title: Chagas disease in Latin American immigrants with dilated cardiomyopathy in New York City.
abstract: Chagas disease-associated cardiomyopathy is clinically similar to other causes of cardiomyopathy and, therefore, the diagnosis can be easily overlooked. We found a 13% point prevalence of Chagas disease in a sample of New York City immigrants with dilated cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. lkapelusznik@ihv.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kapelusznik
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Varela
authors.forename: Susan P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: Arti N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Francis J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Steurer
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rubinstein
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Caplivski
authors.forename: Sean P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Pinney
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Turker
authors.forename: Stephanie H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Factor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence
keywords: Chagas disease; Trypanosoma cruzi; United States; cardiomyopathy
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