Infected dogs as a risk factor in the transmission of human Trypanosoma cruzi infection in western Venezuela

Acta Tropica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-254

  Crisante, Gladys ^a   Rojas, Agustina ^a   Teixeira, Marta M G ^b   Añez, Nestor ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Dogs; Transmission; Trypanosoma cruzi; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; CANID; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INSECT; PARASITIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; INFESTATION; MALE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VENEZUELA; ZOONOSES;

COJEDES; FALCON; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FALCONIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33745977070     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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