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Molecular identification of Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units in end-stage chronic Chagas heart disease and reactivation after heart transplantation.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Sept 2010
Burgos Juan Miguel, Diez Mirta, Vigliano Carlos, Bisio Margarita, Risso Marikena, Duffy Tomás, Cura Carolina, Brusses Betina, Favaloro Liliana, Leguizamon María Susana, Lucero Raul Horacio, Laguens Ruben, Levin Mariano Jorge, Favaloro Roberto, Schijman Alejandro Gabriel
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BACKGROUND: One hundred years after the discovery of Chagas disease, it remains a major neglected tropical disease. Chronic Chagas heart disease (cChHD) is the most severe manifestation. Heart transplantation is the proper treatment for end-stage heart failure, although reactivation of disease ma...
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