Chagas Disease — An Underestimated Global Public Health Challenge

作     者：Qin Liu Muxin Chen Xiao-nong Zhou 

作者机构：National Institute of Parasitic DiseasesChinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector BiologyMinistry of Health World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases ResearchShanghaiChina 

出 版 物：《China CDC weekly》 (中国疾病预防控制中心周报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2020年第2卷第20期

页      面：362-363页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：neglected visible Latin 

摘      要：American trypanosomiasis,commonly called Chagas disease(CD),was prevalent once in rural areas of Latin America where poverty is widespread and was considered a silent and poorly visible disease(1).It has become a global neglected tropical disease and a significant public health threat worldwide due to globalization over last *** recently,it has attracted much more attention,and“April 14has been designated as“World Chagas Disease Dayby the World Health Assembly of 2019 to raise awareness of the disease as a neglected tropical disease,to improve the rates of early treatment and recovery,and to achieve the ambitious goal to interrupt its transmission(2).