We read with interest the recent paper, “Chagas disease in Europe: A review for the
internist in the globalized world”, published in your journal. Antinori and colleagues
masterfully review Chagas disease to present a vision of the disease's epidemiology
in Europe and in particular the aspects related to blood-derived and congenital transmission,
clinical forms and their reactivation in immunocompromised patients, diagnostic aspects,
management, and treatment [
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Publication history
Published online: September 08, 2017
Accepted:
September 4,
2017
Received:
August 30,
2017
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