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Article
Abstract
Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi infection, is an insidious cause of heart failure in Latin America. Early diagnosis and treatment are critical to prevent irreversible myocardial damage that progressively accumulates over decades. Several structural barriers account for the less than 1% of cases in Colombia being treated, including poor physician knowledge, especially considering that some regions are considered non-endemic. The two cases reported here represent an emerging epidemiologic scenario associated with pediatric Chagas disease. Both cases are suspected oral transmitted parasitic infection in a geographic region of Colombia (Andean region of Antioquia) where no previous oral transmission of Chagas disease had been reported. Their clinical histories and course of disease are presented here to increase physician awareness of the epidemiologic risk factors and clinical manifestations associated with pediatric oral Chagas disease in Antioquia department, Colombia.
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Publication Info
Published in Microorganisms, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2021, pages 8-.
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© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ((http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
APA Citation
Gual-Gonzalez, L., Arango-Ferreira, C., Lopera-Restrepo, L. C., Cantillo-Barraza, O., Marín, D. V., Bustamante, N. R., Triana-Chavez, O., & Nolan, M. S. (2022). Acute Pediatric Chagas Disease in Antioquia, Colombia: A Geographic Location of Suspected Oral Transmission. Microorganisms, 10(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111241