The Epidemiological Relevance of Family Study in Chagas Disease

Inés Zulantay; Werner Apt; Daniel Ramos; Lorena Godoy; Claudio Valencia; Matías Molina; Eduardo Sepúlveda; Patricio Thieme; Gabriela Martínez; Gabriela Corral

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001959

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The Epidemiological Relevance of Family Study in Chagas Disease

Inés Zulantay ,

* E-mail: izulanta@med.uchile.cl

Affiliation Laboratory of Basic Clinical Parasitology, Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Werner Apt,

Affiliation Laboratory of Basic Clinical Parasitology, Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Daniel Ramos,

Affiliation Laboratory of Basic Clinical Parasitology, Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Lorena Godoy,

Affiliation Laboratory of Basic Clinical Parasitology, Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Claudio Valencia,

Affiliation Salamanca Hospital, Coquimbo Health Service, IV Region, Chile
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Matías Molina,

Affiliation Combarbalá Hospital, Coquimbo Health Service, IV Region, Chile
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Eduardo Sepúlveda,

Affiliation Laboratory of Basic Clinical Parasitology, Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Patricio Thieme,

Affiliation Laboratory of Basic Clinical Parasitology, Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Gabriela Martínez,

Affiliation Laboratory of Basic Clinical Parasitology, Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Gabriela Corral

Affiliation Illapel Hospital, Coquimbo Health Service, IV Region, Chile
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The Epidemiological Relevance of Family Study in Chagas Disease

Inés Zulantay,
Werner Apt,
Daniel Ramos,
Lorena Godoy,
Claudio Valencia,
Matías Molina,
Eduardo Sepúlveda,
Patricio Thieme,
Gabriela Martínez,
Gabriela Corral

Published: February 14, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001959

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