Response to `letter to the editor: 'Strategies to enhance access to diagnosis and treatment for Chagas disease patients in Latin America'´
Dear Editor, We appreciate the comments on our recent review article about strategies to enhance access to diagnosis and treatment for Chagas disease patients [1,2]. We also appreciate the opportunity to respond to them, and expand the discussion on this crucial topic given that it is estimated that...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2445/139559 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/139559 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Malaltia de Chagas Amèrica Llatina Chagas' disease Latin America |
| Sumario: | Dear Editor, We appreciate the comments on our recent review article about strategies to enhance access to diagnosis and treatment for Chagas disease patients [1,2]. We also appreciate the opportunity to respond to them, and expand the discussion on this crucial topic given that it is estimated that no more than 1% of the infected population by Trypanosoma cruzi (of ~7 million people) ultimately get access to treatment [3]. The letter comments mainly refer to two of the sections of the review article: diagnostics to detect the infection (section 2), and treatment opportunities and possibilities (section 7). |
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