Lessons from a national survey of Chagas disease transmission risk in Colombia

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 259-262

  Guhl, Felipe ^a   Restrepo, Marco ^b   Angulo, Victor Manuel ^c   Antunes, Carlos M F ^d   Campbell Lendrum, Diarmid ^e   Davies, Clive R ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

CHAGAS DISEASE; COLOMBIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECUADOR; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PERU; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 19444382364     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.04.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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