Temporal changes in the clinical-epidemiological profile of patients with Chagas disease at a referral center in Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION We aimed to describe the sociodemographic, epidemiological, and clinical characteristics of patients with chronic Chagas disease (CD) at an infectious disease referral center. Changes in patient profiles over time were also evaluated. METHODS This retrospective study includ...

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Main Authors:	Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno, Roberto Magalhaes Saraiva, Pedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do Brasil, Luiz Henrique Conde Sangenis, Sergio Salles Xavier, Andréa Silvestre de Sousa, Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio-da-Silva, Fernanda de Souza Nogueira Sardinha Mendes, Andréa Rodrigues da Costa, Marcelo Teixeira de Holanda, Henrique Horta Veloso, Flavia Mazzoli-Rocha, Fernanda Martins Carneiro, Luciana Fernandes Portela, Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2021-06-01
Series:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:	Chagas disease Epidemiologic studies Cohort studies
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822021000100324&tlng=en

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