Eliminating Chagas disease: Challenges and a roadmap

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7702, 2009, Pages 1044-1046

  Reithinger, Richard ^a   Tarleton, Rick L ^b   Urbina, Julio A ^c   Kitron, Uriel ^d   Gürtler, Ricardo E ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; NIFURTIMOX;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; LATIN AMERICA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 67649111331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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