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...

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Autores: Alonso Padilla, Julio, Cortés Serra, Núria, Pinazo, Maria-Jesus, Bottazzi, Maria Elena, Abril, Marcelo, Barreira, Fabiana, Sosa-Estani, Sergio, Hotez, Peter J., Gascón i Brustenga, Joaquim
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
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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).