Autonomic dysfunction and risk factors associated with Trypanosoma cruzi infection among children in Arequipa, Peru

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-90

  Bowman, Natalie M ^a,b   Kawai, Vivian ^c   Gilman, Robert H ^c,d   Bocangel, Cesar ^e   Galdos Cardenas, Gerson ^d,e   Cabrera, Lilia ^c   Levy, Michael Z ^f,g   Cornejo Del Carpio, Juan Geny ^d   Delgado, Freddy ^d   Rosenthal, Lauren ^h   Pinedo Cancino, Vivian V ^c   Steurer, Francis ⁱ   Seitz, Amy E ^j   Maguire, James H ^k   Bern, Caryn ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Arequipa Ministry of Health   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^k HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PERU; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VALSALVA MANEUVER; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PERU; RISK FACTORS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 79952260863     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0303     Document Type: Article

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