Chagas disease in dogs from endemic areas of Costa Rica

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 491-494

  Montenegro, Victor M ^a   Jiménez, Maurico ^a   Pinto Dias, J C ^b   Zeledón, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Costa Rica; Dogs; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; COSTA RICA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTA RICA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; XENODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0036593970     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000400006     Document Type: Article

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