A nine year prospective study of Chagas' Disease in a defined rural population in Northeast Brazil

Federal University of Bahia. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Federal University of Bahia. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Federal University of Bahia. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Harvard School of Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard School of Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Abstract

The association between infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and the development of eletrocardiographic alterations and mortality was studied longitudinally for 9 years in a population residing in an endemic area in Castro Alves, Bahia, Brazil.

Keywords in Portuguese

Trypanosoma cruzi
Doença de Chagas
Eletrocardiografia
Mortalidade
Humanos
Brasil

Keywords

Trypanosoma cruzi
Chagas disease
Electrocardiography
Mortality
Humans
Brazil

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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Citation

A nine year prospective study of Chagas' Disease in a defined rural population in Northeast Brazil. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, v. 42, n. 5, p. 429-440, 1990.

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0002-9637

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/33000

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