Association of caspase-1 polymorphisms with Chagas cardiomyopathy among individuals in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Trypanosoma cruzi (Tc) infection is usually acquired in childhood in endemic areas, leading to Chagas disease, which progresses to Chagas cardiomyopathy in 20-30% of infected individuals over decades. The pathogenesis of Chagas cardiomyopathy involves the host inflammatory re...
Main Authors: | Katherine Yih-Jia Fu, Roxana Zamudio, Jo Henderson-Frost, Alex Almuedo, Hannah Steinberg, Steven Joseph Clipman, Gustavo Duran, Rachel Marcus, Thomas Crawford, Daniel Alyesh, Rony Colanzi, Jorge Flores, Robert Hugh Gilman, Caryn Bern |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
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Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822017000400516&lng=en&tlng=en |
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