Longitudinal follow up of serological response in children treated for Chagas disease.

• Main Authors: Guillermo Moscatelli (Author), Samanta Moroni (Author), Facundo García Bournissen (Author), Nicolás González (Author), Griselda Ballering (Author), Alejandro Schijman (Author), Ricardo Corral (Author), Margarita Bisio (Author), Héctor Freilij (Author), Jaime Altcheh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Evaluation of therapeutic response in chronic Chagas disease is a major challenge, due to prolonged persistence of Trypanosoma cruzi-specific antibodies, lack of sensitivity of parasitological tests, and need for long-term follow-up to observe negative seroconversion o...