Trypanosoma Cruzi Infection (Chagas Disease): Pathophysiology and Clinical Care
1. Introduction An infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi leads to Chagas disease, a complex systemic illness that begins with a brief acute phase followed by a lifelong chronic infection capable of destroying the cardiac and gastrointestinal organ systems. The bottom line up front is that while the initial vector-borne transmission often produces mild or unnoticed … Read more