Variables that modulate the spatial distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma evansi in the Brazilian Pantanal

Acta Tropica

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-62

  Herrera, H M ^a,b   Rademaker, V ^c   Abreu, U G P ^b   D'Andrea, P S ^a   Jansen, A M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Habitats; Land use; Pantanal; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma evansi

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HABITAT; LAND USE; PARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN; RANCHING; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EVALUATION; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; MARSUPIALIA; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS; CAVIOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; OECOMYS MAMORAE; RODENTIA; THRICHOMYS PACHYURUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 34249725679     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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