Household prevalence of seropositivity for Trypanosoma cruzi in three rural villages in northwest Argentina: Environmental, demographic, and entomologic associations

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 741-749

  Gürtler, Ricardo E ^d   Chuit, Roberto ^d   Cécere, Maria C ^d   Castañera, Monica B ^d   Cohen, Joel E ^a,b   Segura, Elsa L ^c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Admin Nac Laboratorios I   (Argentina)

^d Box 20 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 0031784555     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.741     Document Type: Article

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