Reinfestation sources for Chagas disease vector, Triatoma infestans, Argentina

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1096-1102

  Cecere, María C ^a   Vazquez Prokopec, Gonzalo M ^a   Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a   Kitron, Uriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE CARRIER; INFESTATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 33745953358     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1207.051445     Document Type: Article

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