Chagas disease in rural areas of Chaco Province, Argentina: Epidemiologic survey in humans, reservoirs, and vectors

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 590-593

  Diosque, Patricio ^a,c   Padilla, Angel Marcelo ^a   Cimino, Rubén Oscar ^a   Cardozo, Rubén Marino ^a   Negrette, Olga Sanchez ^a   Marco, Jorge Diego ^a   Zacca, Rosa ^a   Meza, Carlos ^b   Juarez, Aligio ^b   Rojo, Hugo ^b   Rey, Ricardo ^b   Corrales, Rosa Milagros ^a   Nasser, Julio Rubén ^a   Basombrío, Miguel Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Enrique V de Llamas   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMAL; OPOSSUM; RESERVOIR; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ARACHNIDA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIDELPHIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 10044248463     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.590     Document Type: Article

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