TY - JOUR
T1 - Trypanosoma cruzi in nonischemic cardiomyopathy patients, houston, texas, usa
AU - Nolan, Melissa S.
AU - Aguilar, David
AU - Misra, Arunima
AU - Gunter, Sarah M.
AU - Erickson, Tim
AU - Gorchakov, Rodion
AU - Rivera, Hilda
AU - Montgomery, Susan P.
AU - Murray, Kristy O.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - To investigate possible cardiac manifestations of Chagas disease, we tested 97 Latinx patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy in Houston, Texas, USA, for Trypanosoma cruzi infection. We noted a high prevalence of underdiagnosed infection and discrepant results in clinical diagnostic assays. Latinx cardiac patients in the United States would benefi t from laboratory screening for T. cruzi infection.
AB - To investigate possible cardiac manifestations of Chagas disease, we tested 97 Latinx patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy in Houston, Texas, USA, for Trypanosoma cruzi infection. We noted a high prevalence of underdiagnosed infection and discrepant results in clinical diagnostic assays. Latinx cardiac patients in the United States would benefi t from laboratory screening for T. cruzi infection.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid2707.203244
DO - 10.3201/eid2707.203244
M3 - Article
C2 - 34152952
AN - SCOPUS:85108625435
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 27
SP - 1958
EP - 1960
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 7
ER -