Open AccessPathogenesis of Chronic Chagas Heart Disease
Author(s) -
José Antônio MarinNeto,
Edécio CunhaNeto,
Benedito Carlos Maciel,
Marcus Vinı́cius Simões
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.624296
Subject(s) - medicine , pathogenesis , chagas disease , disease , cardiology , intensive care medicine , immunology
Chagas disease remains a significant public health issue and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Latin America. Despite nearly 1 century of research, the pathogenesis of chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy is incompletely understood, the most intriguing challenge of which is the complex host-parasite interaction.
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