The discovery of Chagas disease (1908-1909): Great successes and certain misunderstandings and challenges

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 389-390

  Coura, José Rodrigues ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CHAGAS DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FACE EDEMA; FEVER; FLAGELLATE; GOITER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LIFE CYCLE; LYMPH NODE; MALNUTRITION; MYXEDEMA; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; THYROIDITIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA MINASENSE; ANIMAL; ARMADILLO; DISEASE CARRIER; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PANSTRONGYLUS; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; CHAGAS DISEASE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PANSTRONGYLUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84883009336     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0143-2013     Document Type: Editorial

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