A guide for the generation of repositories of clinical samples for research on Chagas disease.

• Main Authors: Nieves Martínez-Peinado (Author), Juan Carlos Gabaldón-Figueira (Author), Roberto Rodrigues Ferreira (Author), María Carmen Thomas (Author), Manuel Carlos López (Author), Tania Cremonini Araújo-Jorge (Author), Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya (Author), Soledad Berón (Author), Janine Ramsey (Author), Irene Losada Galván (Author), Alejandro Gabriel Schijman (Author), Adriana González Martínez (Author), Andrés Mariano Ruiz (Author), Gimena Rojas (Author), Roberto Magalhães Saraiva (Author), Oscar Noya-González (Author), Andrea Gómez (Author), Rosa A Maldonado (Author), Jimmy Pinto (Author), Faustino Torrico (Author), Ivan Scandale (Author), Fernán Agüero (Author), María-Jesús Pinazo (Author), Joaquim Gascón (Author), Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno (Author), Julio Alonso-Padilla (Author), NHEPACHA Network (New Tools for the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Chagas Disease) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects over 6 million people, mainly in Latin America. Two different clinical phases, acute and chronic, are recognised. Currently, 2 anti-parasitic drugs are available to treat the disease (nifurtimox and benznidazole), but diagnostic metho...