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Perfil hematológico e bioquímico de pacientes com doença de Chagas atendidos po...
Silva Filho, José Damião da; Costa, Alanna Carla; Freitas, Erlane Chaves; Viana, Carlos Eduardo Menezes; Lima, Monise Anne; Andrade, Mônica CoelhoIntroduction: Chagas’ disease (DC) is a parasite caused by the infectious agent Trypanosoma cruzi. In Brazil, the specific treatment of CD is performed with Benzonidazole (Bz), which due to its toxicity, can lead to the appearance of several adverse reactions to patients who use it. Therefore, there is a certain concern in evaluating the patient before starting the use of Bz, in order to verify possible hematol...
Infecção chagásica em candidatos a doação de sangue e de órgãos no estado do Ceará
Costa, Alanna CarlaIntroduction: Chagas’ disease still represents a serious public health problem in Latin America, despite all steps of control. Blood transfusion and organ transplantation have acquired enormous relevance in the epidemiology of Chagas’ disease, assuming the role as the main route of transmission in places where screening for Trypanossome cruzi has not been performed yet. The main objective of this study is to kn...