Benznidazole therapy for Chagas disease in asymptomatic Trypanosoma cruzi -seropositive former blood donors: evaluation of the efficacy of different treatment regimens

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease currently affects 5.7 million people in Latin America and is emerging in non-endemic countries. There is no consensus concerning the efficacy of trypanocidal therapy for patients with the chronic form of the disease. We evaluated cardiac function and sociodemo...

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Autores principales: André Pires Antunes, Antônio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Marise Fagundes Silveira, Cláudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Ana Cristina de Carvalho Botelho
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Colección:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822016000600713&lng=en&tlng=en