Epidemiological evaluation of Chagas disease in a rural area of southern Bolivia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 578-584

  Chippaux, Jean Philippe ^a   Postigo, Jorge R ^a   Santalla, José A ^b   Schneider, Dominique ^c   Brutus, Laurent ^c  

^a Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b Instituto Nacional   (Bolivia)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Chagas disease; Control; Epidemiology; Transmission; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARAGUAY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VECTOR CONTROL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 43449125257     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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