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Editorial
. 2012;6(5):e1498.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001498. Epub 2012 May 29.

Chagas disease: "the new HIV/AIDS of the Americas"

Peter J Hotez, Eric Dumonteil, Laila Woc-Colburn, Jose A Serpa, Sarah Bezek, Morven S Edwards, Camden J Hallmark, Laura W Musselwhite, Benjamin J Flink, Maria Elena Bottazzi
Editorial

Chagas disease: "the new HIV/AIDS of the Americas"

Peter J Hotez et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012.
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Conflict of interest statement

Drs. Hotez and Bottazzi are principal investigators on a vaccine in development against Chagas disease.

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