Targeted screening strategies to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in children.

• Główni autorzy: Michael Z Levy (Autor), Vivian Kawai (Autor), Natalie M Bowman (Autor), Lance A Waller (Autor), Lilia Cabrera (Autor), Viviana V Pinedo-Cancino (Autor), Amy E Seitz (Autor), Frank J Steurer (Autor), Juan G Cornejo del Carpio (Autor), Eleazar Cordova-Benzaquen (Autor), James H Maguire (Autor), Robert H Gilman (Autor), Caryn Bern (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Hasła przedmiotowe: article
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Millions of people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease in Latin America. Anti-trypanosomal drug therapy can cure infected individuals, but treatment efficacy is highest early in infection. Vector control campaigns disrupt transmission of T. cruzi, but without t...