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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2014-07-01
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Series: | Parasites & Vectors |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-311 |