About the Authors
- Florencia del Puerto
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Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), and Global COE Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Juan Eiki Nishizawa
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Affiliation Clinica Siraní, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Mihoko Kikuchi
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Affiliations Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), and Global COE Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Center for International Collaboration Research (CICORN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Yelin Roca
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Affiliation Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Cinthia Avilas
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Affiliation Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Alberto Gianella
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Affiliation Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Javier Lora
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Affiliation Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Freddy Udalrico Gutierrez Velarde
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Affiliation Hospital Universitario Japonés, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Sachio Miura
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Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Norihiro Komiya
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki, Japan
- Koji Maemura
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki, Japan
- Kenji Hirayama
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* E-mail: hiraken@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), and Global COE Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JEN FUGV SM KH. Performed the experiments: FdP JEN MK YR CA AG JL FUGV. Analyzed the data: MK YR NK KM KH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEN YR FUGV KH. Wrote the paper: FdP JEN MK FUGV KM KH. Diagnostic of Chagas: JEN YR CA AG JL FUGV SM NK KM. Genetic analysis: FdP MK KH.