Trypanosoma cruzi transmission risk index (TcTRI): An entomological indicator of Chagas disease vectorial transmission to humans

Acta Tropica

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-295

  Catala S ^a   Crocco, L B ^a   Morales, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Triatoma infestans; Vectorial transmission

Indexed keywords

INDICATOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARGENTINA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; RISK FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CHAGAS DISEASE; ENTOMOLOGICAL INDICATOR; TRANSMISSION RISK; VECTOR CONTROL PROGRAMME;

EID: 0031284386     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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