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Chagas disease
Photomicrograph of Giemsa-stained Trypanosoma cruzi crithidia (CDC)
ICD-10 B57
ICD-9 086
DiseasesDB 13415
MedlinePlus 001372
MeSH D014355

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  • CDC, Division of Parasitic Diseases. Chagas Disease Fact Sheet. (23 September 2004). Accessed 24 September 2006.
  • Dumonteil E, Escobedo-Ortegon J, Reyes-Rodriguez N, Arjona-Torres A, Ramirez-Sierra M (2004). "Immunotherapy of Trypanosoma cruzi infection with DNA vaccines in mice". Infect Immun. 72 (1): 46–53. PMID 14688079.
  • CDC, Division of Parasitic Diseases.Chagas Disease(23 October 2007). Accessed 16 August 2007.
  • CDC, Division of Parasitic Diseases.Chagas Disease Epidemiology.(23 October 2007). Accessed 16 August 2007.
  • CDC, Division of Parasitic Diseases. Treatment(23 October 2007). Accessed 16 August 2007.

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