Targeted screening strategies to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in children

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Levy, Michael Z ^a,b,c   Kawai, Vivian ^c   Bowman, Natalie M ^c   Waller, Lance A ^b   Cabrera, Lilia ^c   Pinedo Cancino, Viviana V ^c   Seitz, Amy E ^a   Steurer, Frank J ^a   Cornejo del Carpio, Juan G ^d   Cordova Benzaquen, Eleazar ^c   Maguire, James H ^e   Gilman, Robert H ^c,f   Bern, Caryn ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^d Dirección Regional del Ministerio de Salud   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERU; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; URBAN AREA; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRIATOMINAE;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BAYES THEOREM; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PERU; ROC CURVE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 47749138914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000103     Document Type: Article

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