[The third and new face of Chagas disease].

نویسنده

  • J-F Pays
چکیده

After the publication of the results of the BENEFIT study concluding that the benznidazole (5 mg/kg/d/60 d) is ineffective to stop the progression of the established Chagas' cardiomyopathy in adults, the author evokes the new experiences and the new challenges of 2016 regarding Chagas disease while speculating on its future and by calling back some elements little known of his history, in particular the fact that it is Chagas who invented about it to some extent the concept of "neglected disease".

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique

دوره 109 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016