Emerging Chagas Disease
The book focuses on a global problem challenging the health systems. Trypanosoma cruzi infections are transmitted by cone-nosed triatomine bugs, by blood transfusion and congenitally from mothers to their offspring. The American Trypanosomiasis affects 20 million people; among them a significant par...
| Основен автор: | Teixeira, Antonio. |
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| Други автори: | Vinaud, Marina., Castro, Ana Maria. |
| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Sharjah :
Bentham Science Publishers,
2011.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=500544 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Emerging Chagas Disease. |
| Резюме: |
The book focuses on a global problem challenging the health systems. Trypanosoma cruzi infections are transmitted by cone-nosed triatomine bugs, by blood transfusion and congenitally from mothers to their offspring. The American Trypanosomiasis affects 20 million people; among them a significant parcel (& 1/3) will develop Chagas disease in the heart and digestive tract, where the immune system effector cells destroy target host cells. Genotype modifications resulting from transfer of minicircle sequence kDNA from the parasite into the hosts genome may explain the autoimmune pathogenesis of t. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (191 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9781608050413 1608050416 |