Chagas Disease, France

نویسندگان

François-Xavier Lescure

Ana Canestri

Hugues Melliez

Stéphane Jauréguiberry

Michel Develoux

Richard Dorent

Jean-Baptiste Guiard-Schmid

Philippe Bonnard

Faïza Ajana

Valeria Rolla

Yves Carlier

Frederick Gay

Marie-Hélène Elghouzzi

Martin Danis

Gilles Pialoux

چکیده

Chagas disease (CD) is endemic to Latin America; its prevalence is highest in Bolivia. CD is sometimes seen in the United States and Canada among migrants from Latin America, whereas it is rare in Europe. We report 9 cases of imported CD in France from 2004 to 2006.

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