Human trypanosome infection and the presence of intradomicile Rhodnius pallescens in the western border of the Panama Canal, Panama

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 762-765

  Calzada, José E ^a   Pineda, Vanessa ^a   Montalvo, Edilma ^a   Alvarez, Dayra ^a   Santamaría, Ana María ^a   Samudio, Franklyn ^a   Bayard, Vicente ^a   Cáceres, Lorenzo ^a   Saldaña, Azael ^a  

^a Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RATE; PANAMA; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; RHODNIUS; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH; HOUSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA;

RHODNIUS PALLESCENS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PANAMA CANAL ZONE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODNIUS; RURAL HEALTH; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 33745035673     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.762     Document Type: Article

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