Incidence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among children following domestic reinfestation after insecticide spraying in rural northwestern Argentina

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-103

  Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a   Cecere, María C ^a   Lauricella, Marta A ^b   Petersen, Rosario M ^a   Chuit, Roberto ^c   Segura, Elsa L ^b   Cohen, Joel E ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico e Investigacion de la Enfermedad de Chagas Dr Mario Fatala Chaben   (Argentina)

^c ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOG; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHACO; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 24644457658     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.95     Document Type: Article

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