Molecular Identification of<i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i>Discrete Typing Units in End‐Stage Chronic Chagas Heart Disease and Reactivation after Heart Transplantation

M. Burgos, Juan; Díez, Mirta; Vigliano, Carlos; Bisio, Margarita; G. Risso, Marikena; Duffy, Tomás; Cura, Carolina; Brusses, Betina; E. Favaloro, Liliana; Susana Leguizamón, María; Horacio Lucero, Raúl; P. Laguens, Rubén; Jorge Levin, Mariano; Favaloro, Roberto; G. Schijman, Alejandro

doi:10.1086/655680

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Molecular Identification ofTrypanosoma cruziDiscrete Typing Units in End‐Stage Chronic Chagas Heart Disease and Reactivation after Heart Transplantation

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Jul 20, 2010

Authors:

Juan M. Burgos

Mirta Díez

Carlos Vigliano

Abstract

BACKGROUND: One hundred years after the discovery of Chagas disease, it remains a major neglected tropical disease. Chronic Chagas heart disease (cChHD) is the most severe manifestation. Heart transplantation is the proper treatment for end-stage heart failure, although reactivation of disease may r...

Subject

Chagas disease

Trypanosoma cruzi

Heart transplantation

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