Active transmission of human chagas disease in Colima Mexico

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 363-368

  Coll Cárdenas, Rafael ^a   Espinoza Gómez, Francisco ^a   Maldonado Rodríguez, Arcadio ^a   Reyes López, Pedro A ^b   Huerta Viera, Miguel ^a   Rojas Larios, Fabián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

American trypanosomiasis; Chagas disease; Colima, Mexico

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 3242681887     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000400004     Document Type: Review

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