Science, medicine, and the future: American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) and the role of molecular epidemiology in guiding control strategies

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7404, 2003, Pages 1444-1448

  Miles, Michael A ^a   Dora Feliciangeli, M ^b   Rojas De Arias, Antonieta ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORECASTING; GENETICS; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0037757979     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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