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. 2024 Nov 22:11:1473425.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1473425. eCollection 2024.

Chagas disease as an underrecognized cause of stroke: implications for public health

Jorge Vásconez-González  1 , Camila Miño  2 , Camila Salazar-Santoliva  1 , Melissa Villavicencio-Gomezjurado  1 , Esteban Ortiz-Prado  1
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Chagas disease as an underrecognized cause of stroke: implications for public health

Jorge Vásconez-González et al. Front Med (Lausanne). .
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Keywords: Chagas disease; Trypanosoma cruzi; cerebrovascular accident; public health; stroke.

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