Recognition and screening for Chagas disease in the USA
Chagas disease (CD), caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi , is a public health concern, mainly among countries in South and Central America. However, despite the large number of immigrants from endemic countries living in the USA, awareness of CD is poor in the medical community, and therefore...
Main Authors: | Rachel Marcus, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, Melissa Nolan, Elizabeth Livingston, Stephen A. Klotz, Robert H. Gilman, Monica Miranda-Schaeubinger, Sheba Meymandi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-09-01
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Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/20499361211046086 |
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