flórez, Marleny Montilla, Concepción Judith Puerta, Paula Ximena Pavía
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Nacional de Salud 2007-01-01
Series:	Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
Subjects:	Colombia Chagas disease Trypanosoma cruzi acute phase myocarditis serology polymerase chain reaction
Online Access:	http://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/244

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