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Neglected parasitic infection : Chagas disease
  • Published Date:
    4/30/14
  • Language:
    English
Filetype[PDF-1.70 MB]


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  • Corporate Authors:
    Center for Global Health (U.S.). Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria.
  • Description:
    More than 300,000 people in the United States are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease–and most don’t know it.

  • Document Type:
    Poster
  • Collection(s):
    Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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