Therapy of Chagas Disease: Implications for Levels of Prevention
This paper reviews the evidence supporting the use of etiological treatment for Chagas disease that has changed the standard of care for patients with Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the last decades. Implications of this evidence on different levels of prevention as well as gaps in current knowledge...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:3a4db6501f824a1d8c49df699a2fec03 2023-05-15T15:03:11+02:00 Therapy of Chagas Disease: Implications for Levels of Prevention Sergio Sosa-Estani Lisandro Colantonio Elsa Leonor Segura 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/292138 https://doaj.org/article/3a4db6501f824a1d8c49df699a2fec03 EN eng Hindawi Limited http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/292138 https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9686 https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9694 1687-9686 1687-9694 doi:10.1155/2012/292138 https://doaj.org/article/3a4db6501f824a1d8c49df699a2fec03 Journal of Tropical Medicine, Vol 2012 (2012) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/292138 2022-12-31T00:06:37Z This paper reviews the evidence supporting the use of etiological treatment for Chagas disease that has changed the standard of care for patients with Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the last decades. Implications of this evidence on different levels of prevention as well as gaps in current knowledge are also discussed. In this regard, etiological treatment has shown to be beneficial as an intervention for secondary prevention to successfully cure the infection or to delay, reduce, or prevent the progression to disease, and as primary disease prevention by breaking the chain of transmission. Timely diagnosis during initial stages would allow for the prescription of appropriate therapies mainly in the primary health care system thus improving chances for a better quality of life. Based on current evidence, etiological treatment has to be considered as an essential public health strategy useful to reduce disease burden and to eliminate Chagas disease altogether. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of Tropical Medicine 2012 1 10 |
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This paper reviews the evidence supporting the use of etiological treatment for Chagas disease that has changed the standard of care for patients with Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the last decades. Implications of this evidence on different levels of prevention as well as gaps in current knowledge are also discussed. In this regard, etiological treatment has shown to be beneficial as an intervention for secondary prevention to successfully cure the infection or to delay, reduce, or prevent the progression to disease, and as primary disease prevention by breaking the chain of transmission. Timely diagnosis during initial stages would allow for the prescription of appropriate therapies mainly in the primary health care system thus improving chances for a better quality of life. Based on current evidence, etiological treatment has to be considered as an essential public health strategy useful to reduce disease burden and to eliminate Chagas disease altogether. |
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Therapy of Chagas Disease: Implications for Levels of Prevention |
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Therapy of Chagas Disease: Implications for Levels of Prevention |
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