The emergence of Chagas disease in the United States and Canada

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 347-350

  Kirchhoff, Louis V ^a   Pearson, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BENZNIDAZOLE; LAXATIVE; NIFURTIMOX; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AWARENESS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CANADA; CARDIOMEGALY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG RESEARCH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MAMMAL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEGACOLON; MEGAESOPHAGUS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYOCARDITIS; NOTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; RED CROSS; SKIN DEFECT; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 34548737157     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-007-0053-9     Document Type: Note

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