Molecular epidemiology of domestic and sylvatic Trypanosoma cruzi infection in rural northwestern Argentina

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1533-1543

  Cardinal, Marta V ^a   Lauricella, Marta A ^b   Ceballos, Leonardo A ^a   Lanati, Leonardo ^a   Marcet, Paula L ^a   Levin, Mariano J ^c   Kitron, Uriel ^d   Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a   Schijman, Alejandro G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico e Investigacion de la Enfermedad de Chagas Dr Mario Fatala Chaben   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Chagas disease; Dogs; Lineage; Surveillance; Triatoma infestans; Trypanosoma cruzi; Vector control

Indexed keywords

CANID; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELID; GENETIC VARIATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTOZOAN; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ARGENTINA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RURAL HEALTH; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 53049097432     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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