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Trypanosoma cruzi burden, genotypes, and clinical evaluation of Chilean patients with chronic Chagas cardiopathy.
Parasitology research - 1 Aug 2015
Apt Werner, Arribada Arturo, Zulantay Inés, Saavedra Miguel, Araya Eduardo, Solari Aldo, Ortiz Sylvia, Arriagada Katherine, Rodríguez Jorge
Abstract excerpt
There are currently no biomarkers to assess which patients with chronic indeterminate Chagas disease will develop heart disease and which will spend their entire life in this state. We hypothetize that the parasite burden and Trypanosoma cruzi genotypes are related to the presence of heart disease in patients with Chagas disease. This study is aimed to investigate the parasite burden and T. cruzi genotypes in...
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