TY - JOUR AU - Nolan, Melissa AU - Aguilar, David AU - Misra, Arunima AU - Gunter, Sarah AU - Erickson, Tim AU - Gorchakov, Rodion AU - Rivera, Hilda AU - Montgomery, Susan AU - Murray, Kristy T1 - Trypanosoma cruzi in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients, Houston, Texas, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 7 SP - 1958 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To investigate possible cardiac manifestations of Chagas disease, we tested 97 Latinx patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy in Houston, Texas, USA, for Trypanosoma cruzi infection. We noted a high prevalence of underdiagnosed infection and discrepant results in clinical diagnostic assays. Latinx cardiac patients in the United States would benefit from laboratory screening for T. cruzi infection. KW - Trypanosoma cruzi KW - Chagas disease KW - Houston KW - Texas KW - USA KW - cardiomyopathy KW - surveillance KW - parasites DO - 10.3201/eid2707.203244 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/7/20-3244_article ER - End of Reference