Chagas Disease A Clinical Approach
Chagas disease is a potentially life threatening condition that was historically mainly endemic to Latin America. Over the last decade, however, the disease has spread to and is increasingly prevalent in other continents such as North America and Europe,
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Jaime Marcelo Altcheh Hector Freilij Editors
Chagas Disease A Clinical Approach
Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases Series Editors: Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Department of Immunology Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Berlin, Germany Olaf Weber Bonn, Germany
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Jaime Marcelo Altcheh • Hector Freilij Editors
Chagas Disease A Clinical Approach
Editors Jaime Marcelo Altcheh Servicio de Parasitología y Enfermedad de Chagas, Hospital de Niños “Ricardo Gutiérrez” Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hector Freilij Servicio de Parasitología y Enfermedad de Chagas, Hospital de Niños “Ricardo Gutiérrez” Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigación en Patologías Pediátricas (IMIPP-GCBA) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Buenos Aires, Argentina
ISSN 2504-3811 ISSN 2504-3838 (electronic) Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases ISBN 978-3-030-00053-0 ISBN 978-3-030-00054-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00054-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018965747 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 The chapter “Chagas Disease Treatment Efficacy Biomarkers: Myths and Realities” is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/). For further details see license information in the chapter. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To my wife Ada, my children Marina and Pedro, and my parents Chuchi and Enrique. — Jaime Marcelo Altcheh To my family, Anabela, Tomas, Ignacio, Facundo, Katy, Mikel, and Lore, and my pets Uvita and Violeta. — Héctor Freilij
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