Chagas disease: a report of 17 suspected cases in Japan, 2012-2017.

Kazuo ImaiKazuhisa MisawaMorichika OsaNorihito TarumotoJun SakaiKei MikitaYusuke SayamaYuji FujikuraAkihiko KawanaTakashi MurakamiShigefumi MaesakiSachio MiuraTakuya Maeda

Published in: Tropical medicine and health (2019)

Our study showed that some patients of Chagas disease living in Japan are already in the chronic phase at diagnosis because of substantial diagnostic delays. Further epidemiological studies on the prevalence of Chagas disease and systematic screening programs for the Latin American population are needed.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
risk factors
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
pulmonary embolism
patient reported
drug induced