Incidence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in two Guatemalan communities

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 48-52

  Paz Bailey, G ^a   Monroy, C ^a   Rodas, A ^a   Rosales, R ^a   Tabaru, R ^c   Davies, C ^b   Lines, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; ELISA; Guatemala; Incidence; Maximum likelihood; Rhodnius prolixus; Seroprevalence; Triatoma dimidiata; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHODNIUS; RURAL AREA; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; ROSA; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036324757     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90236-1     Document Type: Article

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