Therapy of Chagas Disease: Implications for Levels of Prevention

This paper reviews the evidence supporting the use of etiological treatment for Chagas disease that has changed the standard of care for patients with Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the last decades. Implications of this evidence on different levels of prevention as well as gaps in current knowledge...

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Published in:Journal of Tropical Medicine 2012-01, Vol.2012 (2012), p.145-154
Main Authors: Sosa-Estani, Sergio, Colantonio, Lisandro, Segura, Elsa Leonor
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