Journal article
Chagas disease. American trypanosomiasis
Infectious disease clinics of North America, Vol.7(3), pp.487-502
09/1993
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(20)30539-0
PMID: 8254156
Abstract
Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, is a major source of morbidity and death in Latin America. Many infected immigrants from that region now reside in the United States, posing a risk of transfusion-associated transmission of the organism. Serologic testing is the cornerstone of diagnosing chronic T. cruzi infections, and improved assays are needed. Drug treatment is problematic because the two available drugs can have severe side effects and lack efficacy. T. cruzi infection can be particularly severe in immunosuppressed patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Chagas disease. American trypanosomiasis
- Creators
- L V Kirchhoff - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Infectious disease clinics of North America, Vol.7(3), pp.487-502
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0891-5520(20)30539-0
- PMID
- 8254156
- ISSN
- 0891-5520
- eISSN
- 1557-9824
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/1993
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984280875602771
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