{"title":"Antibody Titers Predict Risk for Chagas Cardiomyopathy and Death","authors":"G. Sakoulas","doi":"10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54140","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, is the most common cause of infectious cardiomyopathy worldwide.","PeriodicalId":19048,"journal":{"name":"NEJM Journal Watch","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"NEJM Journal Watch","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54140","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, is the most common cause of infectious cardiomyopathy worldwide.