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Chagas disease
Publication date: Available online 30 June 2017 Source:The Lancet Author(s): José A Pérez-Molina, Israel Molina Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis from the American continent that has spread from its original boundaries through migration. It is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, which was identified in the first decade of the 20th century. Once acute infection resolves, patients can develop chronic disease, which in up to 30–40% of cases is characterised by cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, megaviscera, and, more rarely, polyneuropathy and stroke. Even after more than a century, many challenges remain unresolved...
Source: The Lancet - July 1, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
