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[Current status of knowledge on Chagas' disease in the Mexican Republic]
J Tay1, H Schenone, J T Sánchez
1Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
Boletin Chileno De Parasitologia
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
A thorough review of the medical literature is made regarding Chagas' disease in Mexico and elsewhere since 1939, when Trypanosoma cruzi was first reported in this country, until 1991. The location where human cases, non human reservoirs and vectors have been found and are pointed out by means of tables and charts. Comments are made regarding the results reported. The importance of increasing the studies of Chagas' disease in Mexican Republic is stressed.