Case report: Evidence of Autochthonous chagas disease in Southeastern Texas

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 325-330

  Garcia, Melissa N ^a   Aguilar, David ^a   Gorchakov, Rodion ^a   Rossmann, Susan N ^b   Montgomery, Susan P ^c   Rivera, Hilda ^c   Woc Colburn, Laila ^a   Hotez, Peter J ^a   Murray, Kristy O ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRADYCARDIA; CAMPING; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA GERSTAECKERI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; CASE REPORT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AGED; BLOOD DONORS; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922309888     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0238     Document Type: Article

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