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http://hdl.handle.net/2445/106473| Title: | Development of diagnostics for Chagas disease: where should we put our limited resources? |
| Author: | Picado de Puig, Albert Angheben, Andrea Marchiol, Andrea Alarcón de Noya, Belkisyolé Flevaud, Laurence Pinazo, Maria-Jesus Gállego Culleré, M. (Montserrat) Meymandi, Sheba Moriana, Silvia |
| Keywords: | Malaltia de Chagas Tripanosoma Llatinoamericans Malalties parasitàries Chagas' disease Trypanosoma Latin Americans Parasitic diseases |
| Issue Date: | 5-Jan-2017 |
| Publisher: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| Abstract: | According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one of the milestones set by the London Declaration for Chagas disease the interruption of Chagas disease transmission through blood transfusion in Latin America was achieved in most countries (20 out of 21) in 2015. This is a crucial step towards reaching the goal of controlling Chagas disease by 2020. However, many challenges remain: less than 1% of the 6 to 7 million people infected with Trypanosoma cruzi are treated, and new infections still occu |
| Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005148 |
| It is part of: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017, vol. 11, num. 1, p. e0005148 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/106473 |
| Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005148 |
| ISSN: | 1935-2735 |
| Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal) Articles publicats en revistes (Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient) |
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