New Contributions to the Elimination of Chagas Disease as a Public Health Problem: Towards the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Jorg Heukelbach; Andréa Silvestre de Sousa; Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr

doi:10.3390/tropicalmed6010023

New Contributions to the Elimination of Chagas Disease as a Public Health Problem: Towards the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Trop Med Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 11;6(1):23. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed6010023.

Authors

Jorg Heukelbach¹, Andréa Silvestre de Sousa², Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Postgraduate Course in Public Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE 60430-140, Brazil.
² Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21040-360, Brazil.
³ Department of Community Health and Postgraduate Course in Public Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE 60430-140, Brazil.

Abstract

Despite being described for the first time more than 110 years ago, Chagas disease persists as one of the most neglected tropical diseases [...].

Keywords: American trypanosomiasis; Chagas disease; One Health; Trypanosoma cruzi infection; clinical research; epidemiology; neglected tropical disease; prevention and control; public health; surveillance.

Publication types

Editorial