Update on oral Chagas disease outbreaks in Venezuela: epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic approaches

Orally transmitted Chagas disease has become a matter of concern due to outbreaks reported in four Latin American countries. Although several mechanisms for orally transmitted Chagas disease transmission have been proposed, food and beverages contaminated with whole infected triatomines or their fae...

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Main Authors: Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Zoraida Díaz-Bello, Cecilia Colmenares, Raiza Ruiz-Guevara, Luciano Mauriello, Arturo Muñoz-Calderón, Oscar Noya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2015-05-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000300377&lng=en&tlng=en