Household risk factors for Trypanosoma cruzi seropositivity in two geographic regions of Ecuador

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-16

  Black, Carla L ^a   Ocaña, Sofia ^a,b   Riner, Diana ^a,c   Costales, Jaime A ^a,c,d   Lascano, Mauricio S ^a,b,c   Davila, Santiago ^a,e   Arcos Teran, Laura ^a,b   Seed, J Richard ^a   Grijalva, Mario J ^a,b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e PLAN Internacional   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CEMENT; ZINC; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; REGIONAL PATTERN; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOUSING; IMMUNOLOGY; RISK; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 34247247127     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-899R.1     Document Type: Article

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