Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in blood by PCR is associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy and disease severity.

Sabino, E C

Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in blood by PCR is associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy and disease severity. [electronic resource] - European journal of heart failure Apr 2015 - 416-23 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

1879-0844

10.1002/ejhf.220 doi


Adult
Blood Donors
Case-Control Studies
Chagas Cardiomyopathy--blood
DNA, Protozoan--blood
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction--methods
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index
Trypanosoma cruzi--genetics