Journal article
Chagas' Disease in Latin American Immigrants
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, Vol.254(21), pp.3058-3060
12/06/1985
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1985.03360210074033
PMID: 3932696
Abstract
Chagas' disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan parasite that infects an estimated 10 to 12 million Latin Americans. Because infection is often lifelong, individuals from endemic areas may develop symptomatic chronic Chagas' disease years after emigrating to the United States. We report three immigrant patients from Latin America who illustrate the indeterminate phase and the symptomatic cardiac and gastrointestinal syndromes of this illness.(JAMA 1985;254:3058-3060)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Chagas' Disease in Latin American Immigrants
- Creators
- Louis V KirchhoffFranklin A Neva
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, Vol.254(21), pp.3058-3060
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.1985.03360210074033
- PMID
- 3932696
- ISSN
- 0098-7484
- eISSN
- 1538-3598
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/06/1985
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984280876902771
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