Periurban Trypanosoma cruzi-infected Triatoma infestans, Arequipa, Peru

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1345-1352

  Levy, Michael Zachary ^a,b,c   Bowman, Natalie M ^c   Kawai, Vivian ^c   Waller, Lance A ^b   Del Carpio, Juan Geny Cornejo ^d   Benzaquen, Eleazar Cordova ^e   Gilman, Robert H ^c,f   Bern, Caryn ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^d Dirección Regional del Ministerio de Salud   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN AGUSTÍN DE AREQUIPA   (Peru)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERU; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33748999569     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1209.051662     Document Type: Article

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