Using hospital discharge database to characterize Chagas disease evolution in Spain: there is a need for a systematic approach towards disease detection and control.

• Main Authors: Zaida Herrador (Author), Eva Rivas (Author), Alin Gherasim (Author), Diana Gomez-Barroso (Author), Jezabel García (Author), Agustín Benito (Author), Pilar Aparicio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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After the United States, Spain comes second in the list of countries receiving migrants from Latin America, and, therefore, it is the European country with the highest expected number of infected patients of Chagas disease. We have studied the National Health System's Hospital Discharge Records...