Emerging Chagas Disease.:

The book focuses on a global problem challenging the health systems. Trypanosoma cruzi infections are transmitted by cone-nosed triatomine bugs, by blood transfusion and congenitally from mothers to their offspring. The American Trypanosomiasis affects 20 million people; among them a significant par...

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1. Verfasser: Teixeira, Antonio
Weitere Verfasser: Vinaud, Marina, Castro, Ana Maria
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Sharjah : Bentham Science Publishers, 2011.
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Zusammenfassung:The book focuses on a global problem challenging the health systems. Trypanosoma cruzi infections are transmitted by cone-nosed triatomine bugs, by blood transfusion and congenitally from mothers to their offspring. The American Trypanosomiasis affects 20 million people; among them a significant parcel (& 1/3) will develop Chagas disease in the heart and digestive tract, where the immune system effector cells destroy target host cells. Genotype modifications resulting from transfer of minicircle sequence kDNA from the parasite into the hostś genome may explain the autoimmune pathogenesis of t.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (191 pages)
ISBN:9781608050413
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