Abstract:Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, affects about seven million people worldwide, mostly in Latin America. However, this disease has become cosmopolitan due to migration of people infected by the protozoan. The most important clinical manifestation of the disease is cardiomyopathy, which develops in approximately 30% of individuals with chronic infection. Despite reducing parasite load, trypanocidal drugs have no efficacy on the progression of lesions, doing little to decrease morbidity.… Show more
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