Chagas disease: a new worldwide challenge

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
World Health Organization. Neglected Tropical Diseases. Chagas Disease Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.

Abstract

Endemic Chagas disease began as a neglected disease of poor, rural and forgotten populations. Its spread from Latin America to non-endemic countries is a new worldwide challenge, say José Rodrigues Coura and Pedro Albajar Viñas.

Keywords

Chagas Disease
Latin America
Causal agent Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi

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Nature

Citation

COURA, José Rodrigues; ALBAJAR VIÑAS, Pedro. Chagas disease: a new worldwide challenge. Nature, v. 465, p. S6-S7, 23 June 2010.

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10.1038/nature09221

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0028-0836

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Produção científica do Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias.

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/19377

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2030-12-31

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