American trypanosomiasis

dc.contributor.authorYoshida, Nobuko [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorSchenkman, S.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T12:30:27Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T12:30:27Z
dc.date.issued1997-10-01
dc.description.abstractEndemic throughout Latin America American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas' disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, represents a great burden for many countries with considerable economic impact in terms of disability-adjusted years of life lost. Although implementation of vector control programmes has proved to be successful in reducing Vectorial transmission, several important questions remain unresolved, There is no chemotherapy available for the millions that are chronically infected, and blood transfusion still poses a risk of transmission, in this study we discuss recent findings that may open new possibilities for a better understanding of the mechanisms of Chagas' disease pathogenesis, for improving diagnostic tests and developing more effective and less toxic drugs for the treatment of T. cruzi infection.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, ESCOLA PAULISTA MED, DEPT MICROBIOL IMUNOL & PARASITOL, R BOTUCATU 862, 6 ANDAR, BR-04023062 São Paulo, BRAZIL
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, ESCOLA PAULISTA MED, DEPT MICROBIOL IMUNOL & PARASITOL, R BOTUCATU 862, 6 ANDAR, BR-04023062 São Paulo, BRAZIL
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent351-356
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001432-199710000-00005
dc.identifier.citationCurrent Opinion in Infectious Diseases. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, v. 10, n. 5, p. 351-356, 1997.
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/00001432-199710000-00005
dc.identifier.issn0951-7375
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/25794
dc.identifier.wosWOS:A1997YC47700005
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins
dc.relation.ispartofCurrent Opinion in Infectious Diseases
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.titleAmerican trypanosomiasisen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
unifesp.campusEscola Paulista de Medicina (EPM)pt
unifesp.departamentoMicrobiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia
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