On an acute case of Chagas disease in a region under vector control in the state of São Paulo, Brazil Sobre caso de doença de Chagas aguda em região de vetores controlados no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Dalva M.V. Wanderley, Vera L.C.C. Rodrigues, Ruth Moreira Leite, Sueli Yasumaro Diaz, Maria Esther de Carvalho, Soraya O. Santos, Érica Tatto, Maria Salete Carli, Kunie I.R. Coelho, Paulo Ribeiro da Silva, Sandra Aparecida Túlio, Isaias Ribeiro da Silva, Maria A. Shikanai-Yasuda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2010
• Subjects: Acute Chagas disease; Clinical features; State of São Paulo; Brazil; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Aguda; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652010000300007; https://doaj.org/article/d985b6064e2d43b6bbb0f706b41d9686

No vector transmitted cases of Chagas disease had been notified in the state of São Paulo since the 1970s. However, in March, 2006, the death of a six-year-old boy from the municipality of Itaporanga was notified to the Center for Epidemiological Survey of the São Paulo State Health Secretariat: an...