Prevalence of Chagas Disease in a U.S. Population of Latin American Immigrants with Conduction Abnormalities on Electrocardiogram

Mahmoud I. Traina; Salvador Hernandez; Daniel R. Sanchez; Jalal Dufani; Mohsin Salih; Adieb M. Abuhamidah; Wilman Olmedo; Jason S. Bradfield; Colin J. Forsyth; Sheba K. Meymandi

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005244

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Prevalence of Chagas Disease in a U.S. Population of Latin American Immigrants with Conduction Abnormalities on Electrocardiogram

Mahmoud I. Traina,

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Sylmar, CA, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9426-4407

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Salvador Hernandez,

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Sylmar, CA, United States of America
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Daniel R. Sanchez,

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Sylmar, CA, United States of America
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Jalal Dufani,

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Sylmar, CA, United States of America
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Mohsin Salih,

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Sylmar, CA, United States of America
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Adieb M. Abuhamidah,

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Sylmar, CA, United States of America
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Wilman Olmedo,

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Sylmar, CA, United States of America, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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Jason S. Bradfield,

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Sylmar, CA, United States of America, UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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Colin J. Forsyth,

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Sylmar, CA, United States of America
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Sheba K. Meymandi

* E-mail: smeymandi@dhs.lacounty.gov

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Sylmar, CA, United States of America
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Prevalence of Chagas Disease in a U.S. Population of Latin American Immigrants with Conduction Abnormalities on Electrocardiogram

Mahmoud I. Traina,
Salvador Hernandez,
Daniel R. Sanchez,
Jalal Dufani,
Mohsin Salih,
Adieb M. Abuhamidah,
Wilman Olmedo,
Jason S. Bradfield,
Colin J. Forsyth,
Sheba K. Meymandi

Published: January 5, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005244

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