Chagas Disease Control Programme in Brazil: A study of the effectiveness of 13 years of intervention

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 385-391

  Costa, F C ^a   Vitor, R W A ^a   Antunes, C M F ^a   Carneiro, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMERICAS; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEALTH; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTH AMERICA; STUDIES; SURVEYS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0031753389     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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