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MEGAESOPHAGUS AND SEROREACTIVITY TO TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI IN A RURAL COMMUNITY IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL
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Federal University of Bahia. Medical School. Department of Preventive Medicine. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital. Division of Infectious Diseases. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Federal University of Bahia. Hospital Professor Edgard Santos. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Federal University of Bahia. Hospital Professor Edgard Santos. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Federal University of Bahia. Hospital Professor Edgard Santos. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital. Division of Infectious Diseases. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Federal University of Bahia. Hospital Professor Edgard Santos. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Federal University of Bahia. Hospital Professor Edgard Santos. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Federal University of Bahia. Hospital Professor Edgard Santos. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Abstract
The relationship of symptoms and radiographic abnormalities suggestive of esophageal motility disorders with electrocardiographic (ECG) alterations and seroreactivity to Trypanosoma cruzi was studied in a defined population in a rural área endemic for Chagas' disease in Bahia, Brazil.
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