Chagas disease in a rural area of Northeast Brazil;La maladie de Chagas dans une zone rurale du Nord-Est du Brésil

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-192

  Gazin, P ^a   Melo, G ^b   Abuquerque, A ^b   Oliveira Jr , W ^b   Soula, G ^a   Audry, P ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chagas' disease; Control; Epidemiology; Morbidity; Northeast; Pernambuco; Serology; Southern America

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 4444225866     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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