House-level risk factors for triatomine infestation in Colombia

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 866-872

  Campbell Lendrum, D H ^a   Angulo, V M ^b   Esteban, L ^b   Tarazona, Z ^b   Parra, G J ^c   Restrepo, M ^c   Restrepo, B N ^c   Guhl, F ^d   Pinto, N ^d   Aguilera, G ^d   Wilkinson, P ^a   Davies, C R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^c Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Colombia; Housing; Risk factors; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; HOUSING CONDITIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLOMBIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFESTATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; TRIATOMINAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLOMBIA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; RHODNIUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

COLOMBIA; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 34548572154     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym065     Document Type: Article

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