Chagas disease in Ecuador: Evidence for disease transmission in an indigenous population in the Amazon region

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-320

  Chico H, Martha ^a   Sandoval, Carlos ^a   Guevara E, Angel ^a   Calvopiña H, Manuel ^a   Cooper, Philip J ^a   Reed, Steve G ^b   Guderian, Ronald H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Amerindian; Chagas disease; Ecuador; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECUADOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0031129316     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000300002     Document Type: Article

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