Neglect of a Neglected Disease in Italy: The Challenge of Access-to-Care for Chagas Disease in Bergamo Area

Ernestina Carla Repetto; Rony Zachariah; Ajay Kumar; Andrea Angheben; Federico Gobbi; Mariella Anselmi; Ahmad Al Rousan; Carlota Torrico; Rosa Ruiz; Gabriel Ledezma; Maria Chiara Buoninsegna; Mohammed Khogali; Rafael Van den Bergh; Gianfranco De Maio; Ada Maristella Egidi; Barbara Maccagno; Silvia Garelli

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004103

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Neglect of a Neglected Disease in Italy: The Challenge of Access-to-Care for Chagas Disease in Bergamo Area

Ernestina Carla Repetto ,

* E-mail: erniesby@gmail.com

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
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Rony Zachariah,

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Medical Department, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Ajay Kumar,

Affiliation International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India
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Andrea Angheben,

Affiliations Centre of Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar-Verona, Italy, COHEMI Project, Milan, Italy
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Federico Gobbi,

Affiliation Centre of Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar-Verona, Italy
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Mariella Anselmi,

Affiliations COHEMI Project, Milan, Italy, Centre of Tropical Diseases and Community Epidemiology (CECOMET) Esmeraldas, Ecuador
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Ahmad Al Rousan,

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
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Carlota Torrico,

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
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Rosa Ruiz,

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
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Gabriel Ledezma,

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
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Maria Chiara Buoninsegna,

Affiliation OIKOS Onlus, Bergamo, Italy
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Mohammed Khogali,

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Medical Department, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Rafael Van den Bergh,

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Medical Department, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Gianfranco De Maio,

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
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Ada Maristella Egidi,

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Medical Department, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Italy, Rome, Italy
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Barbara Maccagno,

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
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Silvia Garelli

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
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Neglect of a Neglected Disease in Italy: The Challenge of Access-to-Care for Chagas Disease in Bergamo Area

Ernestina Carla Repetto,
Rony Zachariah,
Ajay Kumar,
Andrea Angheben,
Federico Gobbi,
Mariella Anselmi,
Ahmad Al Rousan,
Carlota Torrico,
Rosa Ruiz,
Gabriel Ledezma

Published: September 25, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004103

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