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International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:894-895
© International Epidemiological Association 2001

Infectious Disease

Commentary: Control of Chagas' disease: let's put people before vectors

Juan Carlos Villar

Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia.

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Chagas' disease (CHAD), the result of the human infection by Trypanosoma cruzi remains a major disease burden in Latin America. A relatively high proportion (30%) of the 16–18 million infected individuals in the so-called indeterminate phase tend to progress to the chronic phase, mainly a dilated cardiomyopathy, which appears as early as in the third or fourth decade of life.1 Chagas' disease contributes to approximately 2 740 000 disability-adjusted life years lost, four times the overall burden of malaria, schistosomiasis, leprosy and leishmaniasis in the continent.2 In the absence of suitable vaccination, chemoprophylaxis or specific treatment, the only . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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