Follow-up of an asymptomatic Chagas disease population of children after treatment with nifurtimox (Lampit) in a sylvatic endemic transmission area of Colombia.

• Main Authors: Fiorella Bianchi (Author), Zulma Cucunubá (Author), Felipe Guhl (Author), Nadia Lorena González (Author), Hector Freilij (Author), Rubén Santiago Nicholls (Author), Juan David Ramírez (Author), Marleny Montilla (Author), Astrid Carolina Flórez (Author), Fernando Rosas (Author), Victor Saavedra (Author), Nubia Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Two drugs are currently used for the etiological treatment of the disease: Nifurtimox (Lampit) and Benznidazole. This study presents a quasi-experimental trial (non-control group) of sixty-two patients who were treated for...