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Review
. 2013 Oct 31;7(10):e2300.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002300. eCollection 2013.

An unfolding tragedy of Chagas disease in North America

Peter J Hotez  1 , Eric Dumonteil, Miguel Betancourt Cravioto, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Sheba Meymandi, Unni Karunakara, Isabela Ribeiro, Rachel M Cohen, Bernard Pecoul
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Review

An unfolding tragedy of Chagas disease in North America

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

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflict: Several of the authors are involved in the development of a vaccine against Chagas disease.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Estimated number of Chagas disease cases in North America.
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