Orally transmitted acute Chagas disease in domestic travelers in Colombia

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 244-246

  Villamil Gómez, Wilmer E ^a,b,c,d   Echeverría, Luis E ^e   Ayala, Martha S ^f   Muñoz, Lyda ^f   Mejía, Luis ^g   Eyes Escalante, Melisa ^b   Venegas Hermosilla, Juan ^h   Rodríguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a,c,d,i,j,k  

^a Hospital Universitario de Sincelejo   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ATLÁNTICO   (Colombia)

^c Pan American Association of Infectious Diseases   (Ecuador)

^d Asociación Colombiana de Infectología ^*  (Colombia)

^e FUNDACIÓN CARDIOVASCULAR DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^g Clínica Santa Maria Clinic   (Colombia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^j Working Group on Zoonoses   (United Kingdom)

^k Organización Latinoamericana Para El Fomento de la Investigación en Salud OLFIS   (Colombia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; BENZNIDAZOLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BLOOD SMEAR; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILL; COLOMBIA; CRACKLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYELID EDEMA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; PERICARDITIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SWEATING; THORAX PAIN; TRAVEL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; X RAY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLOMBIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84975138797     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.05.002     Document Type: Letter

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