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Public Library of Science, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 1(11), p. e0005148, 2017

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005148

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Development of Diagnostics for Chagas Disease: Where Should We Put Our Limited Resources?

Journal article published in 2017 by Albert Picado ORCID, Andrea Angheben, Andrea Marchiol, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Laurence Flevaud, Mj J. Pinazo ORCID, Montserrat Gállego, Sheba Meymandi, Silvia Moriana
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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