Epidemiology of concurrent Chagas disease and ischemic stroke in a population attending a multicenter quaternary rehabilitation network in Brazil.
Vinícius Vianna Abreu MontanaroThiago Falcão HoraCreuza Maria da SilvaCarla Verônica de Viana SantosMaria Inacia Ruas LimaEleonora Maria de Jesus OliveiraGabriel R de FreitasPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2019)
Chagas disease was common in IS patients; prevalence of concurrent Chagas disease and IS was high in some regions of the country. However, the infection frequency seems to be reduced in the last few years. Public health issues for improving the treatment of Chagas disease and IS are urgently needed.