Seroprevalence and risk factors for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Amazon region of Ecuador

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 380-385

  Grijalva, Mario J ^a   Escalante, Luis ^b   Paredes, Rodrigo A ^c   Costales, Jaime A ^a   Padilla, Alberto ^c   Rowland, Edwin C ^a   Aguilar, H Marcelo ^b   Racines, Jose ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inst Nacional de Higiene Zona Norte   (Ecuador)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIVER; SEX RATIO;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0642312441     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.380     Document Type: Article

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