Public policies of development in Latin America and Chagas' disease [4]

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9383, 2003, Pages 579-

  Romaña, Christine A ^a   Brunstein, Daniel ^a   Collin Delavaud, Anne ^a,b   Sousa, Octavio ^c   Ortega Barría, Eduardo ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ SORBONNE NOUVELLE PARIS 3   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^d Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas Avanzadas y Servicios de Alta Tecnologia   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATTLE FARMING; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0042658275     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14132-3     Document Type: Letter

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3. Romaña C.A., Pizarro Novoa J.C., Rodas E., Guilbert E. Palm trees as ecological indicators of risk areas for Chagas disease. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 93:1999;594-595.
4. Samudio F, Jabin D, Calzada JE, Romaña CA, Romero LI, Ortega-Barria E. Molecular characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi isolated from Rhodnius pallescens in Panama. 51st annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Nov 10-14, 2002, Denver, CO, USA.