Targeted screening strategies to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in children.

• Main Authors: Michael Z Levy (Author), Vivian Kawai (Author), Natalie M Bowman (Author), Lance A Waller (Author), Lilia Cabrera (Author), Viviana V Pinedo-Cancino (Author), Amy E Seitz (Author), Frank J Steurer (Author), Juan G Cornejo del Carpio (Author), Eleazar Cordova-Benzaquen (Author), James H Maguire (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Caryn Bern (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...