Urban transmission of Chagas disease in Cochabamba, Bolivia

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 423-430

  Medrano Mercado, N ^a   Ugarte Fernandez, R ^a   Butron V ^a   Uber Busek, S ^a   Guerra, H L ^c   De Araújo Jorge, Tania C ^b   Correa Oliveira, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Instituto René Rachou Fiocruz ^*

Author keywords

Acute phase; Bolivia; Chagas disease; Children; EKG abnormalities; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 50449093879     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000500003     Document Type: Article

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