Potential novel risk factors for autochthonous and sylvatic transmission of human Chagas disease in the United States

Abstract Chagas disease is an emerging vector-borne disease in the United States that causes progressive dilated cardiomyopathy in a third of infected humans. While transmission studies have been performed in Latin America, little is known about the source of infection in locally acquired cases in t...

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Main Authors: Melissa N Garcia, Peter J Hotez, Kristy O Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-07-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-311