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Acute Chagas Disease Caused by Trypanosoma cruzi TcIV and Transmitted by Panstrongylus geniculatus: Molecular Epidemiological Insights Provided by the First Documented Autochthonous Case in Rondônia, Southwestern Amazonia, Brazil.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Apr 2022
Julião Genimar Rebouças, Bragança Mariana Ayres Henrique, Torres Patrícia Guedes, Lima Luciana, Neves Rosenilton de Araújo, Nobre José Maria Silva, Vergara-Meza José Gabriel, Basano Sérgio de Almeida, Moraes Francielle Alba, Baldez Maria Arlete da Gama, Tada Mauro Shugiro, Lima Alzemar Alves de, Costa Joana D'Arc Neves, Gil Luiz Herman Soares, Cunha Alda E F Lobato da, Camargo Erney Plessmann, Teixeira Marta Maria Geraldes
Abstract excerpt
Recurrent outbreaks of oral infection and isolated cases characterize the new epidemiological scenario of Chagas disease (CD) in the Brazilian Amazon. Acute Chagas disease (ACD) is common in Pará and Amazonas, Northeastern and Northwestern Brazilian Amazonia. In the present study, we describe the first molecularly characterized autochthonous case of ACD in Rondônia, Southwestern Amazonia. The patient, a...
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