Follow-up of an asymptomatic Chagas disease population of children after treatment with nifurtimox (Lampit) in a sylvatic endemic transmission area of Colombia.

Follow-up of an asymptomatic Chagas disease population of children after treatment with nifurtimox (Lampit) in a sylvatic endemic transmission area of Colombia.

<h4>Background</h4>Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Two drugs are currently used for the etiological treatment of the disease: Nifurtimox (Lampit) and Benznidazole. This study presents a quasi-experimental trial (non-control group) of sixty-two patients...

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Main Authors: Fiorella Bianchi, Zulma Cucunubá, Felipe Guhl, Nadia Lorena González, Hector Freilij, Rubén Santiago Nicholls, Juan David Ramírez, Marleny Montilla, Astrid Carolina Flórez, Fernando Rosas, Victor Saavedra, Nubia Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003465&type=printable

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