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Editorial
. 2021 Feb 11;6(1):23.
doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed6010023.

New Contributions to the Elimination of Chagas Disease as a Public Health Problem: Towards the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Jorg Heukelbach  1 , Andréa Silvestre de Sousa  2 , Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr  1   3
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Editorial

New Contributions to the Elimination of Chagas Disease as a Public Health Problem: Towards the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Jorg Heukelbach et al. Trop Med Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Despite being described for the first time more than 110 years ago, Chagas disease persists as one of the most neglected tropical diseases [...].

Keywords: American trypanosomiasis; Chagas disease; One Health; Trypanosoma cruzi infection; clinical research; epidemiology; neglected tropical disease; prevention and control; public health; surveillance.

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