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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 105, 2011 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Gastro‐intestinal Chagas disease in migrants to Spain: prevalence and methods for early diagnosis

A Pérez‐Ayala Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology UnitInfectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Carretera Colmenar Viejo, Km 9·1, 28049Madrid, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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J A Pérez‐Molina Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology UnitInfectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Carretera Colmenar Viejo, Km 9·1, 28049Madrid, Spain
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F Norman Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology UnitInfectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Carretera Colmenar Viejo, Km 9·1, 28049Madrid, Spain
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B Monge‐Maillo Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology UnitInfectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Carretera Colmenar Viejo, Km 9·1, 28049Madrid, Spain
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M V Faro Gastro‐intestinal Motility UnitGastro‐enterology Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Carretera Colmenar Viejo, Km 9·1, 28049Madrid, Spain
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R López‐Vélez Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology UnitInfectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Carretera Colmenar Viejo, Km 9·1, 28049Madrid, Spain
Pages 25-29 | Received 31 Aug 2010, Accepted 15 Oct 2010, Published online: 22 Nov 2013

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