Article
Acute Chagas outbreaks: molecular and biological features of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates, and clinical aspects of acute cases in Santander, Colombia.
Parasites & vectors - 26 Nov 2015
Díaz Martha Lucía, Leal Sandra, Mantilla Julio César, Molina-Berríos Alfredo, López-Muñoz Rodrigo, Solari Aldo, Escobar Patricia, González Rugeles Clara Isabel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of acute Chagas disease associated with oral transmission are easily detected nowadays with trained health personnel in areas of low endemicity, or in which the vector transmission has been interrupted. Given the biological and genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi, the high morbidity, mortality, and the observed therapeutic failure, new characteristics of these outbreaks need to be...
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