Epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with Chagas disease in the Central-North area of Paraná, Southern Brazil

CONCLUSIONS: Patients who were older than 65 years of age, retired, female, living in the urban area of Maringá, and infected by vector transmission in childhood in Paraná presented cardiac and di gestive signs and did not receive etiological treatment when first diagnosed.
Source: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - Category: Tropical Medicine Source Type: research