COVID-19 Epidemic in the US-A Gateway to Screen for Tuberculosis, HIV, Viral Hepatitides, Chagas Disease, and Other Neglected Tropical Diseases Among Hispanics

Overview

Journal PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Tropical Medicine

Date 2020 Dec 18

PMID 33338043

Citations 4

Authors

Jonathan Schultz

Peter Hyson

Daniel B Chastain

Amal A Gharamti

Carlos Franco-Paredes

Andres F Henao-Martinez

Affiliations

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Citing Articles

HepCare Plus: Enhancing Primary Care Identification and Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus in High-Risk Individuals.

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[Screening for strongyloidiasis in Spain in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: Results of a survey on diagnosis and treatment].

Rodriguez-Guardado A, Alvarez-Martinez M, Flores M, Sulleiro E, Torrus-Tendero D, Velasco M Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2021; 41(6):329-334.

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Experiences with Diagnosis and Treatment of Chagas Disease at a United States Teaching Hospital-Clinical Features of Patients with Positive Screening Serologic Testing.

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A Pandemic within Other Pandemics. When a Multiple Infection of a Host Occurs: SARS-CoV-2, HIV and .

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