A Case of Megacolon in Rio Grande Valley as a Possible Case of Chagas Disease

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 165-172

  Reinhard, Karl ^a   Fink, T Michael ^b   Skiles, Jack ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b AZ Department of Economic Security   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeoparasitology; Archaic; Texas; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCUMENTATION; INTESTINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEGACOLON; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; MEGACOLON; MUMMIES; NEW MEXICO; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 0041969867     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000900025     Document Type: Article

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