Possible oral transmission of acute chagas' disease in Brazil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 351 - 357
• Main Authors: SHIKANAI-YASUDA, M. A, BRISOLA MARCONDES, C, LOPES, M. H, SHIROMA, M, CHAPADEIRO, E, GUEDES, L. A, SIQUEIRA, G. S, BARONE, A. A, DIAS, J. C. P, AMATO NETO, V, TOLEZANO, J. E, PERES, B. A, ARRUDA, E. R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: São Paulo Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 01.09.1991; Instituto de Medicina Tropical
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil - epidemiology; Chagas Disease - epidemiology; Chagas Disease - transmission; Child; Disease Outbreaks; Disease Vectors; Female; Food Contamination; Human protozoal diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Marsupialia - parasitology; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Parasitic diseases; Protozoal diseases; Time Factors; TROPICAL MEDICINE; Trypanosomiasis; South America; Brazil; America; Infection; Protozoa; Protozoal disease; Transmission; Oral administration; Rhizoflagellata; Chagas disease; Trypanosomiasis; Food; Trypanosoma cruzi

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