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Taylor and Francis Group, Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 6(105), p. 425-430

DOI: 10.1179/1364859411y.0000000033

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Lack of association between blood-based detection ofTrypanosoma cruziDNA and cardiac involvement in a non-endemic area

Journal article published in 2011 by F. F. Norman, A. Pérez-Ayala ORCID, J. A. Pérez-Molina, M. Flores-Chavez ORCID, C. Cañavate, R. López-Vélez
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Abstract

Cases of chronic Chagas disease have been increasing in non-endemic areas due to the growth in immigration. This study examined the association between positive Trypanosoma cruzi-DNA detection in blood by PCR and presence of chagasic cardiac involvement in a cohort of immigrants in a European city. No association was found in this study between the positive T. cruzi blood PCR and cardiac involvement.