Seroprevalence of Chagas disease in Southern Brazilian cardiac patients and their knowledge about the parasitosis and vectors

Abstract Chagas disease (CD) is considered a typical low-income population sickness of the developing countries in Latin America. Given the historical relevance of CD in individuals in southern Rio Grande do Sul (RS) State, Brazil, the aim of this study was to identify the knowledge of the CD and it...

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Main Authors: A. S. Dutra, D. Stauffert, T. F. Bianchi, D. R. P. Ribeiro, M. M. Villela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2020-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842021000400867&tlng=en