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Economic costs of Chagas disease in Colombia in 2017: A social perspective
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Objective: To quantify the costs of Chagas disease in Colombia from a societal perspective in 2017. Methods: A cost-of-illness analysis was carried out using a prevalence-based approach.
Mario J. Olivera, Giancarlo Buitrago
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Multiple causes of death related to Chagas' disease in Brazil, 1999 to 2007
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012 INTRODUCTION: Chagas' disease is a major public health problem in Brazil and needs extensive and reliable information to support consistent prevention and control actions.
Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo +3 more
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Chagas disease and systemic autoimmune diseases among Bolivian patients in Switzerland
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2018 BACKGROUND Chronic cardiomyopathy occurs in 20-40% of the patients with Chagas disease. Autoimmune mechanisms may contribute to its pathogenesis. We diagnosed several cases of systemic autoimmune diseases among Bolivian migrants in Geneva with a high ...
Yves Jackson +4 more
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Mapping of Chagas disease research: analysis of publications in the period between 1940 and 2009
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011 INTRODUCTION: Publications are often used as a measure of success in research work. Chagas disease occurs in Central and Southern America. However, during the past years, the disease has been occurring outside Latin America due to migration from endemic ...
José Manuel Ramos +3 more
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PEC InnovationObjective: Health literacy is associated with many patient outcomes. This study sought to determine the association between a person's level of health literacy and their knowledge about Chagas disease. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with
Talia L. Caridi +6 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012 Chagas disease, in the Amazon Region as elsewhere, can be considered an enzootic disease of wild animals or an anthropozoonosis, an accidental disease of humans that is acquired when humans penetrate a wild ecosystem or when wild triatomines invade human
José Rodrigues Coura +1 more
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Discussing the Score of Cardioembolic Ischemic Stroke in Chagas Disease
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020 Chagas disease is an important infection in Latin America but it is also reported in non-endemic countries all over the world. Around 30% of infected patients develop chronic Chagas cardiopathy, which is responsible for most poor outcomes, mainly heart ...
Fernanda de Souza Nogueira Sardinha Mendes +7 more
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Epidemiologia e Serviços de SaúdeObjective To assess whether hospitalizations due to stroke were associated with Chagas disease and the Chagas disease vulnerability index in the state of Minas Gerais. Methods This was a population-based analytical observational study.
Ana Clara de Jesus Santos +7 more
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Mortality Related to Chagas Disease and HIV/AIDS Coinfection in Brazil
Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2012 Chagas disease in patients with HIV infection represents a potentially serious event with high case fatality rates. This study describes epidemiological and clinical aspects of deaths related to Chagas disease and HIV/AIDS coinfection in Brazil, 1999 ...
Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo +3 more
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2007 FUNDAMENTO: Dados da literatura sobre a concomitância da doença de Chagas e hipertensão arterial são controversos e, quando presentes, não se referem à repercussão da simultaneidade na história natural da doença de Chagas ou na hipertensão.
Cristina Brandt Friedrich Martin Gurgel +1 more
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