Anatomopathological Aspects of Acute Chagas Myocarditis by Oral Transmission
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Anatomopathological Aspects of Acute Chagas Myocarditis by Oral Transmission Dilma do Socorro Moraes de Souza1,2, Marialva TF Araujo1, Paulo da Silva Garcez1, Julio Cesar Branco Furtado1, Maria Tereza Sanches Figueiredo1, Rui M.S. Povoa3 Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)1, Belém, PA; Fundação Pública Estadual Hospital de Clínicas Gaspar Vianna2, Belém, PA; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)3, São Paulo, SP – Brazil
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